Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #301

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

White to play and mate Black

Kavalek v Khodos, Sinaia, 1965

Solution

A one move solution: 1 Rd8+! wins

If 1..Qd8, 2 Qe6+ and mates on f7; and if 1…Bd8, 2 Qh8+! and 3 Rf8 mate.

Kavalek fully analyses this game in Megabase 2017.

FEN

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