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#23 · Checkmate in 5

Checkmate in 5 moves #23

Alekhine's Defense — a smothered mate on d3 · Alekhine Defense (B02)

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Checkmate in five moves, episode twenty-three. Alekhine's Defense, British Championship qualifier, nineteen seventy-four.

The board stops before the key move — you'll have to find it yourself.

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