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Old 02-25-2008, 06:20 PM
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I looked at the puzzle from ChessGames.com today, but I didn't understand the solution. Is the goal for white to achieve checkmate in one move? If the white queen takes the pawn at h7, how does that checkmate black? Can't the black king just move down and take the white queen on the next move? It doesn't look like h7 is threatened. What am I missing?

I can see checkmate happening by moving the white rook to h3 on the next move though. Was that basically the point? To find the move that makes checkmate inevitable?

I'm not familiar with chess puzzles. When you see a puzzle, what exactly are you trying to do? Achieve checkmate in one move? Find the best tactical move?
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