15th August 2022

Selected by Michael McDowell

Valentin Rudenko

2nd Prize, 64 1980

7r/2SkbSP1/P1R5/K1p2ps1/B2P4/8/8/4s2r

Mate in 3

In 1963 Wilhelm Karsch published Thema gegen Thema, a collection of problems combining black and white themes. This problem would have made a fine addition to the collection.