Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #466
Another puzzle from Dragoslav Andric’s 1981 book “Matni Udar”.
White to play and mate Black
Macukevič v Tuček, 1979
Solution
Quite nice, since the first move, 1 Re8+! is hard to see.
Once seen, it all falls into place. If the king captures, then the N discovers an attack on the LPDO Qh5.
If the rook captures, then it is mate on the back rank, most prettily by a smothered mate.
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