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Fred Reinfeld’s classic 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate has been re-issued in algebraic notation. Just as you come here to test your skills, this book does what I do here except for the explanations I often give in some detail. Still, it’s a great way to improve your tactics. I highly recommend it.


This is a fine example of four pieces coordinating to create a back rank make. The bishop, though looking vulnerable in the diagram, ends up protecting the mating rook on e8 and earlier covered the escape square on h7: 1.Qxf7+ Rxf7 2.Re8+ Rf8 3.Rxf8+ Kxf8 4.Re8#

 


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