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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
If you find any errors, then please let me know.- John.
Please use the links below to center the problems, find the solution, and to advance to the next problem.

1W0277 [solution]	_____	1W0278 [solution] [Next]
1W0279 [solution]	_____	1W0280 [solution] [Next]
1W0277 1. g6 mate. Note that moving the king closer will stalemate.	_____	1W0278 1. Nf8 mate! Thanks to kabal on fics for showing me this one.
1W0279 1. d6 is a double attack in the knight at c7 and the Rook at a8.	_____	1W0280 1. Nxd6+ forks the king and queen. Note that the pawn on e7 is pinned.
1W0281 [solution]	_____	1W0282 [solution] [Next]
1W0283 [solution]	_____	1W0284 [solution] [Next]
1W0281 1. Nf6+ wins the queen on d5 with discovered attack by the bishop on f3.	_____	1W0282 1. Ne4+ forks the king and pawn and stops the pawn from queening.
1W0283 1. Re8 pins the bishop to the king. It will be captured next move.	_____	1W0284 1. Nc6 forks the Queen and Rook. Note that the rook on e6 is pinned.
1W0285 [solution]	_____	1W0286 [solution] [Next]
1W0287 [solution]	_____	1W0288 [solution] [Next]
1W0285 1. Ne8+ forces the king to move away from the defense of the bishop	_____	1W0286 1. Qe8 + seperates the king from the rook as the rook will drop if it moved to f8.
1W0287 1. Nd5!! uncovers an attack on the queen wich has no safe square to move to.	_____	1W0288 1. Qxg4 wins because the Bishop on e6 is pinned to the king by the rook on e1.