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Bruno's Chess Problem: 06/17/2013

E.N.Ruchlis, Revista de Sah, 1962 Mate in 2(**) White to play Tip: Solutions to the chess problem of the day will be made available the following day. 1. Qf6! ... 2. Na6#   1. ... Nd6,Rxf6,Qxa5,Qxb5,Nc7 2. Bd4#   1. ... Be4+ 2. Nxe4#   1. ... Qxb4 2. Bxb4#

Register to post comments! 2013-06-17 12:37:05, by slowbut before my seeing comments: White moves to occupy spot and threaten mate with knight and bishop and to abandon spot to prepare alternative checkmates with knight and maybe with others. My solution: white's qfsix is start 2013-06-17 08:09:29, by problemist Task problem. Five Novotny tries (1. Bf5, Bg6, Be5, Bf6, Qg6? that fail to 1.. Rd6, Qxb5, Nb6, Nxa5, Nd6!) and the Novotny solution. One may easily pick the wrong one, so it is a good candidate problem for a solving competition. First Prize. Efim Rukhlis (9.4.1925-5.2.2006) was an engineer and well-known Ukrainian-Uzbek-Israeli composer. The Rukhlis theme of the two-mover was named after him (cf. his pioneering #2 from the Sverdlovsk Tourney, 1946). See also the entries in wikipedia de, ru, uk.

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