Black and White

piccinini chess puzzle

By Augusto Piccinini. Imagine that the board is a vertical cylinder, that is, that the a-file and the h-file are joined so that pieces can move across the border. How can White mate Black in two moves?

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1. a5! leaves the black king with no moves. Black must move the pawn, whereupon White captures it, giving mate. (If Black moves the pawn two squares, White can capture it en passant, giving the same result.) From Rivista Scacchistica Italiana, 1907.

September 1, 2017 | Puzzles