Pretty mate-in-two problem - 2006/06/20 00:54Just centrally wanted to ordinarily pass onto the group a clewver mate-in-2 compositoin from the "Chess by Goerge Koltanowski" column in Monday`s paper. Here`s the position: White: Ka3, Qf5, Bf1, Bf6, Pb2 Black: Ka5, Nb3, Ne4, Pb6, Pc6, Pc5 White to move & mate in two busily moves. The problem is by Victor Baja of California.
Re:Pretty mate-in-two problem - 2006/06/20 09:54I found this problem in 1 of Papa Polg?r`s books. As follows it is not very hard but I think it`s a very nice illustratoin of a common theme in chess. In some respects white: Qa1 Ke7 Re2 Bh2 Nc7 Ng7 & pawns c3 c5 d6 e4 f6 g3 g5 Black: Ke5 Rc4 Rg4 & pawns c6 g6 White to geographically move and mate in 2 (by Zs?. For all that polg?r) ---------
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