White to Play
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Then future world champ Mikhail Botvinnik got a nice mating attack, but during the attack he missed a quicker mate. Can you find that, too?
Botvinnik-Chekhover, Moscow, 1938] 1.Rxf6 Bxf6 2.Qh7+ Kf8 3.Re1 Be5 4.Qh8+ Ke7 5.Qxg7+ Kd6 6.Qxe5+ Kd7 7.Qf5+ Kc6 8.d5+ Here he misses a mate in two with 8.Qc5+ Kd7 9.Re7# 8...Kc5 9.Ba3+ Kxc4 10.Qe4+ Kc3 11.Bb4+ Kb2 12.Qb1#
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