11th May 2026

Selected by Michael McDowell

György Páros

Magyar Sakkvilág, 1940 (version)

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Helpmate in 3

A short single-line helpmate which may not prove as easy to solve as it looks.

The solution will appear here on Friday 15th May 2026.