White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
The axe falls with 21.Qxd7!! and Black Resigned. [It would be very embarrassing for White to play 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.Qxd7 Qxd7 23.Rxd7 Re1+ 24.Nf1 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Rxf1#; 21.Rxe8+ only wins a pawn.] Because 21...Qxd7 22.Rdxd7 puts Black in the unenviable position of not being able to take either rook because of mate to come, and if Black doesn't take, White's doubled rooks on the 7th are deadly and will vacuum up a good deal of material.
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