Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #299

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

Black to play and mate White

Petersen v Kolbaek, Denmark 1965

Solution

A nice exercise.  1..Nf3 is an obvious try, and the main task is how to crack 2 Qe2. Eventually I got the move order correct: 2…Nf2+ 3 Rf2 Qf2! and mates.

FEN

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