Problem 2369

 

Bettmann, Henry Wald & Kane, John Laurence

Gazette-Times, 1914
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Solution: 1...Rc1/Rc3/Rc4/Rc5/Rb2/Ra2/Rd2/Rxe2 2.Be4# 1...Rc6 2.Be4#/Nf4#/Nf8#/Ng7#/Nxc7# 1...cxb6+ 2.Nxb7# 1...c6+ 2.Nc7# 2 tries skipped
1.a8B?? zz 1...Rc1/Rc3/Rc4/Rc5/Rb2/Ra2/Rd2/Rxe2 2.Be4# 1...Rc6 2.Be4#/Nf4#/Nf8#/Ng7#/Nxc7# 1...cxb6+ 2.Nxb7# 1...cxd6+ 2.Ng7# 1...c6+ 2.Nc7# 1...c5+ 2.Bxb7# but 1...Kc6! 1.Nc4+?? 1...Kc6 2.Qe8# but 1...Kxc4!
1.a8Q! zz 1...Kc6/c5+ 2.Qxb7# 1...Rc1/Rc3/Rc4/Rc5/Rb2/Ra2/Rd2/Rxe2 2.Be4# 1...Rc6 2.Be4#/Nf4#/Nf8#/Ng7#/Nxc7# 1...cxb6+ 2.Nxb7# 1...cxd6+ 2.Ng7# 1...c6+ 2.Nc7#

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