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1958 / Nueva York
The retreat that opened the trap
Bobby Fischer — Samuel Reshevsky
Fischer sacrifices a bishop with check and places his knight on e6. The key is what the d7-pawn opens when it captures.
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Video, explanations and animations by RookHabit. Pieces by Colin M. L. Burnett, distributed with python-chess (GPLv3+).