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  Anonymous says:

  September 8, 2007 at 11:25 am

  White can win the game! 1. Nh7+ is sufficient. If black moves the king, Bc6 is mate, so black must play 1… Rxh7. Now 2. Qd8+ Kg7 3. f7+ eventuates mate, for if the black king goes to g6 there follows Be4+, if to h6 there follows Qd2+, and if to h5 g4+, and whichever of these is last is mate.

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  Anonymous says:

  September 8, 2007 at 11:28 am

  1.Nh7 RxN (1…Ke8 2.Lc6#) 2.Qd8+ Kg7 3.f6+ Kg6 (3…Kh6 4.Qd2+ Kg6/h5 5.Qg5#) 4.Le4+ Kh5 (4…Kh6 5.Qd2+ Kh5 6.Qg5#) 5.g4+ Kh6 6.Qd2# almost every white piece participates in mating, thats teamwork

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  TVTom says:

  September 8, 2007 at 7:13 pm

  Anon said…
  “1.Nh7 RxN (1…Ke8 2.Lc6#) 2.Qd8+ Kg7 3.f6+ Kg6 (3…Kh6 4.Qd2+ Kg6/h5 5.Qg5#) 4.Le4+ Kh5 (4…Kh6 5.Qd2+ Kh5 6.Qg5#) 5.g4+ Kh6 6.Qd2# almost every white piece participates in mating, thats teamwork”

  Nice job. I immediately figured it had to be either Nd7+ or Nh7+, and Nd7+ looked better at first, but after finding nothing tried Nh7+ — since it’s mate with the bish if the rook doesn’t capture the knight, I looked to see if taking the h7 square away from the king was enough for mate and sure enough it was.

  I got all of that except I missed the ‘backwards’ move Qd2+ (I have a blindspot with retreating moves that attack and often overlook them) but mine still works just as well:

  1 Nh7+ Rxh7
  2 Qd8+ Kg7
  3 f6+ Kg6
  4 Be4+ Kh6
  5 Qf8+ Kh5
  6 g4++