This is a very fluid position with lots of possibilities for moves for both sides, yet in Karaklaic-Nedeljkovic, Yugoslavia, 1957, White ended this game with a forced mate.

Solution:

White saw that he had to get the queen in the king’s parlor in the right way, so he blasted in with the rook first: 1.Rh8+ Bxh8 [1...Kxh8 2.Qh7#] 2.Qh7+ Kf8 3.Qxh8+ Ke7 4.Qg7+ Nf7 [4...Kd6 5.Ne4#] 5.Qxf7+ Kd6 6.Ne4# If Black tried to shut the queen out, that wouldn’t work either, but it would take longer: 1.Qh7+ Kf8 2.fxe5 Ra7 [2...Re7 3.Qg6 Bxg5+ 4.Kb1 Rf7 5.Rh8+ Ke7 6.Qxg5+ Rf6 7.Qxf6+]3.Qxa7 Bxg5+ 4.Kb1 Bd7 5.Rf1+ Kg7 6.Qf2 Rf8 7.Rxg5+ Qxg5 8.Qxf8+ Kg6 9.Qf7+ Kh6 10.Rh1+ Qh4 11.Rxh4+ Kg5 12.Qf6#

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