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Puzzle 186931: White to checkmate

Puzzle 186931: White to checkmate

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Vassily Smyslov - C. Hugh O'D Alexander
Hastings 6263 (7), 1962 Vassily Smyslov - C. Hugh O'D Alexander
Hastings 6263 (7), 1962

This is a Chess 960 position. Click your king to see which rooks can castle. Drop the king on the rook to castle.

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Main motif of this puzzle: Highstriker mate

In high-striker mate, a rook or queen checkmates the king on the h-file (or a-file). The king cannot escape to the next file, because it is blocked in by its own pieces.

Learn more in this guide.

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Read more about the hint button in this blog post.

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