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Continuing with Bobby Fischer’s choice for chess puzzles in his old Boys’ Life columns, we offer a caution that it might not be an obvious first move. A mate in three.


Solution:

H. Yan of West Germany composed this. The solution was a nice queen move to get over to the g-file. Checks couldn’t do it in three moves. 1.Qf2 d3 [1...Re6 2.cxd8Q+ Re8 3.Qxe8#; 1...Ra8 2.Qg1 Rec8 (2...Be7 3.Qg8#) 3.Qg8#] 2.Qg3 d2 3.Qg8#

 


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