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Chess Problem 2021b3d301

BDS & Stephen Taylor

Probleemblad, 2021

7*3B/p5p1/P3p3/1p*3Q1P3/*3bP5p/PK1k4/7P/4Q3

#4
LEO c5
VAOs h8; a4 

1.LEg1! ()

1...g6  2.LEg5 h3  3.LEh6 g5  4.Qe3#
1...g5  2.LEg4 h3  3.LEh5 g4  4.Qe2#
1...Kd4 2.Qe2  Kd5 3.Qd3+ Kc6 4.Qd6#
               h3  3.LEg6 Kd5 4.Qd3#
1...h3  2.LEg6 Kd4 3.Qe2  Kd5 4.Qd3#

My original idea consisted of the first two variations, but constructing it proved very difficult. I came up with a sound setting with a flight-taking key, which Stephen transformed into this much better setting.

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