Daily Chess Puzzle for April 12, 2011

A Shocking Blow

Goal: White Moves Toward Checkmate
Difficulty: Medium
Challenge: When capturing on e4, Grandmaster Tartakower expected his opponent to continue with 1. Re1, winning a Knight back. Instead White followed with a mate in three.

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Brian
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