White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
The quickest way was to mate by 1.Ne1 d3 [Obviously, White should not take the pawn.] 2.Nf3 d2 3.Kg3 d1=N [That underpromotion idea again. If Black promotes to a queen, Nf2 is mate right away.] 4.Kh3 Ne3 5.Nf2# And sometimes you wander around a bit, which takes longer: 1.Kg3 d3 2.Nd4 Kg1 3.Ne3 d2 4.Nf3+ Kh1 5.Ng4 d1N 6.Kh3 Ne3 7.Nf2# Still, this is a useful exercise and a good reminder: leave that pawn on the board!
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