Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #317

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

White to play and mate Black

Minic v Honfi, Vrnjacka Banja 1966

Solution

1 Qa7! exploits the back rank mate, in Torre-Adams fashion. 1-0.

FEN

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