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chawil
Nov 27, 2008
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Sorry about the mistake in the diagram, it should read Bogolubov vs. Montichelli! My excuse is that I'm occasionally stupid, like between the hours of 6:00 am and 5:55 am. As you can see, this takes up most of the 24 hours in the day, but it does leave me five minutes of total, unalloyed brilliance. Unfortunately I'm always asleep at this time.

This little gem was played in the San Remo tournament of 1930. Participating were Alekhine, Bogolubov, Nimzovitch and others. This is from the Round 5 game between Bogolubov and a player named Montichelli, who I have never heard of (any further information would be appreciated). Montichelli was playing the black side of a Nimzo-Indian and rolled up the unfortunate Bogolubov, sacrificing the Exchange early on and then finishing him off with this fine flourish. White resigned before he could be mated.

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stryik
Nov 27, 2008
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#2

Nice puzzle!

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Grizzuh
Nov 27, 2008
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#3

It took me awhile......

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zupampa
Nov 28, 2008
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#4

beautiful mate!

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1stnoel
Nov 30, 2008
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#5

very nice

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bigfish
Dec 1, 2008
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#6

cool!

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shuttlechess92
Dec 1, 2008
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#7

that is beautiful - but I could not guess the moves!

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FroggyYu
Dec 1, 2008
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#8

that's a good puzzle

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steely
Dec 1, 2008
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#9

good puzzle, it took some time