Mansuba – Murray No. 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Murray No. 4 (p. 282). White plays and wins. Black has an overwhelming material advantage — Gaja, Mantri, Ashva, and two Rathas against a lone White Ratha and two Padati — and threatens immediate mate. Find the one forcing sequence that turns the tables.

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