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How should White follow-up on 22.Qe5 Qd6?
Diemer,Emil Josef – Fuller,R.A.
Hastings B, 1957
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit [D00]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qd2 0-0 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Qf4 b6 10.Qh4 Re8 11.Ne5 Nf8 12.Nc6 Qd6 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.0-0 Ng6 15.Bxg6 fxg6 16.Ne4 Rf8 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Rxf6 Rxf6 19.Nxf6+ Kh8 20.Qe4 Rb8 21.Rf1 Bb7 22.Qe5 Qd6
23.Ne8+ 1-0 It is mate after 23…Qxe5 24.Rf8#.
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