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Bobby Fischer vs Greenblatt program · Cambridge, Massachusetts 1977 · White to play and win
White to play. Mate in 1.
Find the move Bobby Fischer found. The other side answers by itself.
Bobby Fischer vs Greenblatt program
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977
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Bobby Fischer against Greenblatt program, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977. The board above holds the position as it stood: White to move, and mate in 1. Find the move that was played and the other side answers by itself, exactly as it answered then.
The story behind it, which gives the finish away
Fischer played three games against the MIT program and won all three. This one ends with a queen on h6 and nowhere for the king to go.
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