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• An imaginative ending

  This game played at 1895.White wins with a clever promotion.. | Read More

  • aristeidis9
  • | Jan 27, 2008
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• A 14 moves combination!!!

  Steinitz was definitely past his best in 1895, but as he himself said, "I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth." After four moves from the diagram Bardeleben left the room and permitte... | Read More

  • aristeidis9
  • | Jan 3, 2008
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• 3 moves 2 sacrifices!

   This is a tournament in 1883 with the strongest players of this romantic period such as Steinitz,Zukertort,Bird,Blackburn,Winawer,Inglis,Zigorin and more.The results were:Zukertort 22 Steinitz 19  Blackburn 16,5.In 1886 Steinitz and Zuk... | Read More

  • aristeidis9
  • | Jan 3, 2008
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