White to Play
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Alexandria Kosteniuk became a women’s grandmaster at age fourteen! Here, she finishes off I. Zakurdjaeva in 1998. How did she do it?
Solution:
If you weren’t careful you could have blown it. If you picked 1.Rxc8? 1…Qxf3+ leads to a repetition of position with its partner 2…Rd1+. Correct is 1.Qxg7+ Rxg7 2.Rxc8+ Rg8 3.Rgxg8# [3.Rcxg8#]
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