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Black to move and mate in 4.
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Black to move and mate in 4
Looks like no one has posted on this one so I’ll give it a shot.
1) … Rf6
The idea is that from this position moving the black rook to the h file always leads to mate. However white is not in check here so has many options available and covering them all will be a bit confusing.
First note that if white moves any of the pawns, rooks or the king, black has immediately mate via 2) … Rh6 mate.
So that leaves moves by the white queen or knight. The 4 move mates involve the white knight as follows:
2) Nf5 (or Nf7) Bxf5 (or Bxf7)
3) Qxf2 Rh6+
4) Qh4 (forced) Rxh4 mate
White could also extend to 4 moves without taking the black queen:
3) Qe2 (or Qd1) Rh6+
4) Qh5 (forced) Rxh5 mate
White capturing the black queen immediately without knight involvement leads to a 3 move mate.
2) Qxf2 Rh6+
3) Qh4 (forced) Rxh4 mate
Similarly Qe2 or Qd1 lead to 3 move mates with the queen captured on h5.
2) Qe2 (or Qd1) Rh6+
3) Qh5 (forced) Rxh5 mate.
All other moves by the white queen lead to immediate mate via
2) Q.. Rh6 mate
Unless I have missed something that covers all white’s options. If you see other options or if I have made a mistake in the notation please let me know.