White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
1.Bxg6 h6 [You also have to account for the captures: 1...Qxe5 2.Bxh7+ Kh8 3.Bxe5 Bc8 4.Be4+ Kg8 5.Bf4 Rfe8 6.Bh6 Rxe4 7.Nxe4 Kh7 8.g4 Kg6 9.Bg5 Rd5 10.Rh6#; 1...fxg6 2.f7+ Kxf7 3.Rxh7+ Kg8 4.Qg7#; 1...hxg6 2.Qg5 Qd2 3.Nf5 Rfe8 (3...Qxg5 4.Ne7#) 4.Ne7+ Rxe7 (4...Kf8 5.Rh8#) 5.fxe7 Qxg2+ (5...Qxg5 6.Rh8#) 6.Qxg2 Bxg2 7.Rh8#] 2.Qxd6 [2.Rxh6 Qxe5 3.Bh7+ Kh8 4.Bxe5 also works.] 2...Rxd6 3.Nf5 fxg6 4.Nxh6+ Kh7 5.Nf5+ Kg8 6.Nxd6 Rf7 7.Nxf7 Kxf7 8.Rh7+ Ke6 9.f7 Kd5 10.f8Q Nc6 11.Rd7+ Ke4 12.Qf3#
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