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(our weekly chess puzzle)
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Von Vortzel versus Klimmt

London 1962.

White has the black king trapped in a corner. Mate in three against any defence. Can you see how black avoided the inevitable?

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Answer: Klimmt pointed towards the audience where Russian KGB agent Irena Kuksova was sitting in the front row. She had been in town to sort out some businesss for President Putin, and had decided to take in a chess game between assassinations. While Von Vortzel goggled at her beauty, Klimmt snatched the white queen off the board.