White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
This is one of those “despite incredible odds, White prevails” compositions, and, to top it off, Stanley also sacrifices the rook. Just as in our previous problem, bishop cooperation is really first-rate. 1.Re5+ Kxe5 2.Bg4 dxe3 [2...Qh8 3.Bd6#; 2...d3 3.Bd6#] 3.Bd6+ [3.c3 takes one move longer: 3… d4 4.Be6 dxc3 5.bxc3 Qg8 6.Bd6#] 3...Kd4 4.Be2 f3 5.c3#
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