White to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
The is one of those grand mating attacks you love to see. The great Yugoslav grandmaster, Svetozar Gligoric, pulled this off back in 1946 against Bidev in Belgrade in 1946.
1.Nxh7 Kxh7 2.Ne7 Bxe7 3.Qh5+ Kg8 [3...Kg7 4.Qh6+ Kg8 (4...Kf6 5.Bg5#) 5.Bxg6]4.Bxg6 fxg6 5.Qxg6+ Kh8 6.Rxe7 and mate is unavoidable.
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