Mate In Munich In 13 Moves

July 14, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Here is a 13 move chess miniature where in Sicilian defense White munches the poisoned isolated pawn and steps into a deadly pin! Black quickly mobilizes his pieces and on move 13 lands a heavy punch by going for a queen sacrifice! Once White accepts the sacrifice gets checkmated in 2!
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Alexander Hoffmann vs Yosef Richter
Munich GER (1975)
Sicilian Defense: Closed. Fianchetto Variation (B24)
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nge2 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.d4
Bg4 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nxd5 Nd4 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.f3 Qxf3 12.Bxf3
Nxf3+ 13.Kf1 Bh3#
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Video Thumbnail Credits: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chess_piece_-_Black_bishop.JPG

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