Can you find the right continuation?

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  Pitor says:

  June 28, 2008 at 1:57 pm

  I think the solution is:

  1. Nh5
  1. … d4 2. Nxg7 Kxg7 3. Qg4+ Kh8 4. Bxf6+ Bxf6 Qh5

  1. … Nxh5 2. Qxh5 g6 3. Qh6 f6 4. Bxg6 hxg6 5. Qxg6+ Kh8 6. Rf3

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  Pitor says:

  June 28, 2008 at 2:01 pm

  In the second line i was mistaken. Instead of g6 black can play f5. Bu to this Bxh7 looks better.

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  Pitor says:

  June 28, 2008 at 2:24 pm

  o no. I was wrong all the way. But the firs move is right:-)

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  Anonymous says:

  June 28, 2008 at 2:27 pm

  Pitor, in your first line :

  ”1.Nh5 d4
  2.Nxg7 Kxg7
  3.Qg4+ Kh8
  4.Bxf6+ Bxf6
  5.Qh5??” then
  5….Qxg2#

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  Anonymous says:

  June 28, 2008 at 2:39 pm

  1. Nh5 is right, very right!

  1. Nh5 d4
  2. Bxf6 Bxf6
  3. Qg4 Kh8 (3…. e5 4. Be4)
  4. Rf3 Rg8
  5. Bxh7! +-

  or better:

  1. … Nxh5
  2. Bxh7! Kxh7
  3. Qxh5 Kg8
  4. Bxg7!! Kxg7
  5. Qg4+ Kh7
  6. Rf3 e5
  7. Rh3+ Qh6
  8. Rxh6+ Kxh6
  9. Qd7! +-

  (MegaChessbase – 2007)
  by stulzer

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  Anonymous says:

  June 28, 2008 at 2:54 pm

  This is the Lasker’s famous double bishop sacrifices.

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  Glenn Baumann says:

  June 28, 2008 at 4:47 pm

  I think this one was a little too well known to use as a puzzle

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  Anonymous says:

  June 28, 2008 at 5:13 pm

  Actually, I hadn’t seen it before. That may say more about my chess illiteracy than it does about how well known the game is.