White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
An unlikely white player gives the mating move: 1.Qxh7+ Kxh7 [A slow and painful death was 1...Kf8 2.Qh8+ Ke7 (2...Kf7 3.Rg3 Ke7 4.Rxg7+ Bf7 5.Ng6+ Kd7 6.Rxf7+ Kc8 7.Qxf6 Qxf6 8.Rxf6) 3.Qxg7+ Bf7 4.Ng6+ Kd7 5.Qxf7+ Kc8 6.Rh7] 2.Ng6+ Kg8 3.Rh8+ Kf7 4.Rf8+ Qxf8 5.d6#
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