White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
Usually in a tricky problem, the trickiest move is the first one and then everything follows. In this Loyd problem the tricky move comes later: 1.Rf4 Kxh1 [ Usually, when you show people this problem they immediately object to your playing Kxh1 and say, “Yeah, I saw that, but what happens if the king takes the pawn?” Then you show them the killer move of castling, which they never thought of: 1...Kxg3 2.0–0 Kh3 3.R1f3#]2.Kf2 Kh2 3.Rh4#
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