A light selfmate composed by Otto Wurzburg (1875-1951) when he was a
teenager. Clearly the bishop must mate, but how is this achieved?
1.Bxa2 h4 2.Qh8 h3 3.Bg8+ Ba7+ 4.Sb6+ Kb8 5.Rg7 Bxb6.
A neat sequence which succeeds in freeing the black bishop while preventing white pieces from interposing on
the diagonal.
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