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White to Play and Mate in Two

Pete Tamburro on

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This composition comes off as quite a messy position. There seems to be no end of first move checks, yet none of them work. You are welcome to try! Artfully composed by Gerald Anderson in 1917.


Solution:

1.Rb5 Vacating the c5 square to threaten N (e6)c5 mate. No matter how Black deals with the threat, he is mated, mostly by a Nc5 move or another mating move. 1...cxb5 [1...Rxd3+ 2.Nc5#; 1...Rxf4+ 2.Ndc5# The other knight!; 1...Rxd5+ 2.Nf2#; 1...Rxg5+ 2.Nxg5#; 1...Ne3 2.Nec5#; 1...Ra4+ 2.Nec5#; 1...Rc4+ 2.Nec5#; 1...fxe6 2.Qxe6#; 1...Rxh3 2.Nec5#; 1...Re4+ 2.Nd4#] 2.Nec5# A marvelous display of variations by Anderson.

 

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