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White to Play

Pete Tamburro on Jan 15, 2025

Published in Chess Puzzles

One hint: you don’t have to be concerned about any rooks check on a1.

From Magerramov-Kolesnikov, Correspondence, 1967

1.Rf6!! gxf6 1...Ra1+ 2.Qxa1 gxf6 3.Qxf6 Qe3+ 4.Kh2 Qxb3 5.Qxh6 f6 6.Bxf6 Ne6 7.fxe6 and mate in two. 2.Qg3+ Kh7 3.Bxf6 Ne6 4.fxe6 Rg8 5.exf7! Black Resigned. The fun possibility is 5...Rxg3 There is also 5...Qxg2+ 6.Kxg2 Rxg3+ 7.Kxg3 Kg6 8.f8Q Kf5 9.Bc2+ Ke6 10.Qe7+ Kd5 11.Bb3 mate 6.f8=N mate

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