21st October 2014

Selected by Michael McDowell

György Bakcsi

1st Prize, Tipográfia, 1971

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Serieshelpmate in 6
(b) Move black pawn a6 to a5

A lovely twin this week by one of Hungary’s finest composers. In a serieshelpmate Black makes a series of moves to reach a position where White can mate in one. Black can only check on the last move of the sequence.