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[FEN rn2kbnr/pp2p2p/6p1/3QPp2/2pP1N2/8/Pq1B1PPP/R3KB1R w KQkq - 0 12]

White to move and win  -  Find the Solution

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Today's position is presented in GM Yasser Seirawan & IM Nikolay Minev's book, Take My Rooks.  They write, "Interestingly enough, nine years before losing the Immortal Game, Kieseritzky was defeated by another player featuring the same tactical idea of sacrificing two rooks." Schwartz - Kieseritzky Paris, 1842 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 f5 4.e5 Be6 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qf3 g6 7.Nh3 Bd5 8.Nxd5 cxd5 9.Nf4 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Qxd5 Qxb2 Diagram

12.Bxc4 Qxa1+ [Best, according to Fritz, is 12...Bh6 ] 13.Ke2 Qxh1 14.Qf7+ Kd7 15.e6+ Kc7 16.Nd5+ Kc6 17.Qe8+ Kd6 18.Bf4+ Kxe6 19.Nf6+ Kxf6 20.Qf7 mate 1-0

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