BRITISH CHESS PROBLEM SOCIETY

Message from the Committee
on the Ukraine Crisis.

Rescued Problem 328

Kenneth Holmes Braithwaite

The Problemist, 1983

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Mate in 2
(b) wPf2->c4

(a) KEY: 1.Qc5!
(b) INTENTION: 1.Qf2? BUT: 1...Bxc4!

José Antonio Coello

Correction

1b2n1r1/1p3N2/bQ2B3/1P6/4k3/2Pr3N/1Kn2PP1/8

Mate in 2
(b) wPf2-c4

(a)

1.Qc5! (2.Bf5,Qf5#)

1...Rf3 2.Qd5#
1...Rd5 2.Qxd5#
1...Rg5 2.Sfxg5#
1...Be5 2.Qxe5#
1...Se3 2.f3#
1...Sd4 2.Qd5#
1...Sd6 2.Qe5#
1...Sg7 2.Sfg5#

(b)

1.Qf2! (2.Bf5#)

1...Rf3 2.Qxf3#
1...Rd5 2.Qf3#
1...Rg5 2.Shxg5#
1...Bf4 2.Qxf4#
1...Se3 2.Qf3#
1...Sd4 2.Bd5#
1...Sd6 2.Qf4#
1...Sg7 2.Shg5#

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