Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #288

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

Black to play and mate White

Wheeler v Hall, England 1963

Solution

Harder today: to get the order right.  Eventually it all clicked: 1…Rc1+ first (though 1…Ra3+ first also wins) 2 Qc1 (else the Q drops) Ra3+

and if 3 Kb1, then 3…Ra1+! and 4..Qa8+/5..Qa2 mate.

FEN

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