Black to retract his last move and help White mate in one
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
This was a composition from 1936 by C.E. Lind. The first thing that must have struck you was that there were no pieces to mate with! Thus, there must have been a piece on the board before Black’s last move. Consequently, one of the Black pawns must have taken a White piece, but which one and where, right? You can eliminate quite a few pawns as “suspects” right off the bat, which will lead you to the answer: The black pawn that was on b4 had taken the white knight on c3. So, instead of taking the Nc3 on its last move, Black would have to play Pb3, helping White to play Nb5#! Cute!
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