Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #227

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

Black to play and mate White

Gaprindashvili v Nedeljkovic, Kiev 1959

Solution

Not too hard: White’s Queen is tied to the back rank, and his King is in a mating net, so, 1…Rc8! overloads the Queen.

And if 2 Bc4, as played in the game, 2…Rc4 continues the overload.

FEN

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