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In Oxford Companion to Chess, the entry fo Boden's Mate, Horwitz Poppert, Hamburg 1844:

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Can you spot a flaw in the plan?

Avatar of killthequeen

2. Qxh2+

followed by Qxh2 Rxh2 c6+ Re5 Nxe5 Dxe5+ winning a queen, a rook, a bishop and a pawn for a queen, a rook and a knight. I've probably missed something...but I'm too lazy to re-check Cool

Avatar of VLaurenT

Good find ! After 2...Qxh2+ 3.Qxh2 Rxh2+ 4.Kxh2 c6+ 5.Re5 Nxe5, white can't take back the Knight as the d4 pawn is pinned on the d1 rook. Black emerges a full piece ahead.

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Right, I dont really know why, but I put this position into my PC and Crafty found this flaw