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Mate in Two

Pete Tamburro on

Published in Chess Puzzles

In this joyous time of year, I like to have some fun with out of the ordinary puzzles. If you noticed that it just said “Mate in Two” rather than also adding whether it was White or Black to do the mating, then here’s a surprise. There’s a mate in two for White and for Black, depending on who moves first—a two for one special! BTW, because of the appearance of chaos on the board, you are reminded that White is moving up the board and Black is moving down the board.


Solution:

This clever puzzle was composed by E. Foschini and A. Mari, two Italian composers active in the 1940s. White mates by: 1.Qc6 Nb6 [1...Bxf1 2.Qc4#; 1...Qe5 2.Qc4#; 1...d1Q 2.Qc4#; 1...d1N 2.Qc4#; 1...Nc5 2.Nb4#]2.Qxc3# Black mates by: 1...Rcb1 2.Bxc3 [2.Re5 Kd4#]2...Nxc3#

 


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