White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
This position is from Below-Pantzke, Berlin, 1951-52. The short win is: 1.Qc7 Rc6 [ Longer adventures with the same result are: 1...gxh6 2.Qxf7 Rxd8 (2...Ra7 3.Rxf8+ Qxf8 4.Qxf8+ Ng8 5.Rd8 Rg7 6.Qf6 h5 7.Qe5 h6 8.Rd7 Nf6 9.Qxf6 e5 10.Qxg7#) 3.Rxd8+ Ne8 4.Rxe8+ Qf8 5.Rxf8#; 1...Ra8 2.Qxf7 Raxd8 3.Rxd8 gxh6 4.Rxf8+ Qxf8 5.Qxf8+ Ng8 6.c5 h5 7.c6 h4 8.c7 h5 9.c8Q Kh7 10.Qxg8+ Kh6 11.Qcxe6#] 2.Qxf7 Rxd8 3.Qg8+ Rxg8 4.Nf7#
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