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Black to Play

Pete Tamburro on

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On of the common themes in chess appears here.


The theme is deflection, from Ugolitsev-Ashikin 1976. 1...Qe1 2.Qxe1 2.Kh1 Qf2 2...Nf3+ 3.Kh1 Rxh2#

 


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