White to move and mate in 3!
Daily Chess Improvement: Mate in 3!
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White to move and mate in 3!
Bxp ch Qxp ch and Rook mate.
First 2 moves may be interchanged.
1. Bc6+ Bxc6
2. Qxa7+ Kxa7
3. Ra5#
15 seconds
Actually took me a minute. My very first thought was 1.Bc6, but when I saw black takes at c6, I quit looking at that line and looked at 1.Qa7, when I couldn’t make that work, it hit me that the thought was right, I just quit too early.
2 minutes.