White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
The finish to Kupper-Pomar, 1963 was 1.Rh7+ Kxh7 2.Qxf7+ Kh6 3.Rh1+ Kg5 4.Qh7 [Also 4.g3 Nf6 (4...Qf6 5.Qh7 Qh8 6.Qxh8 Nh6 7.Qxh6+ Kf6 8.Nd5+ Ke6 9.Qh3+ Kf7 10.Qd7+ Kg8 11.Nf6+ Kf8 12.Rh8#) 5.f4+ Kg4 6.Qc4 exf4 7.Qe2+ Kg5 8.gxf4+ Kxf4 9.Qh2+ Ke3 10.Qd2+ Kf3 11.Rh3+ Kg4 12.Qg2+ Kf4 13.Qg3#] 4...Kf6 5.Nd5+ Ke6 6.Nc7+ Kf6 7.Qh8+ Kf7 8.Rh7+ Kf8 9.Qg7#
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