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3M Stemwinder Chess Puzzle #18 Solution

 

1. Bh6+

(The Bishop moved from g5 to h6, giving check.) Black has only one possible reply:

1. ... Kxg6 to which White replies:

2. Qg4 mate. (Blacks Pawn on f5 cannot capture the Queen because the Pawn is pinned to its King by White's Bishop at d3.)

 

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