White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
The most powerful capture is 1.Rxf7+ Rxf7 1...Kh8 2.Ne6 Qc8 (The actual game went 2...Qe8 3.Nxf8 Bxe2 4.Rxh7#) 3.Rxe7 Bxe2 4.Nxf8 Qxf8 5.Nf7+ Kg8 6.Rxd7 2.Ne6+ Kh8 3.Nxf7+ Kg8 4.Nh6+ Kh8 5.Nxd8 Rxd8 6.Nf7+ Kg8 7.Nxd8 Bxe2 8.e6 and White wins in all variations above (except the mate) by overwhelming material.
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