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If you have been with this column a while, you will probably get the first move, but how about the follow-ups?


From a game by the brilliant amateur, Dr. Hartlaub, in 1911. 1.Rxh5 gxh5 1...Qxd6 2.Ne4 Qe7 3.Rh8#

2.Nd5!! exd5 2...Qxd6 3.Nf6+ Kg7 4.Qh7#; 2...Qxg5 3.Nf6+ Qxf6 4.Bxf6 3.Qh7+!! Kxh7 4.Rh6+ Kg8 5.Rh8#

 


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