White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
A clever mating attack.
From Rotstein-Kotalymov, 1952 1.Rxh6+! Bxh6 2.g7+! Kxg7 2...Bxg7 3.Qh4+ Bh6 4.Qxh6# 3.Qg6+ Kh8 4.Qxh6#
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