Black to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
Here are all three lines: 1...c4 2.Rxb2 c3 3.Rc2 cxd2+ 4.Rxd2 Qxd2+ 5.Kf1 Qd1+ 6.Kg2 Qxg4+ 7.Kh2 Rd1 8.Qf4 Qh5+ 9.Kg2 Qh1+ 10.Kg3 Rg1# or 1...Bc1 2.Rxc1 Qxd2+ 3.Kf1 Qxc1+ 4.Kg2 c4 5.Qf4 c3 6.Qc7 Qd1 7.Qxc3 Qxg4+ 8.Kh2 Rd5 9.Qc8+ Qxc8 10.f3 Rg5 11.f4 Qc2+ 12.Kh3 Qg2+ 13.Kh4 Rh5#, and, lastly,
1...Bc3 2.Rxc3 Qxd2+ 3.Kf1 Qd1+ 4.Kg2 Qxg4+ which transposes into the Bc1 line. In the real game, Vaganian-Velimirovic, 1972, Black played Bc3 and White Resigned.
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