Legal's Mate

This is a seven move checkmate with a queen sacrifice by white, which if accepted allows white a beautiful mate in 2 with the minor pieces. The black player of this variation doesn't follow the principle that you should devleop knights before bishops. It is of interest to note that had black played either Nc6 or Nf6, this mate would not be possible as the knight on either of these squares would control the e5 or d5 squares.

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