White to move. Can you find a beautiful tactical combination for White? By the way, White is the legendary Spassky. 
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1. Rxf8 Qxf8
2. Rh8 Kxh8
3. Qh3 Rh4 (or … Kg8 see below)
4. Qxh4 Kg8
5. Qh8
nice one
oops, I meant 5. Qh7 checkmate
1.Rh8+ Kh8 2.Rf8+ Qf8 3.Qh3+ Rh4 [3…Kg8 4. Qh7#] 4.Qh4+ Kg8 5. Qh7#
Hi Susan
1. Rh8, Kxh8
2. Qh3, Rh4 [if 2. …, Qh4 3. Rxf8# Mate; and 2. …, Kg8 4. Rxf8, Kxf8 (4. …, Qxf8 5. Qh7# Mate)5. Qh8# Mate]
3. Qxh4, Kg8
4. Rxf8, Kxf8 (if 4. …, Qxf8 5. Qh7# Mate)
5. Qh8# Mate
Good Nigth
1.Rh8+ Kh8
2.Rf8+ QxR
3.Qh3+ forces mate
Hi Susan,
nice one. Even I as a very bad player got that one… The beauty is that it does not matter which rook sacrifice comes first.
Bernd
Actually, it *does* matter which rook to sac first. Calculating the Rh8+ line is simpler, since Black
has only one possible move throughout. If you play Rxf8+ first, the K can take on f8, so there are two lines to worry about here.