White to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
This composition by Przepiorka from the 1920s fooled quite a few people. Take care!
1.Re2 Qg8 2.Ng7 [Or 2.Nf6 Qg1 3.Nh5 (Not 3.Re8+ Kg7 4.Rg8+ Kh6 5.Rxg1) 3...h6 4.Re8+ Kh7 5.Nf6+ Kg6 6.Rg8+ Ng7 was the point of the study and this line is a cook, but it's still a fun line and worth looking at.] 2...Qxg7 [2...h5 3.Re8 Qxe8 4.Nxe8 h4 5.Nd6 h3 6.Ne4 h2 7.Nf2] 3.Re8+ Qg8 4.Rxg8+ Kxg8 5.a5 h5 6.a6 h4 7.a7 h3 8.a8=Q+.
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