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This is a mate in two from about 1842, composed by Auguste D’Orville.


Solution:

One of the first questions you should have asked yourself is what that knight was doing on d8. If one of your considerations was that it was guarding escape squares, then you were on the right road. The logic of that was the king then being on d5, whereupon you could imagine a mate with the queen on d4, protected by the pawn on c3 (the reason for the pawn). Thus, the rook move just leaps out at you. Breaking down possible functions of the men on the board is a help to solving all problems: 1.Rd5 Kxd5 2.Qd4#

 

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