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Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 70

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Today’s puzzle of interest is a mate in 2 with many carefully placed ingredients. I was struck by this chess problem’s modern design and surprised by the fact that it was composed over a century ago in 1920. Not only is this chess puzzle a beautiful reminder of how much is possible on the chessboard but it also reminds us to respect the efforts of chess composers who created complex chess positions before the computer age.

White to move and mate in 2 (composed by Erik Andersson in 1920, source: Eskilstuna Kuriren).
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