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Smothered mate with a queen sacrifice

Offer the queen where only the rook can take it, and the rook shuts the king's last door.

smothered-sacrifice

Mate in 2 · Sacrifice

White to move and mate in 2.

Find the move that forces mate whatever the defence.

Hint: move the queen on d5.

Or click a piece on the board, then its square.

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Qg8+ Rxg8 Nf7#