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Fred Reinfeld was a strong master who published tons of chess books. They were generally aimed at the average player. His problem books are still used today and are now in algebraic reprint. One of his books was “Chess Quiz,” later titled “Win at Chess.” We’ll take some puzzles from his book this week. Enjoy! (Hint: one of the themes here is the back rank mate threat.)


Solution:

The way Reinfeld gave was: 1.Nf5 Rg8 2.Be5 Qe6 [2...Rxg4 3.Rd8+ Rg8 4.Bxf6#] 3.Rd8 Qe8 [3...Rxd8 4.Qg7#] 4.Bxf6+ Rg7 5.Rxe8# Another, complicated, way is: 1.Qf4 f5 2.Qe5+ f6 3.Qxf6+ Rg7 4.Nxf5 Qg8 [4...Rdd7 5.Nh6 Rdf7 6.Qd8+ Rf8 7.Qxf8+ Qg8 8.Nf7+ Rxf7 9.Be5+ Rg7 10.Bxg7#] 5.Nxg7 Qxg7 6.Qxd8+ Qg8 7.Be5#

 


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