Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #274

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

White to play and mate Black

Gligoric v Rosenstein, Chicago 1963

Solution

As with previous days, not too hard: 1 Qe7+ Qe7[] 2 Bd6 pins and wins since 2..Qd6 3 Re8 mate.

FEN

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