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Black and White

meyer chess problem

By Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Meyer. White to mate in two moves.

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1. Qh4! and the queen will mate from e1 or d8.

From The Chess Amateur, April 1916.

January 10, 2014January 19, 2014 | Puzzles

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