BRITISH CHESS PROBLEM SOCIETY

Message from the Committee
on the Ukraine Crisis.

Rescued Problem 265

Paul Stedman Valois

The Problemist, 1967 (after R I Gunn, The Observer, 1955)

5n2/5N2/6p1/pR3pN1/5k1K/5rp1/3P1bb1/1QB2R2

Mate in 2

COOK: 1.Rxf5+!

José Antonio Coello

Correction

5n2/5N2/6p1/pR1p1pN1/5k1K/5rp1/3P1bb1/1QB2R2

Mate in 2

1.Rxd5!        (2.Qb8#)

1...Re3         2.dxe3#
1...Rb3         2.d3#
1...Rc3         2.dxc3#
1...Bc5,Bb6,Ba7 2.d4#
1...Bd4         2.Rxd4#
1...Se6,Sd7     2.S(x)e6#

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