Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #207

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

White to play and mate Black

Durao v Catozzi, Dublin 1957

(the book I am using, Matni Udar, says this game was played in Portugal. Megabase 2017 says it was in round 3 of the zonal tournament in Dublin: I’ve gone with Megabase.

Solution

Fairly easy, but pretty nonetheless.

1 Rf4+ Kh5[] 2 Rh4+! gh[] 3g4 mate.

FEN

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