Two Minor Champs - One Major Game
I been posting a lot about chess in Germany during WWII in the newly formed Chess History Group. In the course of this, I've been trying to update my research in that area. Today I was seeking out information on Wolfgang Unzicker and came across a statement by him that he had personally observered the famous win by Kurt Richter over Gheorghe Alexandrescu in Munich in 1936 in which Richter temporarily sacrificed a Rook, then a Bishop to secure mate. Gheorghe Gica Alexandrescu was the joint Romanian Champion of 1951. So, you won't be ignorant either, here is the famous game:
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