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White to Play and Mate in Three

Pete Tamburro on

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A little morsel of a chess problem in case the holiday weekend has you worn out! By H. Hjorth, 1911.


Solution:

1.f8=N g6 2.Kh6 g5 3.Ng6# Promoting to a queen is a mate in four.

 

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