Test your chess: Reitstein problem 98

White to play and win

D Isaacson v B Rabinowitz 1955

Solution

Reitstein's hint is that it is a mate in four, so 'just winning' wasn't good enough. The solution is quite pretty, with the rooks combining nicely.

1 Qb8+! Kb8[] 2 Re8+ Kb7 (2…Qc8 3 Rb1+ Ka8 4 Rc8 mate) 3 a6+ Kb6 4 Rb8 mate.

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