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A week of two-movers is in store for you! These will be half-battery problems. It’s all about your straight line moving pieces and how to “uncongest” them. Here, the queen and two rooks on the diagonal are the key task for you to figure out.


Solution:

You had to notice the Black bishop’s role in this problem. Its movement to either e1 or d8 or f2 in response to White “tries” is key to there being only one solution. The key is 1.Rc5! Now, wherever the bishop moves, White mates next move. A very simple idea elegantly produced in a minimalist position. Composed by B.P. Barnes in 1961.

 


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