Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #434
434 14/9
Another puzzle from Dragoslav Andric’s 1981 book “Matni Udar”.
White to play and mate Black.
Arhipov v Ajnhorn, USSR 1976.
Solution
A fantastic one: a lovely main line. Black can grovel (e.g. 1…Be7 and 2…Qg6) but the main line is
1 Re6+!
2 Bh5+ Ke7
3 Nc6+!!
which is a very unusual motif: either capture leads to a different mate. 3…Nc6 4 Qd7mate, or 3…Bc6 4 Nc8 mate.
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