Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #248

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

White to play and mate Black

Grunspan v Kaminski, Poznan 1961

Solution

Not too hard, because there aren’t too many ways White could prosecute an attack. 1 e6! is the natural move; 1…fe?? is clearly bad, 2 Rg7+ etc; so the only sensible move is 1…Ne6, when 2 Qe6! is the point of the combination.

Then, White is at least a piece up.

If the Q is captured, 3 Rg7+ and 4 Ng6 mate.

FEN

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