Black and White

mott-smith chess problem

By Geoffrey Mott-Smith, New York Sun, 1932. White to mate in two.

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The resourceful 1. Qe5 threatens 2. Qb8#, and now: 1. … Rxe5 2. b7# 1. … Rd6 2. Qe8# 1. … Re8 2. Qxe8# 1. … Rxb6+ 2. Nxb6# 1. … Nc6 2. b7#