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Chess Journalist of the Year, Pete Tamburro

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White to Play and Mate in Two

By Pete Tamburro

Although it looks like White is setting up his pieces for the next game, there really is a mate in two. The key move in this problem is as whimsical as the problem, and, yet, it is the most logical move on the board.


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