White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
From Parma-Ramirez, 1963, this is a great example of how to attack along the files when there are mate threats along the g- and h- files. Getting rid of that bishop, who is doing so much work, should have been one of your first considerations. 1.Rxg7 Kxg7 [1...Rxc3 2.Qxh6#] 2.Rg3+ Kh7 [2...Kh8 3.Qxh6#] And now a key move in the whole mating attack. 3.Bg6+ Kg7 [3...fxg6 4.Rxg6 exf5 5.Qxh6#] 4.Bh7+ Kxh7 [4...Kh8 5.Bg8 Rxg8 6.Qxh6#] 5.Rh3 Rxc3 [5...Rfd8 6.Qxh6+ Kg8 7.Qh8# (7.Rg3#) ] 6.Qxh6+ Kg8 7.Qh7#
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