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[FEN: Q4b1r/p1pk1ppp/2n5/8/2qPpn2/2P5/PP4PP/RNB2RK1 b - - 0 14]

Black to move and win  -  Find the Solution

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Blackburne,J - Burn,A [C44] BCA-03.Challenge Cup London, 1870 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.c3 d5 5.Nxe5 dxe4 6.Qa4 Qd5 7.f4 Bd7 8.Nxd7 Kxd7 9.Bc4 Qf5 10.Qb3 Ng6 11.Qxb7 Nxf4 12.0-0 Qc5+ 13.d4 Qxc4 14.Qxa8 Diagram

14...Bc5!! 15.Qxh8  According to Fritz best is 15.Qxc6+ Kxc6 16.Bxf4 leaving White with a rook and a knight for the queen.  15...Nxd4!  The only move, and a hard one to see back when Burn planned this combination.  16.Be3 Qe2 17.Qxg7 Nf3+ 18.gxf3 0-1

 

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