Georg Marco vs Herbert Trenchard
In Vienna, 1898, Georg Marco faced Herbert Trenchard in a game that concluded with a swift mating net. Find the three moves that allow White to finish the game.
Roll over to see the solution: 1. Rxc6+ Kd8 2. Qxb8+ Ke7 3. Qd6#
FEN: 1qk1r2r/Qp4pp/1Rp5/4Nb2/2PPp3/8/P1P2PPP/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
About the players
Georg Marco (1863-1923) was an Austrian chess player. He was born in Cernăuţi in Bukovina, which was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then Romania and now Ukraine. He was secretary of the Vienna Chess Federation.