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A nicely spun mating net woven

by V.Kupreichik against Zeschkowski in 1976.

Lucksen
Why not 1. Nb5? As far as I can see, it scores a queen.
mxdplay4
Quiet_Soul wrote: Why not 1. Nb5? As far as I can see, it scores a queen.

The solution is checkmate.  End.

 


Loomis
Even if you don't see all the way to mate, the solution wins a queen AND a knight by move 3. By move 4 white has won a queen and rook, and even if you still don't see the mate, there is another rook hanging.