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I have to apologize for the wrong diagram set-up in the previous puzzle. If you played through the game score you would have noticed that the knight should be on f3. So, in the spirit of diagram fun, here’s a different problem. White has more than one mate in one in this position. The question is how many mates in one are there?


Solution:

Even chess engines don’t want to give all those mates! In this 1935 composition by H. H. Cross there are 38 mates in one. And it’s not the record! I’ve seen one with 107 mates in one, but I didn’t think I should present that one.

 


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