White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
This is a great lesson for young kids in diagonal and horizontal opposition 1.Kc5 Kd7 2.Kb5 Kc7 [ or 2...Ke7, doesn’t really matter] 3.Ka6 Kd7 4.Kb7 Ke7 5.Kc8 Kf8 6.Kd7# From Berliner Schachzeitung, according to Staunton in his column in 1851.
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