White to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
Just imagine that the White king is Santa with his elves and they’re trying to checkmate the Grinch before he ruins Christmas. Santa’s got to do it in three moves, too. Sorry, Santa!
Solution:
One of my favorite “fun” composers is T.R. Dawson and he’s responsible for this one: 1.Ke7 Ke5 [1...g5 2.d4 g4 3.e4#; 1...Kc5 2.c4 g5 3.d4#]2.e4 g5 3.d4#
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