Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #344

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

White to play and mate Black

Werle v Lundin, Sweden 1969

Solution

1 Be5! starts a known theme: 1..Qa6 2 Rd8+ Kh7[]

3 Rh8+!

and if 3..Kg6 4 f5+ mates, or 3…Kh8 4 Qf8+ and 5 Qg7 mate.

Nice.

FEN

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