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[FEN "4rQK1/6P1/8/8/8/8/5R2/6k1 w - - 0 1"]

White mates in three - Solution

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Solution
 

Clausén,S Die Schwalbe, 1939 1.Ra2 Rxf8+  There are actually 13 different mates-in-two here; we'll just offer a few lines for you, the rest are easy enough to figure out: 1...Re5 2.Qf2+ Kh1 3.Qg2#; 1...Re2 2.Rxe2 Kh1 3.Qf1#; 1...Rd8 2.Qxd8 Kf1 3.Qd1#; 1...Ra8 2.Qxa8 Kf1 3.Qh1#; 1...Rb8 2.Qxb8 Kh1 (2...Kf1 3.Qb1#) 3.Qh2#; 1...Kh1 2.Qxe8 Kg1 3.Qe1# 2.gxf8Q [2.gxf8R] 2...Kh1 3.Qf1 mate.

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