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Stigma God Member Offline There is a crack in everything. Posts: 3277 Joined: 11/07/06 Gender:	Re: how to checkmate the black king in two moves Reply #3 - 06/09/21 at 02:11:05	Post Tools	Print Post
	@TopNotch: Please use hidden text or at least a big spoiler alert for study or problem solutions! I went straight to "Recent posts" as always and saw your answer before I even got to the diagram.

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TopNotch God Member Offline I only look 1 move ahead, but its always the best Posts: 2211 Joined: 01/04/03 Gender:	Re: how to checkmate the black king in two moves Reply #2 - 06/08/21 at 20:11:49	Post Tools	Print Post
	Qa2, took me 5mins.

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an ordinary chessplayer God Member Offline I used to be not bad. Posts: 1827 Location: Columbus, OH (USA) Joined: 01/02/15	Re: how to checkmate the black king in two moves Reply #1 - 06/08/21 at 13:33:01	Post Tools	Print Post
	Nice one, Alberto! Thanks for sharing. For composed problems you can usually find them at https://www.yacpdb.org/. This one is by K.A.L. Kubbel, Národní listy 1909. https://www.yacpdb.org/#search/TjVRMW5rUFA0ODg0SzM4ODgvLy8vLy8vLy8vLy8vLzEvMS8xL... If you are really stumped, yacpdb has the solution as well. Composed problems require quite a different thinking process from the typical chess position. You may like this ChessBase article, and the comments. https://en.chessbase.com/post/how-to-solve-chess-problems


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