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Pau
On 9 November 1944 the Grand Master Frank James Marshall died of a heart attack, collapsed while walking the streets of New York. 32 years earlier, in Breslau tournament, had won spectacularly against Stefan Lewitky playing with white. After black move 23, Lewitky turned the king and the audience watched, with an irrepressible thrill it rained gold coins on board.
What does the black plays?
This was the game until move 23. Rc5:
SOLUTIONThe key is 23. .. Dg3!! and Blaks wins, for example,
checkmateibeatu
This isn't really an endgame.
Skwerly
i remember this - spectacular move!
Regardless, thanks. I've never seen any source cover Qe5!
zman1234
It's by far the best move in chess in my opinion. It's just absolutely awesome. All the pins, forks, and tricks involved in just one move is just spectacular!
Archaic71
It was for Levitsky
Thematic tournament of Marshall Attac:
http://www.chess.com/tournament/the-marshall-attack
NimzoRoy
The gold coins weren't for Marshall, they were for the lucky gamblers who bet on Marshall to win - Lewitsky was a big favorite after beating Lasker and Rubinstein in the same tnmt. But maybe some of the winners "tipped" Marshall?
... it's possible @NimzoRoi :-)
paulgottlieb
A wonderful brilliancy by a wonderfully brilliant player! And here's an echo of that brilliancy, by another great romantic of the chessboard
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1260578
Excellent game @ paulgottlieb !Thanks for share ;-)
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mate in 550 + mate in 551
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position from the Vienna Game(i had to write at the bottom)
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We need more amateurs to post their annotated games.
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