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The immortal deflection

Demolition

Diagram 10 · Black to move

White just played g3, hitting your queen. The e4-bishop is the only thing blocking Black's b7-bishop from the king on h1. White defends it with both the c3-knight and e2-queen, but that queen must also hold h2. Rubinstein ignored the attack on his queen.
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, Łódź 1907
sealed

Diagram 10

Coach