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Black and White

adolphi chess problem

By Heinrich Leonhard Adolphi. White to mate in two moves.

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1.Be1 Kb6 2.Rd6#

From Der kleine Problemfreund, 1896.

August 16, 2013August 23, 2013 | Puzzles

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