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Pete Tamburro on

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An old example of why your pawn structure had better pay attention to the a1-g8 diagonal. White starts the lesson on move 8.


This game was won by Henry Thomas Buckle, the author of the magnum opus The History of Civilization in England. Buckle - Anonymous B30,London, 1840 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d3 Nge7 6.Bg5 Bg4 7.Nd5 Nd4 see diagram 8.Nxe5 Bxd1 9.Nf6+ gxf6 10.Bxf7#

 


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