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I recently ran across a chess column in a newspaper from the late 1930s by George P. Northrop. He had this odd-looking mate in 7 I just couldn’t resist sharing. There is a certain sense of humorous despair in the solution. I hope you give it a try considering you can force Black into one line of play.


The composer was W.A. Beers. The object of humorous despair is the f7 pawn, who can only trail the opposing king without being able to aid his own monarch. 1.Ke7 h2 2.Kxf6 h3 3.Kxf5 f6 4.Kxf4 f5 5.Kxf3 f4 6.Kxf2 f3 7.Ng3#

 


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