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This position is from a wonderful out-of-print tactics book called Tactical Chess Training by GM Leonid Shamkovich and Jan R. Cartier.


The game was Pugachev-Pospelov, Russia, 1992. 1.Qxh6+ Kxh6 2.Rh3+ Kg5 2...Kg7 3.Rh7# 3.Ne4+ Kg4 4.Rh7 Qh6 5.Rxh6 Rd3 6.h3+ Rxh3+ 7.gxh3#

 


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