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Black to move. Mate in 4.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
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Black to move and mate in 4
Throughout this problem white has many, many possible responses. Too many to write down exhaustively so some handwaving is in order.
1. … Qxf3 forced
2. gxf3+ {any other move leads to immediate mate via Qxf2#}
2. … Kg3
If
3. any pawn move Rc1#
Now we are left with white rook moves.
If
3. Rc8 RxRc8
4. Kg1 or any pawn move Rc1#
If
3. Rd8 or e8 Rc1+
White must block check with the rook.
4. Rd1 or e1 RxR#
If
3. any other white rook move Rc1#
If I missed anything please let me know.
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