Checkmate 07-05-2003

Bruno's Chess Problem: 07/05/2003

G.F.Anderson, 1st HM, The Weekly Westminster, 1923

Mate in 4(***)
chess problem diagram

White to play

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1. Bf7! ... 2. Qxa3+ Bxa3 3. Ra2+ d2 4. Bxd2#
  1... Nb5 2. Qb4+ Kxb4 3. Rxb2+
        3... Ka3 4. Ra2#
        3... Kc5 4. Bb4#
  1... Nc4 2. Qxd4+
     2... Kb4 3. Rxb2+ Ka3 4. Qc3#
     2... Kxd4 3. Rxd3+ ... 4. Rd5#
  1... Nb1 2. Qd5 ... 3. Qa5#
     2... Kb4 3. Rxb2+ Ka3 4. Qa2#