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The next move is the big one, so if you want to take a second to look at this position, go ahead. Black to play and mate in 5 from here. Next move in next post.

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2. ... Qc1!! Hopefully a double exclamation is not out of place here. What a move! Immediate threat is Qxe3#. The most obvious defense, 3. Rxc1 (or 3. Rc3) loses to 3. ... Rd5#. Also, both 3. Nc2 and 3. Nf5, defending e3, lose to 3. ... Ng4+ 4. Ke4 Qh1#. So that leaves one defense for White.

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Grant
@syncingsinking.bsky.social
Married, three kids. White, cishet, he/him. Deaf in one ear. Math, disability, wordplay, LFC. Born and raised in Cornwall 〓〓 now in Illinois
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