Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #360
Another puzzle from Dragoslav Andric’s 1981 book “Matni Udar”.
White to play and mate Black
Sampouw v Silalahi, Indonesia 1971
Solution
A nice one today. Not immediately obvious, but ‘when the penny drops’, a smile results.
1 Qe8! Qh5[] 2 Ne7+!
Ne7[] 3 Qf8+! Kf8[] 4 Rd8 mate.
Pretty.
FEN
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