White to play and win in five moves
Golden Age crime, contd: Death from a Top Hat
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When I saw that Clayton Rawson’s 1938 novel *Death from a Top Hat* – one of
the best-regarded locked-room mysteries of its time – was available online
at...
3 days ago
2 comments:
one can do it in a variety of ways no?
Why does White need 5 moves? 2 are enough.
1) Qg2+
Kc3 or Kd3 leads to Ra3+ mate
Therefore Kc1 or Kd1
2) Ra1+ mate
Am I missing something here??
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