White to move and checkmate in 3. Can you solve it in less than 30 seconds?
7q/1Pp5/K1k5/8/2BPN3/8/7p/n6n w – – 0 2
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1. Be6 cutting off BK from d7 and threatening mate by d5 and b8=N.
If 1…..Qxd4. 2. b8=N#
If 1…..Qa8+. 2. bxa8=Q/B#
So 1….Qd8. 2. d5+. Qxd5. 3. b8=N#
No way I could do this in 30s.
Well, It took me 3 minutes to solve it.