Black and White

From La Nuova Rivista degli Scacchi. White to mate in two moves.

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1. Qa7! 1. … Kg5 2. Qe3#. 1. … Kxg3 2. Ne2#. 1. … Ke5 2. Nd3#. 1. … Ne5 2. Qe3#. On any other knight move, 2. Qc7 is mate. Via Arthur Ford Mackenzie, Chess: Its Poetry and Its Prose, 1887.