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Composition miniatures are often quite challenging, even if it’s just a mate in two.


This was a composition by W. Greenwood in the Leeds Mercury in 1880 1.Bb1 Kd4 1...Kf4 2.Qe4#; 1...Kf6 2.Qf5#; 1...Kd5 2.Qe4#; 1...Ke6 2.Qf5# 2.Qc5#

 


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