White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Here’s how the game finished and why Black resigned: 22.Bd6+ Kg8 22...Ke8 23.Rge1 Qa1+ 24.Kd2 Qa5+ 25.b4 Qd5+ 26.Kc3 Qc6+ 27.Bc5 Qe6 28.Ng5 23.Rxg7+ Kh8 If 23...Kxg7 24.Rg1+ Kh6 25.Bf4+ Kh5 26.Rg5+ Kh4 27.Rg4+ Kxh3 28.Nf2—a beautiful mate. 24.Rg8+ Black Resigned here because he saw the end as well:24...Rxg8 25.Be5+ f6 26.Bxf6+ Rg7 27.Rd8+ Qg8 28.Rxg8+ Kxg8 29.Bxg7 and White is a piece up with an easy win.
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