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White to Play

Pete Tamburro on Jul 22, 2024

Mate in two.

A cute minimal material puzzle. 1.Kf6 Kf8 2.Rd8# Instructional for beginners since by process of elimination, it couldn’t be a rook move because of the bishop interference, so it has to be a king move.

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