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| Puzzle 1: 1. Nf6+ Kd8 2. Nf7++ (Shame on you if you took the black queen!) | Puzzle 2: It looks like white's in big trouble, but 1. Nf6+ Kf8 2. Nh7+ Ke8 3. Nf6+ Kf8 4. Nh7+ etc. is a draw for white. Perpetual check. If 1. Nf6+ Kh8 2. Rh7++ is bad for black. |
| Puzzle 3: 1. Kc4! with the unstoppable threat of 2. Ra7++. From Fischer vs. Petrosian, 1971. | Puzzle 4: 1. Rxh8 Kxh8 2. Bc3 Kg7 3. g5 winning the pinned knight. |
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| Puzzle 1: 1...Qa3+ 2. Kxa3 Nc4++. From Chigorin vs. Mund, 1904. | Puzzle 2: 1...Qxf4. If 2. gxf4 Ne3+ with a fork reclaims the queen. From Ivkov vs. Spassky, 1966. |
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