Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #143

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

White to play and mate Black

Alekhine v Nestor; simul, Trinidad 1939

Solution

Solvable, because there are so few options: 1 Rc8 and if 1…Rc8, 2 Qe7! is a double attack: hitting c8 and d8: 1-0.

FEN

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