White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
If you think logically, then you had to realize that you need to make Black push the a-pawn down the a-file. So, you prevent him from moving over to the b-file with a capture (one line is offered out of many possibilities after the promotion): 1.b6+ Kxb6 2.h4 Kc5 3.h5 a5 4.h6 Kb4 5.h7 Kb3 6.h8Q a4 7.Qa1 b5 8.Kd7 b4 9.Kc6 a3 10.Kc5 Kc2 11.Kd4 b3 12.Qxa3 b2 13.Qc3+ Kb1 14.Kc4 Ka2 15.Qa5+ Kb1 16.Kb3 Kc1 17.Qe1#
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