Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #451
Another puzzle from Dragoslav Andric’s 1981 book “Matni Udar”.
White to play and mate Black
Fuller v Steedman, Chester 1979
Solution
Quite pretty today.
1 Ng6+ exploits the fact that 1…fg? 2 f7+ is terminal.
So 1…Kg8[] when 2 Ne7+ Kh8[] 3 Qh6 Rg8
And now the coup de grace 4 Qg7+!
4….Rg7[] 5fg is a very efficient mate.
FEN
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Awesome!