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Our weekly chess puzzle.
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Theo Von Dortzel versus Cyrus Bombeck

Munich 1938

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The Black king has been drawn off his back line and is dangerously exposed. White's marrauders threaten from every angle. How did Black, to play, find a way out of the trap?

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Solution

Bombeck offered Von Dortzel a thousand dollars to throw the game. This was when a thousand dollars could buy you an apartment in the Wienerplatz. Von Dortzel was happy to oblige.