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A brief look at the position will reveal why you as White can’t take the black queen, so what can you do?


A game of Spassky’s showed how he figured it out 1.Nh6+ Kxg7 2.Qg4+ Kxh6 2...Kf6 3.Ng8#; 2...Qg5 3.Qxg5+ Kh8 4.Nxf7# 3.Rh3+

 


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