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It’s a mate in three, but take care as it can get tricky.


Solution:

If you played this way you created a stalemate with 1.a8=Q f2 2.Ke2 f1=Q+ 3.Kxf1; however, the winning way was: 1.a8=N f2 2.Nb6 cxb6 3.c7# A composition by Holst.

 


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