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Chess Problem 1995h8a701

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The Problemist Supplement, 1995 (Dedicated to Colin Russ)

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#7

1.Bb8+ Sxb8 2.Rb7+ Bxb7 3.Qe3+ Ka8 4.Sb6+ Ka7
5.Sc8+ Ka8  6.Qa7+ Rxa7 7.Sb6#

The well-known smothered mate, rotated through ninety degrees. I composed this problem during the Isle of Man Chess Congress in 1995, where several of the players attempted to solve it. The only one who I knew succeeded was Tony Miles and he took just a few minutes.

The dedication is to Colin Russ, then secretary of the BCPS, who was going through a trying time just then.

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