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White to Play and Mate in Four

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Solution:

1.Na1 Kxa1 2.Kc2 c3 3.Kc1 c2 4.Bb2# . We hope you see that as an echo of a recent puzzle with a queen sacrifice at a1. That's why patterns are good to remember! A composition by the first (unofficial) world champ Adolph Anderssen in the 19th century.

 

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