Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #491
Another puzzle from Dragoslav Andric’s 1981 book “Matni Udar”.
White to play and mate Black
Szilagyi v Busa, correspondence, Hungary 1980
Solution
This is very similar to ‘one I have seen earlier’, and the motif is the same: clear the d file so that Rd8 mate can be played, or clear the e line instead.
So 1 Nc7+!
3Nc7+!
Qc7 4 Qe2+! Ne5 5 Qe5+! Qe5 6 Rd8 mate.
FEN
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