Black and White

brown chess problem

By Theodore Morris Brown. White to mate in two moves.

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White wins with 1. Qa8!, threatening to take the bishop with mate. There’s no escape for Black: If the bishop moves to b1 then the rook takes it, giving mate, and if 1. … Kxa1 or 1. … Bxb3 then the queen mates from h8. From The Torch, 1878.