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White to Play

Pete Tamburro on Feb 16, 2022

White wins this. In fact, it’s a mating attack!

A study by Teed in 1885 1.Kf7 h5 2.h4 hxg4 2...gxh4 3.g5 h3 4.g6+ Kh6 5.g7 h2 6.g8Q h1Q 7.Qg7# 3.hxg5 g3 4.g6+ Kh6 5.g7 Kg5 6.g8Q+ Kf4 7.Qa8 and mates soon. I used this problem a while back, but it came in handy today when demonstrating another endgame, which will you see next.

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