#32 · The Baden-Baden Masterpiece

Baden-Baden · 1925 · vs Richard Reti
You are Alexander Alekhine.
1892–1946 · The Attacking Genius · Meet the Legend

Baden-Baden, 1925. You are Alexander Alekhine, playing Black against the great hypermodern Richard Reti. One rook move into thin air begins a combination whose point only appears twelve moves later, on the far side of the board — many call it the deepest combination ever played over the board.

Find the moves they actually played · 🟩 exact · 🟨 engine says just as good · five lives

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