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Today, we introduce you to Dr. Hartlaub, one of the great attacking players of all-time. We’ll get back to him in future puzzles, but for now this is an introduction.


Did you see all the variations? 1.Rxg7+ Kxg7 1...Kh8 2.Rxh7+ Kxh7 3.Qh4+ Kg6 4.Rg1+ Ng4 5.Rxg4+ Qxg4 6.Qxg4+ Kh6 7.Qg7+ Kh5 8.Be2+ Kh4 9.Qg3# 2.Rg1+ Kh8 2...Kf6 3.Qh4+ Kf5 4.Rg5+ Kf6 5.Rg4+ Kf5 6.Qg5# 3.Qxe5+ dxe5 4.Bxe5+ f6 5.Bxf6+ Rxf6 6.Rg8#

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