Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #219
Another puzzle from Dragoslav Andric’s 1981 book “Matni Udar”.
Black to play and mate White

Gligoric v Olafsson, F, Portoroz Interzonal 1958
Solution
An unusual motif: Black breaks the pin on his LPDO Rd5 by 1…Qc6!, exploiting White’s back rank mate weakness and LPDO Qc4.

After 2 Qf1 Qc2 White resigned.
FEN
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