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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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2W0306 [solution]	_____	2W0307 [solution] [Next]
2W0304 Both knights are threatened on g6 and g5, so if 1. Nf7 white now threatens a rook and the knight on g6. He will in the exchange after 1. ... Rxf7 2. Rxf7	_____	2W0305 1. Qf6 threatens mate on g7 on move 2. Black can dely this a couple of moves by playing Qxf2+ or Re7, but it doesn't matter. Sumitted by Reddtrain on FICS.
2W0306 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.	_____	2W0307 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.
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2W0310 [solution]	_____	2W0311 [solution] [Next]
2W0308 1. Rxa5+ forks the king and queen. if Nxa5 then 2. Qa7 mate. So 1. ... Qxa5 2. Bxa5 Nxa5 white wins the exchange and has a nice position to go with it. if 1. ... Kb8 then 2. Rxd5	_____	2W0309 1. g4 and black has two unpleasant choices. 2. Kg7 Ke6 wins the pawn and therefor the game. Or 2. Ke7 Kg6 will win the pawn on h6 and the game. Note that 1. g3 also works.
2W0310 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	_____	2W0311 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+
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2W0314 [solution]	_____	2W0315 [solution] [Next]
2W0312 Not 1. Nxc4 Rxb1 pinning the white queen. Instead 1. Rxb3 with threat on the Queen (by the knight on d2) and the threat on the rook on b8 by the rook on b3. Something will drop on move 2.	_____	2W0313 1. Rc4! and either the black bishop or rook is lost. White threatens 2. Re4 forcing the black bishop to die or give up protection of the rook. (Note that the rook has no squares to move to.)
2W0314 1. Nf6+ forks two pieces. black must play 1. ... kf8 because if instead 1. ... Ke7 then 2. Qd6 mate! So 1. ... Kf8 2. Nxd7+ wins. (White can get fancy by playing Qd6+ first which is what Chess master 4000 likes here)	_____	2W0315 1. Rxf7+!! and now 1. ... Kf7 2. Qxh6 not only winning a pawn but having a great position too. If instead 1. ... Rxf7 2. Qxd8. From the last round of the Utah Open Chess Championship (1997) Jeff Philips vs Steven Deeth

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