White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
- Solution: 1.Qxc7 Nxb3 [1...Qxc7 2.Rxe8+ Rxe8 3.Rxe8#; 1...Ne6 2.Rxe6 Rxe6 (2...fxe6 3.Qg7#) 3.Qxb8+ Qc8 4.Qxc8+ Bxc8 5.Bxe6 Bxe6 6.Rd1 with an easy win]2.Qxb7 Nd4 [2...Qxb7 3.Rxe8+]3.Qxc6 Rxe3 4.Qd6 Rxe1+ 5.Kf2 Re2+ 6.Kf1 Rbe8 7.Qxd4 f6 8.Qxf6 R2e7 9.Qxa6 and White easily triumphs. Between the passed a-pawn and the possible mate threats on g7, Black is in a really bad way.
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