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  1. Anonymous Reply

    Rh7+

  2. Lucymarie Reply

    Well, of course, Mamedyarov did see the checkmate, and played Rh7+. If he hadn’t it would have been one “to top all off“.

    (That is probably the worst pun in chess history, and I ought to be ashamed. Curiously, I’m not. [grin]

  3. quarterplay Reply

    1.Rh7+! Kxh7 2.Qh5+ Kg7 3.Qg6+ Kh8 4.Qh6#

  4. Anonymous Reply

    Rh7+ looks OK.

  5. Anonymous Reply

    Rh7+ looks OK.

  6. S.K. Srivastava Reply

    1rh7& 2qh5

  7. Anonymous Reply

    1.Rh7+ Kxh7 2.Qh5+ Kg7 3.Qg6+ Kh8 4.Qh6#

  8. Ravi Reply

    1.Qh5 Bxd4
    (1…Rxf7 2.Qh8#)
    (1…Rh8 2.Qxh8+ Kxf7 3.Rh7+ Bg7 4.Rxg7#)
    2.Qh7+ Kf6 3.Rh6+ Ke7 4.Rxd6 Rxf7 5.Qxf7+ Kxf7 6.Rxd4

  9. Anonymous Reply

    1.Rh7 Kxh7
    2.Qh5 Kg7
    3.Qg6 Kh8
    4.Qh6

  10. Anonymous Reply

    isn´t this a simple force checkmate after
    1. Rh7+ Kxh7
    2. Qh5+ Kg7
    3. Qg6+ Kh8
    4. Qh6#?
    greets, jan

  11. Haridaran Reply

    1. Rh7+! Kxh7
    2. Qh5+ Kg7
    3. Qg6+ Kh8
    4. Qh6#

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