Helpmate in Two
Published in Chess Puzzles
If you're just dropping in, see the explanation in our last column. Black moves first and helps White mate in two moves. A deceptively simple problem by W. Pauly. A king in the middle of the board is hard to mate even when he's helping the other side!
Solution:
1...Ke5 2.Nf1 Kd4 3.Qe3 mate. Not only great geometry, but great economy!
We've received several emails asking why Black doesn't do this or that to stop the mate. We tried to make it clear and will try one more time! Black is helping White to create a mate. Black doesn't want to stop the mate. He wants to assist White in creating a mate....that final position we were talking about above. It's a special form of chess composition that interests many chess composers.
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