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#10 · Checkmate in 12

Checkmate in 12 moves #10

Zukertort vs Anderssen — Berlin 1865 · Ruy Lopez, Cozio Defense (C60)

Anderssen

Zukertort

Checkmate in twelve moves — episode ten. Berlin, eighteen sixty-five. Adolf Anderssen, the most feared attacking player of his time, is on the receiving end. Johannes Zukertort is about to give away his queen.

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

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