White to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
This week, I thought I would dedicate it to 1916, one hundred years ago. Here we have a problem from back then which was and still is quite popular: making a mating puzzle by setting it in the form of a letter. Pal Benko used to do this for Chess Life. As you can see, it is the letter “E” and it’s a mate in two.
Solution:
You just had to find the right promotion-- 1.f8=N Qd8 [1...Qc8 2.Ng6#; 1...Nf4 2.Nxd7#; 1...Nc5 2.Ng6#; 1...e6 2.Nxd7#] Nc6#
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