Let me tell you a true tale.
Pal Benko
Today is the anniversary of his birth 15/07/1928. He was an incredible chess player, before my time. He was the one who deepened my love for chess compositions. I owe him a lot. He was unique in many ways. For example...
When he asked his Hungarian girlfriend to marry him, who was a mathematician and a chess player herself, he composed a selfmate and sent that to her. She had to solve it to understand the message.πHe would come back from the US and let her checkmate him.β¨
You can see the composition in the 2nd picture too, where I am together with Pal and Ziki, his wife, who solved it. β€ An amazing lady whose admiration for Pal was endless.
So, your turn. Find the solution.
Selfmate in 4.
With happy end.π
(Donβt forget that in helpmate puzzles like this, black starts, and both side plays for the same result. π White wants to checkmate the black king, and black wants the same. After black's 1st move, white and black alternate moves.)
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