Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #112

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

White to play and mate Black

Picugin v Fradkin, Habarovsk 1031

Solution

Fairly straightforward, but pleasing nevertheless. A single track line of forced moves, with only one minor variation..

1 Nf6+ Qf6[]  2 Ba4+ Na4 3 Qd7 mate; or 2…Ke7 3 Qd6 mate.

FEN

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