Step by Step: Test #21
By Mark Donlan
Step by Step: Test is designed to test and improve your chess skills. For best results, set the position up on the board and think for as long as you need without moving the pieces.
Find the mate. Alekhine did blindfold!
rn1q1r1k/p2pNppp/bp1Q4/2p1PN2/2B5/P1R5/5PPP/5RK1 w – – 0 20
Alekhine, Alexander – Supico
Lisbon simul, 1941
Danish Gambit [C21]
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Bb4 5.Bc4 Qe7 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bg5 Qe5 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nd5 Qd6 11.e5 Qc5 12.Rc1 Qa5 13.a3 Bxa3 14.bxa3 c6 15.Ne7+ Kh8 16.Qd6 Qd8 17.Nd4 b6 18.Rc3 c5 19.Ndf5 Ba6
20.Qg6! 1-0 20…fxg6 21.Nxg6+ hxg6 22.Rh3+ Qh4 23.Rxh4#.
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