Test your chess: Reitstein problem 160

Is it safe for white to play 1 Ra6 here?

M Levy v B Shipley 1968

Solution

Clearly not, unless the puzzle compiler is tricking his reader. It doesn't take long to see (1 Ra6) 1…Rf1+ and if 2 Kf1, 2…Re1mate, and if not, white is not only even more material down, but in a mating net, with Bd6+ f4 Bf4+ g3 Rh1mate.

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