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Nimzowitsch – Alapin, St Petersburg 1914

Black grabs a pawn with the queen while the other black pieces stay at home. White brings one piece after another into play and gives checkmate in the end.

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White
Nimzowitsch, Aaron
Black
Alapin, Simon
Event
Freie Partie
Place
St. Petersburg
Date
1914
Result
1-0 (White wins)

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Arrow keys move the focus across the squares. Enter or Space selects a piece and moves it to a highlighted square. Escape cancels the selection.

Which piece should the pawn become?

Position as a list

White

  • King e1
  • Queen d1
  • Rook a1
  • Rook h1
  • Bishop c1
  • Bishop f1
  • Knight b1
  • Knight g1
  • Pawn a2
  • Pawn b2
  • Pawn c2
  • Pawn d2
  • Pawn e2
  • Pawn f2
  • Pawn g2
  • Pawn h2

Black

  • King e8
  • Queen d8
  • Rook a8
  • Rook h8
  • Bishop c8
  • Bishop f8
  • Knight b8
  • Knight g8
  • Pawn a7
  • Pawn b7
  • Pawn c7
  • Pawn d7
  • Pawn e7
  • Pawn f7
  • Pawn g7
  • Pawn h7

Starting position