Black to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
Continuing with Bobby Fischer’s choices for chess puzzles in his old Boys’ Life columns, here’s one you might not have expected to appear. It’s a Helpmate in Two. Black moves first and helps White mate in two moves.
Solution:
I was stunned that six Boy Scouts actually got it. 1…Rd5 2.Rb2 Ke5 3.Re2 mate. Two moves on each side. A clever conspiracy!
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