Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #349

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

White to play and mate Black

Toljcov v Mojsejev, 1970

Solution

Nice, but it is a motif I have seen before; though I don’t think I have seen the actual position before.

1 Ng5+! hg 2 Rh3+ Kg6[]

3 Rh6+! and if 3…gh, 4 Qg8 mate, so 3…Kh6, when 4 Qh8+ Kg6[] 5 Qg6 mate.

FEN

4Q3/5ppk/4p2p/p2pP3/1p1P2P1/nP2RN2/q1r2PKP/8 b – – 0 1