White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Bronstein beat Korchnoi in this finish in 1962. Major pieces roaming the board are always dangerous.
Although the game didn’t last this long, I put what would have happened with queen vs. rook to show how it’s done. 1.Rxh6+ Kxh6 1...gxh6 2.Qg8+ Kf6 3.Qf8+ or 1...Kg5 2.Qe5+ Kxg4 3.Rg6+ Kh4 4.Qg5# 2.Qh8+ Kg5 3.Qh5+ Kf6 4.g5+ Ke6 5.Qxf3 Rxb2 6.Qe4+ Kf7 7.Qf5+ Kg8 8.g6 Rb8 9.Qe5 Rf8 9...Rd8 10.Qc7 Ra8 11.Qb7 Rd8 12.Qb6 Re8 13.Qb5 Rc8 14.Qb4 Kh8 15.Qh4+ Kg8 16.Qh7+ Kf8 17.Qh8+ Ke7 18.Qxc8 10.Qd5+ Kh8 11.Qh5+ Kg8 12.Qh7#
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