Black and White

dobrusky chess problem

By J. Dobrusky. White to mate in two moves.

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1. Qe8! and there’s no stopping a fatal rook check next move. From Benjamin Glover Laws, The Two-Move Chess Problem, 1890. 01/19/2021 UPDATE: There’s a pretty variation I’d overlooked: 1. Qe8 Kb5 2. Nxc3#. So in that case the knight delivers mate.