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Chess Problem 1994f6f401

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Problem Observer, 1994

6R1/8/1ppp1K2/4P2*3B/R*3R3k*3Q1/2*3rr1P2/5B2/5B2

#2
LEO g4
PAOs b4; c3
VAO h5 

1.LEf5!  (2.Rg4#)

1...Kxf3  2.PAf4#
1...PAxf3 2.Bd4#
1...Rxf3  2.Bc4#

The key gives the black king a flight, and, after the bK takes it, he is mated on the square he just departed from. Two other captures on f3 lead to two more anti-battery mates.

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