Black to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
OK, this is a position that leads to checkmate; however it takes a while.It is a forcing line, though, so it’s doable.
Solution:
Much of this is just delaying the inevitable mate-- 1...Qg2+ 2.Nxg2 hxg2+ 3.Kxg2 Bf3+ 4.Qxf3 [4.Kg1 Rh1#]4...exf3+ 5.Kg1 Rf5 6.Rfe1 Rfh5 7.Re8+ Kf7 8.Re7+ Kxe7 9.Re1+ Kd8 10.Re8+ Kxe8 11.dxc6 Rh1#
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