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From recent puzzles, you know what move you shouldn’t play here, but it does take a little finesse to win this.


1.Kb6 (not c6 because of Rg1) Kb8 [The pawn has to be on the 6th rank before you can move the rook down: 1...Rg1 2.Rh8+ Kd7 3.c6+ Kd6 4.Rd8+ Ke7 5.c7 Rb1+ 6.Ka5 Ra1+ 7.Kb4 Rb1+ 8.Ka3 Ra1+ 9.Kb2]2.c6 Rf8 3.Rh7 Re8 4.Rb7+ Kc8 5.Ra7 Kb8 6.c7+ Kc8 7.Ra8+ Kd7 8.Rxe8 Kxe8 9.c8Q+

 


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