White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
- Solution: After 1.d4!! Qxh3 [Alternatives leave White up a piece: 1...Kf6 2.Qb3 Rb8 3.dxe5+ dxe5 4.hxg4 hxg4 (4...Rxb3 5.g5+ Kg6 6.axb3) 5.Qxf3+; 1...Qc8 2.Qxa8 Qxa8 3.Bxa8]2.Bg5+ f6 [2...Nf6 3.Qxc7+ Ke6 (3...Qd7 4.Qxd7#) 4.d5+ Nxd5 5.cxd5#]3.Qxc7+ Ke6 4.d5#
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