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A mating attack by a teenage Spassky.


From Somers-Spassky, Antwerp, 1955

1...Rh4+ 2.Kxh4 2.Kg2 Qe4+ 3.Kf2 Rf3+ 4.Kg2 Rf6# 2...Qh7+ 3.Kg5 f6+ 4.Kg4 f5+ 5.Kg5 Kg7 6.Nh2 Qh6+ 7.Kxf5 Qg6#

 


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