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White to move and win (difficult) - Alexey Troitsky, 1897 (feddit.de)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Does it involve Ke2, Pg2, Qe1? Ending with Qc1, Qh6

Edit nvm I'm dumb

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately no. After 1. Ke2 g2 2. Qe1 Black has a simple way to win the queen, and after 2. Qc1 Black can at at the very least promote the pawn and there will never be a checkmate for White.