The Mercury

BARDEN CHESS

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Mikhail Tchigorin v Joseph Blackburne, Vienna 1898. Black (to move) is queen and rook down and threatened with instant checkmate by Qa7. Of course Black can queen his pawn, but he only regains a knight and soon runs out of checks. Yet Blackburne turned the tables and won. What happened?

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