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Esteban Canal vs NN · Budapest 1934 · White to play and win
White to play. Mate in 4.
Find the move that was played. The other side answers by itself.
Esteban Canal vs NN
Budapest, 1934
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Esteban Canal against NN, Budapest, 1934. The board above holds the position as it stood: White to move, and mate in 4. 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
In a simultaneous display, Canal gives both rooks and then the queen. A bishop on a6 mates the king that has just castled.
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