En passant checkmate?

In preparing a larger study on Special Moves in Master Games, I've found a famous game where White was able to deliver a checkmate en passant.

Even more interesting though is that the pawn moving en passant was not the chekmating piece – those were actually two pieces checkmating from different directions at once!

But most importantly, the game features some precious lessons on strategy, like careless development and undefended castling, and on tactics. Have you heard about the Greek Gift? This is a model game.

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