Tuesday 20 March 2007

Mate-in-two



Mate-in-two


Position A (Red to play and mate in two) is taken from a postal game.










(A)





The next two positions (again Red to play and mate in two) are a little more difficult. Position B is a composition, taken from CHECKMATE IN TWO: 100 CHINESE CHESS PROBLEMS FOR BEGINNERS by C. K. Lai. Position C comes from a computer (Red) v human (Black) game.

(B) Red (3) Ke1/Nb8/Pg8
Black (4) Kf9/Gd10/Ge9/Re10

(C) Red (5) Ke1/Gd3/Cd5/Nf7/Pi5
Black (4) Kd9/Cb8/Pd2/Pi7

Solutions are on the back page.










(B)















(C)