Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #382

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

White to play and mate Black

Ljubojevic  v Padevski, Nice 1974

Solution

Not too hard, but pretty. Check, check, check and attack, and game over: 1 Nf6+! Bf6[] 2 Qf7+ Bg7[] 3 Ng5+ hg[] 4 h6 and mate can’t be prevented.

FEN

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