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I have also had queries as to when I will be doing mate in two problems again. I did say that I would only do a page of longer endgame studies so I will post only six more of them and then back to mate in two problems (starting page eleven in the beauty of problems).
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Post 142 Sobolevsky 1.Nh8 Kg8 2.Kg2 Bf4 3.Ng6 Bh6 4.Ng5 Bg7 5.Ne7 Kh8 6.Nf7 Kh7 7.Bh4 Bf6 8.Ng5 Kh6 9.Ng8 Kh5 10.Nf6 Kh4 11.Nf3 mate
Post 143 Richard Reti 1.Bf5 Kd6 2.Rd4 Ke7 3.Re4 Kd8 4.Bd7 e1=Q 5.Bb5 Qc3 6.Re8 mate
Post 144 Paul Keres 1.Nd5 Kd3 2.Nb4 Kc3 3.Na2 Kb3 4.Nb4 Ka4 5.Nb7 Bd2 6.Nc2 Ba5 7.Nc5 mateComment
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Post 145 David Bronstein 1.Nd4 Ke1 2.Qh2 Kd1 3.Qh7 Ke1 4.Qh4 Qf2 5.Nc2 Ke2 6.Qh5 Kf1 7.Qh1 Qg1 8.Qf3 Qf2 9.Ne3 Ke1 10.Qd1 mate
Post 146 John Nunn 1.Qf2 Ka6 2.Kc7 Qb1 3.Qf6 Ka5 4.Qc3 Ka4 5.Kc8 Qb6 6.Qa3 Kb5 7.Qb4 Ka6 8.Qa4 Qa5 9.Nb4 Kb6 10.Qc6 Ka7 11.Qb7 mate
Post 147 Vasily Smyslov 1.Nc3 g2 2.Bc4 g1=N 3.Kg3 Ne2 4.Kf2 Nc3 5.Kf1 Ne4 6.Bd3 Nd2 7.Kf2 Nf3 8.Ba6 Nd4 9.Bb7 Nf3 10.Bf3 mateComment
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Post 148 Kiryakov 1.Nh8 Kg8 2.a8=Q Rf8 3.Qa3 Re8 4.Qa4 Rf8 5.Qb4 Re8 6.Qb5 Rf8 7.Qc5 Re8 8.Qc6 Rf8 9.Qd6 Re8 10.Qd7 Rf8 11.Qe7 Rf6 12.Kh3 h6 13.Ng6 Rg6 14.Qe8 Kh7 15.Qe4 h5 16.Kh4 Kh6 17.Qf4 Kh7 18.Qf5 Kh6 19.Qh5 mate
Post 149 Maurice Ashley 1.Qg7 Kb1 2.Qb7 Ka1 3.Qh1 Qb1 4.Qa8 Qa2 5.Qh8 Kb1 6.Qh1 Kc2 7.Qg2 Kb1 8.Qf1 Kc2 9.Qe2 Kb1 10.Qd1 mate
Posr 150 Emanuel Lasker 1.b4 Nc2 2.b5 Na3 3.b6 Nc4 4.b7 Na5 5.b8=N 1-0 You can then have the joy of checkmating with three knights. Very witty.Comment
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Post 151 Philippe Van, key move 1.Qd6
Post 152 Abel Vergara 1...Qh3+ 2.Kxh3 Rh1 mate or 2.gxh3 Rxf2 mate
Post 153 Abel Vergara key move 1...Ra-c4
Post 154 Kubbel 1.Ne3+, Kg3 2.Qg4+, Kf2 3.Qf4+, Ke2 4.Qf1+, Kd2 5.Qd1+, Kc3 6.Qc2+, Kb4 7.Qb2+, Nb3 8.Qa3+, Kxa3 9.Nc2 mate. Not a mate in two but one of my favorite teaching problems back in the day. When it was posted on the internet two weeks ago GM Jon Levitt and other GM's commented that it was one of their favorite teaching problems.
Post 155 Philippe Van key move 1.Qc8Comment
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Post 156 Chess Puzzles 1.Qg4+, Bxg4 2.Rxh6+, gxh6 3.Bf7 mate.
Post 157 Fabio Cordon key move 1.Qf1
Post 158 Philippe Van 1.f8=B, Kxd8 2.Rb8 mate.
Post 159 Pro Chess 1.Bc4+, Qxd1 2,.b5 mate.
