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1. Rh6
Only Black’s pawn on g7 can move, and it doesn’t matter whether Black plays it to g6 or uses it to capture the Rook:
2. Qa1 mate
Took just over two minutes (wasted time analyzing Knight and pawn moves).
My try:
1. Rh6, then black can only move the g7 pawn to g6, or to capture the rook at h6, then:
2. Qa1#
It took me too long, maybe. About 15 min. Thank you Fr Z, for your posts.
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This is the Church of St. Lucy (Santa Lucia) on the Via di Monserrato just up the street a bit from the apartment I have used in Rome for a while.
Right! Rh6. That drives black into Zugzwang which provides an opening for the coup de grace.
Took me about 3-4 minutes. Like A.S. Haley, I wasted a lot of time on Night Moves.