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Bruno's Chess Problem: 09/07/2025
C.Pelle
Mate in 2(**)White to play
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 1... Nd5 2. Rxa4# 1... Bxc4+ 2. Nxc4# |
- 2025-09-07 08:04:35, by problemist
- "All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it."
John Locke (1632-1704) Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690), IV, 20, 17.
Published in "Bulletin de la Fédération Française des Échecs," 1936. Meredith with 11 pieces. Not 1. Rf6? Nd6! Shown are mutual pins and unpins. The key 1. Rf5 (2. Qa7#) pins bNb5 and self-pins wRc4. The defense 1.. Nd5 unpins both pieces allowing 2. Rxa4#; on the check 1.. Bxc4+ 2. Nxc4#. Both mates are already in the set.
Charles Pelle (* 12.12.1911, † 8.8.1965) French composer from Saint-Ouen. "Charles Pelle composed direct mate problems. The Pelle theme requires that key, defence and mate should all be moves of a p inned piece along the pin-line."
Since the opening in October 2000, I had published online more than 6650 free chess problems. If you want more details, look at my chess figures pages.
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