Originally answered on Quora here: http://qr.ae/DyvkB
One of my favorite composers of chess problems is the late Gyorgy Bakcsi. Gyorgy astounds me with how he was able to take a simple premise, such as a forced mate in two, and turn it into a source of such beautiful complexity. Below is one of my favorite “mate in two” problems composed by Gyorgy. I have committed this position to memory and regularly use to stump even the most experienced solvers. Enjoy…
Source: De Waarheid, 1984
Author: Gyorgy Bakcsi
White to move, mate in 2.
There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.-Deepak Chopra
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Piece is in the way, pawn on c7
Promote pawn on c-file to knight, black takes your queen or something random, and you can checkmate with Nbd6 or Ncd6. Nice one.
No, because Kxe5 after that move. right???
1.promote pawn to horse,any moves
2.Nc7++
1. c8 to Nc8, any moves
2.Nc7++
c8 promote to Queen
If Kxe5, Qxb8++
If e3, Qcb4++
If Qxb2, ???