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  • Hans Jung
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    Post 221 Key move 1.Bb2

    Post 222. 1.Qxh6+, gxh6 2.Bf6 mate

    Post 223 1.Rf7+, Nxf7 2.Ng6 mate

    Post 224 1...Ra8+ 2.Bxa8, Nc8 mate

    Post 225 Key move 1.Qd5

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  • Hans Jung
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    Post 216 Basic Training 1.Bxf7+, Rxf7 2.Ra8+, Nb8 3.Rxb8+, Be8 4.Rxe8+, Rf8 5.Rxfg mate.

    Post 217 Basic Training Key move 1.Qf6

    Post 218 Basic Training 1.Qg5+, hxg5 2.Rh8 mate.

    Post 219 Basic Training Key move 1.Nh2

    Post 220. Basic Training 1.Kc8, d6 2.Bd7 mate.

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  • Hans Jung
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    Post 211 Basic Training Key move 1.Qd5

    Post 212 Basic Training Black mate in three. 1....Nc2+ 2.Kb1, Nd4+ 3.Ka1, Nxb3 mate.

    Post 213 Basic Training Key move 1.g6

    Post 214 Basic Training Key move 1.Qd1

    Post 215 Basic Training Key move 1.Ba1

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  • Hans Jung
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    Post 206 Shirov-Bachmann, 2020 Key move 1.Bf6!

    Post 207 Andrzej Sypulski, June 19, 2024 Key move 1. either knight to f5.

    Post 208 Chess Informer 1.Bf8+, Ke5 2.Qe7 mate.

    Post 209 Chess Informer 1.Ne3+, Kd4 2.Ne6 mate.

    Post 210 Chess Puzzle Group Key move 1.Kh4

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  • Hans Jung
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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 mate

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  • Hans Jung
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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.Rg4

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  • Hans Jung
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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 mate

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  • Hans Jung
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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 zugzwang
    Last edited by Hans Jung; Wednesday, 26th June, 2024, 10:26 AM.

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  • Hans Jung
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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.Qe5
    Last edited by Hans Jung; Saturday, 22nd June, 2024, 04:24 PM.

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  • Hans Jung
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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.

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  • Hans Jung
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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.Rf4

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  • Hans Jung
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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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  • Hans Jung
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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.Qd3

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  • Hans Jung
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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.Rf6

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  • Hans Jung
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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.Qc8

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