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Black to Play

Pete Tamburro on

Published in Chess Puzzles

A nice finish by Ivanchuk against Kryvoruchko at Tromso, Norway, in 2013.


Solution:

As many times happens the back rank mating ideas come to the fore: 1...Qc2 and White Resigned as after 2.Qxc2 bxc2 3.b3 Rxc1+ 4.Kb2 Ra1 Interestingly enough, Black’s first move was the only one to win.

 


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