Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #158
Another puzzle from Dragoslav Andric’s 1981 book “Matni Udar”.
White to play and win
Rometti v unknown, Nica 1946
Solution
Another nice one, after yesterday’s.
1 Rg7+! Ng8 (1…Kh8 2 Rh7+ and Qh3+ and Rg1+)
2 Nh6+ Kh8[]
3 Nef7+ Rf7
4 Nf7+ and the standard smothered mate follows (Qg8+ etc)
FEN
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