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Chess puzzle

no. 517

4 August 2018

9:00 AM

4 August 2018

9:00 AM

Black to play. This position is from the classic game Réti-Alekhine, Baden Baden 1925. What was Black’s next move? It does not win at once but it successfully fuels the flames of Black’s initiative. It also forms a thematic pendant to this week’s trio of three thunderous rook incursions. Can you find it? Answers to The Spectator by 7 August or via email to victoria@spectator.co.uk.

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