1. P-R8=Q, R-R7 ch; 2. K-Kt5, RxQ; 3. Kt-Q7 ch, K-Kt2; 4. P-B6 ch, K-R2;
5. QPxKt, R-R sq; 6. Kt-B8 ch, RxKt; 7. PxR=Kt mate.
_Position by Hoffer._
BLACK.
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| | | | | |BR | | |
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| | |BQ | | | |BP |BK |
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| | | | |WQ |BKn| |BP |
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| | | | | |WR | | |
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|WP |WP | | | | | | |
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|WKn| |BKn| | | | | |
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| | | | | | |WP |WP |
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| | | | | |WR | |WK |
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WHITE.
A position from actual play. White plays 1. R-B5 threatening to win a
piece. Black replies with the powerful Kt-Kt5, threatening two mates,
and finally White (Mr Hoffer) finds an ingenious sacrifice of the
Queen--the saving clause.