White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
There are several ways to go wrong: 1.h6 gxh6 2.gxh6 Kf7 3.f6 Ke8 4.Ke6 Kf8 5.Ke5 Ke8 6.Kf4 Kf7 7.Kf5 Kf8 8.Ke6 Ke8 9.f7+ Kf8 10.Kf6 drawn or 1.f6+ gxf6+ 2.gxf6+ Kf7 3.Kf5 Ke8 4.Ke6 Kf8 5.f7 h6 6.Kf6 drawn. However, 1.g6 hxg6 [1...h6 2.Ke4 Kf6 3.Kf4 Ke7 4.Ke5 Kd7 5.f6 gxf6+ 6.Kxf6; 1...Kf8 2.gxh7]2.hxg6 Kf8 [2...Kd7 3.f6 gxf6+ 4.Kxf6 Ke8 5.g7]3.Ke6 Ke8 4.Kd6 Kf8 [4...Kd8 5.f6 Ke8 6.fxg7]5.Kd7 Kg8 6.Ke8 Kh8 7.f6 gxf6 8.Kf7 f5 9.g7+ Kh7 10.g8Q+ Kh6 11.Qg6#
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