Lajos Steiner vs Albert Becker
In Vienna, 1923, Lajos Steiner faced the Austrian-Argentine master Albert Becker in a game that concluded with a sudden mating net. Find the two-move finish that ended the contest.
Roll over to see the solution: 1. Rg8+ Kf7 2. Nh6#
FEN: 4rk2/2pQn2p/p4p2/1p2pN1P/4q3/2P3R1/5PPK/8 w - - 1 0
About the players
Albert Becker was born in 1978. He is a French International Master who competes for the French federation and has reached a blitz rating of 2059 at this time.
Lajos Steiner was a Hungarian-born Australian chess master. He grew up as one of four children to Bernat, a math teacher, and Cecilia Steiner. After studying at the Technical High School in Budapest, he moved to Germany and earned a mechanical engineering diploma from Technikum Mittweida in 1926.
Steiner found success in several tournaments during the 1920s and 1930s. He tied for 4-5th in Vienna in 1923 and finished second in Budapest in 1925, ranking behind Sándor Takács. He won a tournament in Schandau in 1927. That same year, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Kecskemét.
Other results include a second place finish in Bradley Beach in 1929. He won in Buda in 1931.