Post 160 Cyrus Lakdawala key move 1.Rf6Comment
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Post 161 Chess Puzzle Group key move 1.Bf3
Post 162 Metin Hatipoglu key move 1.Rf5
Post 163 Chess Puzzle Group key move 1.Qa4+
Post 164 Chess Corner key move 1.b8=B
Post 165 Alexander Andreev key move 1.Qd3Comment
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Post 166 Abel Vergara 1.Qg8+, Rxg8 2.f8=N double check, Kh8 3.Rh7 mate
Post 167 Kapwa Chess key move 1.Kg2
Post 168 Chess Puzzle Group key move 1.Rd-h8
Post 169 Paul Keres 1.Nc2+!!, if Bxc2 2.Qb8 or if 1...bxc2 2.Qf4, Bg8 3.Qb4 and Qc3 - Qb2 mate or if 1...Ka2 2.Nb4 double check, Ka1 3.Qa2+, bxa2 4.Nc6 and Nd4 and Nc2 mate or Nb3 mate depending on where the black bishop is. This puzzle is an all time favorite. Brian Hartman showed it to me many years ago. A wonderful calculation exercise.
Post 170 Fischerov key move 1.Qf5 interfering.
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Post 171 Regor Olatsuj key move 1.Ng5
Post 172 Rohan Dhore key move 1.Qa7
Post 173 A. Hawth, 1868 dual solution either 1.Qe8 or 1.Qe4
Post 174 Fischerov key move 1.Bc3
Post 175 Aung Kyawwin key move 1.Rf4Comment
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Post 176 Al-Adi 1.Rg6, Rxg6 2.Rxa5+, Kb7 3.Ra7+, Kxc6 or Kc8 4.Rc7 mate. (the mate in five occurs if Black plays the strange 1...Rc8 2.Rb8+!, Rxb8 3.Rxg7, Rb7 4.Rg8+, Rb8 5.Rxb8 mate.
Post 177 Chess puzzles Key move 1.Kd6
Post 178 Abel Vergara Key move 1.Kf5
Post 179 Petrnousek, 1907 Key move 1.Bf3
Post 180 Chess Puzzle Group 1...Qg2+ 2.Ke3, Ng4+ 3.hxg4, Qe2 mate.Comment
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Post 181 Borodatov 1.Nd6 echo mate Kxd6 (forced) allows f8=N knightmate.
Post 182 Metin Hatipoglu 1.Bh6+, Kxh8 2.Qxf6+, Kg8 or Kh7 3.Qg7 mate.
Post 183 Cuauhtemoc Valencia 1.Bh2+, Ka8 and then the knight gets to do the supreme dance 2.Nc7+, Kb8 3.Nxe8+, Ka8 4.Nc7+, Kb8 5.Nxb5+, Ka8 6.Nxa3 and Black is helpless.
Post 184 Luke Neyndorff key move 1.Qb2
Post 185 Abel Vegara key move 1.Qe5Last edited by Hans Jung; Saturday, 22nd June, 2024, 04:24 PM.Comment
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Post 186 Nakamura 1.Qe7+, Rxe7 2.Rd8+, Re8 3.Rg8+ Kxg8 4.Rxe8 mate.
Post 187 Metin Hatipoglu 1.Kh7, Kf7 2.Qd7 mate.
Post 188 Aung Kyawwin 1.Qg1, if B moves 2.Qc1 mate, if e1=N, 2.Qe3 mate, if e1 =Q or R or B 2.Qd4 mate.
Post 189 Chess Puzzles key move 1.Qh7
Post 190 Luke Neyndorff, Chess Life 1984, (via Cyrus Lakdawala) 1.h4 zugzwangLast edited by Hans Jung; Wednesday, 26th June, 2024, 10:26 AM.Comment
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Post 191 Kyla Enaj Key move 1.h5
Post 192 Andrzej Szypulski Key move 1.Qa1
Post 193 Fischerov 1.f8=B, Kf7 2.d8=N mate
Post 194 Luke Neyndorff Key move 1.Rh5
Post 195 Fischerov 1.Rh6+, Kxh6 2.f8=N and 3.Nf5 mateComment
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Post 196 Fischerov 1.Bf5,Ka8 2.Be4+, Kb8 3.Bb7 and 4.Bxc7 mate.
Post 197 Aleister Crowley 1.Qe7 if Kd3 2.Qh7 mate. if 1...Kd5 2.Qb7 mate. if 1...Kf4 2.Qh4 mate.
Post 198 Aleister Crowley 1.Bh1, c4 2.Kg2, Ke4 3.Kg3 mate.
Post 199 Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass, 1.Ng3, if Kd3 2.Qc3 mate. if 1...Kd4 2.Qc3 mate. if 1...Ke5 2.Qc5+, Ke6 3.Qd6 mate.
Post 200 Csaba Horvath Key move 1.Rg4Comment
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Post 201 Greco, 1621 1.Ng5+, Rxg5 2.Rf6+, Kxf6 3.Rd6 mate
Post 202 Susan Polgar 1.Qb8+, Rxb8 2.Nb6+, axb6 3.Ra1+, Ba4 4.Rxa4 mate
Post 203 Luke Neyndorff Key move 1.Bf7
Post 204 Chess Informer 1.Nc6+, Kc4 2.Ba6 mate
Post 205 Chess Corner 1.Nb5+, cxb5 2.Nb7 mateComment
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