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Bruno's Chess Problem: 09/26/2023

S.Konstantinopolskij, 1st HM, Sahs, 1961

Mate in 2(***)
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1. Nd6! ... 2. Qc4#
  1... Nxd6, Na5 2. Qc5#
  1... b3 2. Qc3#
  1... Qf7 2. Nf6#
  1... Qf1 2. Nf2#
  1... Qxd6 2. Ne5#
  
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2023-09-26 11:21:43, by problemist
"The time is out of joint; O cursed spite, \ That ever I was born to set it right!" William Shakespeare (1564-1616), "Hamlet" act I, sc. v, l. 188.

The goal is to make the half-battery on the 4th rank ready to fire by a move of a wN. There are two ways to do that. On 1. Ne3? (2. Qc4#) d5! defends, so the solution blocks this pawn by 1. Nd6 with the same threat and allowing Black to capture wNd6 in two ways 1.. Nxd6, Qxd6 2. Qc5#, Ne5# also 1.. Qf7, Qf1 2. Nf6#, Nf2# with changed battery-mates.

С. Константинопольский, Ukrainian composer.

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