White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
I’m sure you all got the first move. Gain the opposition with 1.Kf7. If you figured that after 1…Kh8 you would gobble up the pawns and win and also wonder why I would pick something so simple, then you missed this: 1.Kf7 h5! 2.h4! [2.gxh5?? and it's drawn...can't force the h-pawn through.] 2...Kh6 [2...hxg4 3.hxg5 g3 4.g6+ Kh6 5.g7 g2 6.g8Q; 2...gxh4 3.g5 h3 4.g6+ Kh6 5.g7 h2 6.g8Q h1Q 7.Qg7#] 3.Kf6 gxh4 4.g5+ Kh7 5.Kf7 h3 6.g6+ Kh6 7.g7 Kg5 8.g8Q+ Kf4 9.Qg1 and the king can’t hide in the corner.
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