Sacrificial Insistence

Introduction

Here, the Black queen must keep that White pawn pinned. But it will have a devil of a time doing it when faced with a White queen that insists on sacrificing itself!

The Problem

L. van Vliet, 1888

White to move and win.

(Solution appears below.)

The Solution

Outro

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