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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - October 11, 2008
Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - October 11, 2008 from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 3 (Jokisch)
Not much time for discussion this time, but we must restrain the king for the first move in order to force a pawn to a square that will later block the king.
3 comments:
This one stumped me!
I suppose 1. Qb7 also works?
Hello Zarko,
I beli3ve 1. Qb7 does not work because after 1...e4 2. Qb3 White does not have access to d6 as in the main line.
Ah, yes....
Like I said, this one stumped me!
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