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How to beat a World Champion (Blackburne vs. Steinitz)

How to beat a World Champion (Blackburne vs. Steinitz)

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Updated: Mar 13, 2009, 1:26 PM | 10 | Strategy

This exciting game features a good alternative for Black to avolid the Four Knights, but Steinitz chooses the wrong defense and gets torn apart by Blackburne. Much of the action is at f7, though the center is the main battlefield.

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