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A knightmare of a position. A little bonus: take the Black knight off b8 and mate Black in four moves. Put the knight back and find a win for White.


Solution:

First, without the knight on b8, there is a mate in four with: 1.Rd7+ Kxb6 2.Rxb7+ Ka5 3.Rc3 Rb8 4.Ra3# With the knight on b8, there is the remarkable backwards move of 1.Nca4! Rd8 [A tougher defense, but also futile is: 1...Nd7 2.Rxd7+ Kb8 3.Rxc6 Rd8 4.Nc5 Rxd7 5.Nbxd7+ Ka7 6.Rc7 Rb8 7.Nxb8] 2.Na8+ Kc8 3.N4b6#

 


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