Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #113

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

White to play and mate Black

Opocensky v Hromadka, Katowice 1931

Solution

A nice piece of calculation, with a mate in the centre of the board.

1 Rd5+! cd[] 2 Nd3+!

ed[] 3 f4 mate.

FEN

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