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Spartacus
White to move and mate in 2.
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Chess news. I am just tuning into the beginning of the 2nd days of Round 4 which has tie breaks. Magnus LOST yesterday after blundering to young Vincent Keymer and my guy Wesley LOST yesterday with white to Alexey Sarana. We have another battle between Nakamura vs. Praggnanandhaa. Pairings.
This one took a few minutes.
1. Rb4
then if 1 … cxb4 2. Qc8#
if 1 … a6 2. Qxa6#
if 1 … f4 2. Qe4#
and if 1 … e5 2. Qd5 #
The key for me was focusing on preventing 1 … a6 from freeing up a place for the king. It would have to be under threat, but moving the rook from the b-file would be bad, so it is necessary to move the rook along the b-file so that the queen is attacking a6.
Tricky one.
Rb4!
One of these moves is forced:
If pxR, Qc8#
If pa5 or pa6, Qa6#
If pe5, Qd5#
If pf4, Qe4#
Took me a while to see it.
My try.
1. Rb4 cxb4
2. Qc8#
Mate in 3 if…
1. Qf4 e5
2. Qxe5 a6
3. Qb8#