Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #480

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

White to play and mate Black

Garcia P v John Van der Wiel, Kastrikjum 1980

Solution

Not too hard today: 1 Rf5! is a natural try, threatening to capture on f8, or if 1…ef or 1…gf, 2 Qe5+ and mate. And if 1…Re2, then 2 Rf8+ and 3 Rg8mate.

So 1…Rf5 when 2 Qe5+! all the same, and if 2…Re5 3 Bf6 mate.

FEN

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