Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #49

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

White to play and win

Gottschall v unknown, 1901

Solution

Quite pretty. 1 Rdf1! and if 1…Qc4 2 Ng6+

Kg8[] 3 Ne7+ Kh8 4 Rh7+! Kh8[] 5 Rh1 mate.

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