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#8 · Checkmate in 9

Checkmate in 9 moves #8

Capablanca, simultaneous — 1909 · Three Knights Game (C46)

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Capablanca

Checkmate in nine moves — episode eight. Nineteen oh nine: José Raúl Capablanca, future world champion, is playing twenty-three people at once. On this board, it takes him nine moves.

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

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