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How about this:
1. b8=Q+ Rxb8 (black cannot take with the King due to Rxf8+)
2. Rf7+ Kc8 (Kd8 fails because of the fork c7+)
3. Kd6 threatening mate with Rf8#. If
3.. g8=Q 4. Rf8#
@ashwin:
you mean 3. … g1Q of course.
Easy, difficulty = 4/10
Yes, I meant g1Q, that was a typo.
ashwin phatak has it right. I was blind to it for a moment because promoting a pawn is one of those choice pleasures in chess, and promoting this one only to lose it on the move was counter-intuitive for me. Sometimes you can’t see the forest (win the game) because of all the trees (what a lovely queen it will make!).
Incidentally, does anyone recall the last time there were 3 queens on the board (before Morozevich/Topalov) at the Linares level of play?
At high a level at Linares I dont recall.. but this game stood out for me:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1349021
3 Queens.. for a long period of time.