Take back and checkmate in one !

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Yes, it is a mate in one... but not so easy.

This strange problem (published in a newspaper in Paris, 1932) was composed by Vladimir Navokov, dedicated to 25th anniversary as an elite player in the master-Russian Evgueni Znosko Borovski.

The statement of the problem is the following:
White takes back last movement and takes checkmate in one.

         
         The poet Vladimir Navokov

 

 

 

 

 

SOLUTION
There was a white pawn in d7, and it captured a black knight in c8, promotioning to rook.
Now, white takes back, and the pawn of d7 captures the rook of e8, promotioning to knight and takes checkmate.





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1. Qf6#

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aatkins wrote:

1. Qf6#


 Not.

The problem is "White takes back last movement and takes checkmate in one"

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I love it !

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aatkins wrote:

1. Qf6#


That isn't mate on account of 1. ...Re6