Position No. 6031: White to play and win. From the game Jovanka Houska-Antoaneta Stefanova, Women's Olympiad, Dresden 2008. Solution to Position No. 6030: White wins with 1 Bh6! gxh6 2 Rf8+ Bxf8 3 ...

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