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Well, I did get email from the April Fool’s Day puzzle. Here’s the solution: 1.Rf4 Kxh1 2.Kf2 Kh2 3.Rh4 mate or the fun one that causes all the problems—1.Rf4 Kxg3 2.0-0!! (many forgot that possibility) and mates next move. For today, we have a normal correspondence game from 1992-93.


The game Kotzem-Polzer reached this position and Black continued with 1...Bc5 2.Rxf2 Nb4 3.Qxc4 Qxa2+ 4.Qxa2 Nc2 mate. One other variation is 3.Qb3 Qxa2+ 4.Qxa2 Nc2# These are the main possibilities, but the key takeaway, other than the smothered mate is the vacating of the square b4 by the bishop to give the knight the outpost.

 


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