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PID: 74635 (1b4n1/5p2/1P2p2R/KpR4P/3kNpp1/1pN3P1/1BbPBP1r/5n2 w - - 0 1)

Soroka, Ivan Ivanovich

1st Prize, Odessa Festival, 1989

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#4

12 + 12

4827 FIDE Album (1989-1991) 1997
56 The Problemist 2012

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Keys
    • 1.Rf6!
      • threat
        • 2.Rd5+
          • 2...exd5
            • 3.Sa4+
              • 3...Kxe4
                • 4.Sc5#
      • 1...Rxh5
        • 2.Sd1+
          • 2...Kxe4
            • 3.f3+
              • 3...gxf3
                • 4.Sf2#
      • 1...Bd3
        • 2.Rd5+
          • 2...exd5
            • 3.Sa4+
              • 3...Kc4
                • 4.Rc6#
              • 3...Kxe4
                • 4.Sc5#
      • 1...Se3
        • 2.Sb1+
          • 2...Kxe4
            • 3.d3+
              • 3...Bxd3
                • 4.Sd2#
      • 1...Se7
        • 2.Sd5+
          • 2...Kxe4
            • 3.Rxf4+
              • 3...Bxf4
                • 4.Sf6#

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