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Find the simple yet clever (and only!) way White won this game.


Solution:

From a game Prathamesh-Ismagam’v, Delhi, 2009 (as noted in British Chess Magazine) The way a queen and knight work together, though having vastly different moves, is really quite impressive. Although the exchange up, Black can do nothing to stop this: 1.Qe7 Qc8 [1...Kg8 2.Ne6; several nice mates follow 1...h5 2.Qf8+ Kh7 3.Qf7+ Kh8 (3...Kh6 4.Qg6#) 4.Ng6#] 2.Ne6 Rc7 3.Nxc7 f5 4.Ne8 and giving up the queen is the only alternative.

 

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