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ANNOTATED GAME

Famous John Nunn puzzle...the solution!
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Annotated by: black_spawn (1200)
Chess opening: Alekhine's defence (B02)
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Just as my previous annotated game, this is not really a game either. This is actually a puzzle by John Nunn (one of the best helpmates in my opinion!). The puzzle goes as simple as follows: "A game starts with 1. e4 and ends on the fifth move with knight takes rook checkmate" (Note that the puzzle does not state which side mates which!!). "Simple" might be a bit exaggerated though... :-) Even Mr Kasparov himself was unable to solve it! If you haven't heard it yet, take a couple of minutes (or rather a couple of weeks like I did) and try to solve it yourself. It's really worthwhile!!
1. e4 Nf6 2. f3 Nxe4
This is the move Mr Kasparov missed. The knight takes e4 thus (half-)opening the e-file for the black queen!

 
3. Qe2 Ng3 4. Qxe7+
The white queen further helps opening up the e-file for the black queen (it is a helpmate!).

 
4... Qxe7+ 5. Kf2 Nxh1#
Unbelievable huh...