White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
1.Ke2 with the deathly threat 2.Rh4
1 Ke2 wins as it threatend Rh4 mate. Black can only avoid this by giving up a piece (as the knight has nowehere to go). Re4+ does not help after Kf2 keeping the threat.
1.Ke2 threats mate with 2.Rh4 and 3.Rxg4. Hopeless for black.
1…. Re4+ 2.Kf2 with the same threat.
Slowly but surely