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Stepan Levitsky vs Frank Marshall · Breslau 1912 · Black to play and win
Black to play. Mate in 2.
Find the move Frank Marshall found. The other side answers by itself.
Stepan Levitsky vs Frank Marshall
Breslau, 1912
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Stepan Levitsky against Frank Marshall, Breslau, 1912. The board above holds the position as it stood: Black to move, and mate in 2. 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
Marshall's queen walks into three captures, and every one of them loses. The story goes that the spectators showered the board with gold coins.
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