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Can you find the key move?

Puzzling Asked on December 11, 2021

I’ve created this chess problem for today. it’s White to move and their pawns move upward. Can you find the key move? Have fun, and no computers are allowed!

Checkmate In 5 Moves

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Addendum 11/6/2021: The below answers have the correct key move, but neither has solved the mate in five yet!

2 Answers

I think that this is not

but

With the first move being

Analyzing all of black options: After this move, black cannot play

bacause in these cases

One possibility for black is the move

In this case, white cannot play

but has the option to play

Looking at the other possible first moves for black:

Leaving just

Answered by Rq Hq on December 11, 2021

Let's see if black has a good way to prevent

Black can try

So, it seems that plan doesn't quite work. However, white has another way to deliver mate:

Answered by Jafe on December 11, 2021

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