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Published in Chess Puzzles

A finish from Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1975 between Augustin and Lanc. GM Hort thought enough of it (he won the tournament) to offer his notes to the game.


Solution:

1.Be8 Qf5 [All the ideas involving Black’s queen checks and such are shown in this variation: 1...Rxe8 2.Rxe8+ Kc7 3.Re7+ Kb6 (3...Kb8 4.Qe8#) 4.Qb3+ Ka5 5.a4 a6 6.Rxb7 Qg4+ 7.Kf1 Qh3+ 8.Ke1 Re8+ 9.Kd2 Qd7 (9...Qf3 10.Qb6#) 10.Qb6#] 2.Re6 Piquant interference move. Black Resigned as mate on d7 or the variation above is about to happen.

 


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