White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
A composition by T.R. Dawson. Remarkably tame for that composer!1.b8=N Kxe8 2.Qg8 mate Extra credit: if there were no pawn on a7, there would be a dual solution with 1.Ka7 Kxe8 2.b8=Q mate, which isn’t as much fun as an underpromotion.
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