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Originally posted by morgski
Ruthlessly stolen from Godfrey Heathcote, of American Chess Bulletin, 1911-12 fame.
But it stumped me for a good hour, and the solution is brilliant, so I thought I was puzzle you guys with it too:

White to play in mate in 2 moves.

[fen]8/qQ5p/3pN2K/3pp1R1/4k3/7N/1b1PP3/8 w - - 26 36[/fen]

A hint if you're stuck:

[hidden] the first move is the ...[text shortened]... ease
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Originally posted by Savielly

Ah, the big boys have arrived 🙂

Indeed, SG and Sv are on the money. SG lists the 4 different responses to deal with the danger, if the danger isn't dealt with then:

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Originally posted by morgski
Ah, the big boys have arrived 🙂

Indeed, SG and Sv are on the money. SG lists the 4 different responses to deal with the danger, if the danger isn't dealt with then:

[hidden] Nd4 e.g. QxQ, Rg4# [/hidden]

Have a good night guys