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Chess Problem 1990a5b801

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Bournmouth Evening Echo, 1990

1k3B2/1P2p2p/PPp1p3/K3p3/2Ss3r/1p3Ssq/1Q6/8

#3

1.Qa3!       (2.Qd6+   exd6   3.Bxd6#
              2.Qxe7   &      3.Qd6,Qd8,Qc7,Qe8,a7#)

1...Sgf5      2.Scxe5  &      3.Sd7#
             (2.Sfxe5? Qc3+!)
1...Sb5, Sdf5 2.Sfxe5  &      3.Sxc6,Sd7#
             (2.Scxe5? Ra4+!)
1...c5        2.Sfxe5        (3.Sd7#)
                       Sc6+   3.Sxc6#
              2.Scxe5        (3.Sd7#)
                       Sc6+   3.Sxc6#

I was much taken with the dual-avoidance and tried for ages to eliminate the double threat and the ruinous duals after 1...c5. I probably shouldn’t have published this one.

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