White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
- Solution: Every chess teacher shows their students how to mate with two rooks vs. a king. Prokes takes that principle of coordination and puts it into an enjoyable an instructive problem. 1.Kg3 c1Q [1...h1=Q 2.Rxh1]2.Rb7+ Ke6 [2...Kc6 3.Rc8+; 2...Kd6 3.Rh6+ Kd5 (3...Kc5 4.Rc7+) 4.Rb5+ Kd4 (4...Kc4 5.Rc6+) 5.Rh4+ Kd3 6.Rb3+ Kc2 7.Rc4+ Kxb3 8.Rxc1] 3.Rh6+ Kf5 4.Rb5+ Ke4 5.Rh4+ Kd3 6.Rb3+ Kd2 7.Rxh2+ Kd1 8.Rh1+
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