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This position, from a real game—Parr-Wheatcroft, London, 1938—has a truly unique mating attack. Good luck!


This is not some pattern out of Renaud and Kahn’s The Art of the Checkmate: 1.Rh5!! Qxd7 [1...gxh5 2.Qf5#; 1...Rge8 2.Ng5+ Kh8 3.Qxg7#; 1...Bxb2 2.Ng5+ Kh8 3.Qh7#] 2.Ng5+ Kh8 3.Rxh6#

 


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