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Black notices something about the Black bishop on f2.


Solution:

What Black noticed was that the bishop attacks both the squares, which creates the possibility of a corridor mate along the h-file instead of the usual back rank: 1...Rxh2+ 2.Bxh2 [2.Kxh2 Qh8+ 3.Bh6 Qxh6+ 4.Qh5 Qxh5#]2...Ng3+ 3.Bxg3 Qh8+ 4.Bh2 Qxh2+ 5.Kxh2 Rh8+ 6.Qh5 Rxh5 mate.

 


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