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2W0221 [solution]	_____	2W0222 [solution]      [Next]
2W0223 [solution]	_____	2W0224 [solution]      [Next]
2W0221 1. Re8 f6+ 2. Bxf6 black must give up the exchange to avoid mate He can delay things with Rxf4+ but not that it matters.	_____	2W0222 There are two amazing ways to mate here. The first is 1. Qxh8+! Kxh8 2. Rf8 mate! The second is 1. Rf5+ followed by 2. Qg5 mate!
2W0223 Not 1. Bxd6 Nxd1. Instead 1. Be5!!! win a pin on the knight on b2. i.e. 1. ... Nxd1 2. Bxa1 or 1. ... Rb1 2. Bxb2 wins.	_____	2W0224 Not 1. dxc8=Q Rxd1 mate. Instead 1. Nxe6+!! forking the king and rook. Then if 1. ... fxe6 2. dxc8=Q with check wins easily.
2W0225 [solution]	_____	2W0226 [solution]      [Next]
2W0227 [solution]	_____	2W0228 [solution]      [Next]
2W0225 1. Bxg4+ mates next move. 1. ... Kh6 2. Nf7 mate 1. ... Kh4 or 1. ... Kxg4 Qh3 mate Also works is 1. Qh3+ Kg6 2. Bd3 mate.	_____	2W0226 1. Bxg7+ Kxg7 2. Nf5+ makes an discovered attack on the queen by the rook on d1. Black could play 1 .... Kg8 but would lose his rook on f8.
2W0227 1. Qe2 stopping mate and now the knight is pinned because if it moves then 2. Re8+ leads to mate. So the knight drops on move .2	_____	2W0228 1. Bxc6 wins at least two pawns. if bxc6 then 2. Qxc6+ forks the king and the rook. Otherwise if 1. ... Nd7 2. Bxb7 picking up a second pawn.
2W0229 [solution]	_____	2W0230 [solution]      [Next]
2W0231 [solution]	_____	2W0232 [solution]      [Next]
2W0229 1. Rc8 wins the bishop on d8. The immediate threat is 2. Nf6+. If 1. ... Re7 2. Rxd8 wins. If instead 1. ... Kg7 2. Rb8 wins the bishop	_____	2W0230 Although 1. Nc6+ is good, much better is 1. Qxd7+ which mates on move 2. I.E. 1. ... Qc7 2.Qxc7 mate! Or if the king moves then 2. Qb7 mate!
2W0231 1. Bd3 (only safe square for the bishop. ) and white wins because the black bishop can't espape attack on move 2. if 1. ... Rc3 2. Ke2 wins.	_____	2W0232 This should look very familar. It happened to me about 4 times playing on the internet over 2 days! The solution is 1. Qh8 g2 2. Qxh4+ with a won endgame.
2W0233 [solution]	_____	2W0234 [solution]      [Next]
2W0235 [solution]	_____	2W0236 [solution]      [Next]
2W0233 From a Petrosion game. 1. g5!! and the black queen has nowhere to hide so Qxe7 2. dxe7 and the knight must move away from the defnese of the bishop. Black resigned.	_____	2W0234 White mistakenly played 1. R2e7 which black can defend with Rb5. Instead much better is 1. Rb2 which will either win the pawn on b7 or give white a good endgame after 1. ... Rb5 2. Rxb5
2W0235 1. Rxf7 and there is no place on the board for the Queen to hide. i.e. 1. ... Qh4 2. Rf4+ wins the Queen. 1. ... Qa6 2. Rxa7+ 1. ... Qxf2+ 2. Rxf2+ 1. ... Qd8 2. Rd7+	_____	2W0236 I watched this amazing combo in a fast blitz game between BarryH and Utah on the Inernet Chess Club. 1. Nxe5! threatening the Queen by the bishop on e2. If 1. ... Qh4 2. Nf2 mate. If 1. ... Qxh6 2. Nf7+ wins the Queen. Qe8 White wins pawn.

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