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White to move and win [Answer at the bottom]
* The Puzzle Hints
White must promote his pawn h6… At the beginning learn very useful maneuver. Move a White piece to check and then the same piece to block the rook. The bishop-pawn link is a strong weapon against the enemy rook… The Black rook has to take the blocking piece… Try to correctly solve to the very end… This chess puzzle is designed for the chess players rated 2000-2200.
* The Puzzle Data
1. Author: Joseph, D.
2. Year: 1921.
* The Puzzle Recommendation
In whole, this chess puzzle may be not so easy to solve for the intermediate chess players (chess masters and grandmasters). You may solve this chess puzzle online or on real chess board. The Puzzle Answer is at the bottom of this page. See the best moves for White and Black, and learn the ideas.
* How to Find More Chess Puzzles
To find more puzzles, please visit the Chess Puzzles Main Page of www.chesselo.com. Then find and click a corresponding link. On this page, you can find chess puzzles for beginners, for intermediate players, and chess puzzle pdf ebooks.
# Note: See the Puzzle Answer below #
* The Puzzle Answer
1. Bf2+ Kb8
2. Bb6! Rxb6
3. ab a3
4. h7 a2
5. h8=Q a1=Q
6. Qg8 Qa2
[Expecting for the wrong 7. Qxa2 … and Draw by stalemate]
7. Qe8 Qa4
8. Qe5+ Ka8
9. Qh8! 1-0  Back to Top
[Now any Black move is losing. For example: 9… Qa5+ 10.Kd7+ Qd8 11.Qxd8#]
[The White King will step on c7, d7, or e7 with the unavoidable checkmate attack]
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