Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #23

Another puzzle from Dragoslav Andric’s 1981 book “Matni Udar”.

White to play and win

Berger v Kos, Graz 1882

Solution

A nice one. There are prosaic ways to win, but 1 Qa8+! Kh7 2 Qh8+! is pretty: 2…Nh8[] 3 Rg7 mate.

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