It’s Your Move: daily chess puzzle # 52

White to play and win

In the Teschner book, the question is asked ’what happens after 1 Re7 Rc3?’

Lee v Sakharov, Vrnjacka Banja 1963

Solution

Not too hard: examine all biffs leads to 1 Qf7+! being looked at, when 1…Rf7[] 2 Re8+ Rf8[] 3 R(either)f8 is mate.

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