A classic pattern at work here… 🧐
At first, I was fixated on Nf6 and Qf7 while the black queen was still on the 8th rank and got stuck. Then I caught the scent that something should be here in this bullet game.
There are actually two roads to Rome. Can you find one/both? And which mating pattern is this? ♟️⚔️
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