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Chess openings (1904)

Marshall, Frank James, 1877-1944 · Leeds : British Chess Magazine · leaf 134

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ckon with ...Q—R 5, which gains the attack for Black. 10 Kt—R 4 11 Kt—Q 2 ? 11 Q—R 5 ! 12 Q—B 3 12 P—Q Kt 3 Laying an elaborate trap to allow Q x R, upon which Black would be able to advance his P—K B 6. The Allies went into it with their eves open, trusting that with their Q on Q 7, command- ing-… … WHITE (THE ALLIES). Possibly Kt x P was better. But the time-limit of 18 moves began to press very hardly, as it did also towards the end of the second hour.

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