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• Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
• If you find any errors, then please let me know.- John.
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2W0181 1. Rg4!! now the queen is threatened and so is Qxg7 mate on move 2.	_____	2W0182 1. Bg4 and black is not going to be able to avoid 2. Qf3 winning the knight
2W0183 1. Re1 pins the knight to the king. If 1. ... f6 2. f4 wins the knight	_____	2W0184 1. Qc6+ Kb8 (If Kd8 2. Bg5 mate!) 2. Qb7++
2W0185 [solution]	_____	2W0186 [solution]      [Next]
2W0187 [solution]	_____	2W0188 [solution]      [Next]
2W0185 never mind Qxh6+. Instead 1. Qe7+ Kg6 and now either 2. f5 mate or 2. Re6 mate.	_____	2W0186 1. axb5 wins at least a pawn. If 1. ... cxb5 2. Qf3 wins the rook on a8.
2W0187 1. Qh3+ kg7 (Black can play Bh4 but it makes no difference) 2. Qh6 mate.	_____	2W0188 1. Rb4+ and now 1. ... Qc4 gives up the Queen or 1. ... Kxd5 2. Qxd6 mate!
2W0189 [solution]	_____	2W0190 [solution]      [Next]
2W0191 [solution]	_____	2W0192 [solution]      [Next]
2W0189 1. c6 and the bishop can't move to f5 because or c8 because of 2. Re8 mate.	_____	2W0190 1. Qe2 Kf6 (if Kd6 then Qe5 mate) 2. Bg5+ skewers the king and wins the queen
2W0191 1. Nxf6+ Kf8 2. Nd7+ forks the King and Rook. Or 1. .... Kh8 2. Rxh7 mate	_____	2W0192 1. d7 and white is going to Queen a pawn. 1. ... Rxc6 2. dxe8=Q wins a rook
2W0193 [solution]	_____	2W0194 [solution]      [Next]
2W0195 [solution]	_____	2W0196 [solution]      [Next]
2W0193 Cute is 1. c8=N+ but just as good if not better is 1. c8=Q Bxc8 2. Nxc8+ with a fork	_____	2W0194 1. Nxf6+ and 2. Qh7 mate. Also 1. exf6 works because it threatens mate on g7 as well.
2W0195 Thanks to kabal for showming me 1. Qb8+ Ka5 2. b4+ forking the king and queen.	_____	2W0196 1. Rxc8+ Rxc8 2. Qxf5+ forks the king and rook and there is forced mate on the board.
2W0197 [solution]	_____	2W0198 [solution]      [Next]
2W0199 [solution]	_____	2W0200 [solution]      [Next]
2W0197 1. Na7 and the attacked rook must stay in place or lose the knight on c5 on move If 1... Nb3 2. Bb5+ Kd8 3. Rxc8+ Bxc8 4. Nc6+ Kd7 5. Nd4+ Kd6 6. Nxb3.	_____	2W0198 1. Nf6+!! with the threat of 2. Qxf7 mate. Black must give up his queen to stop the mate.   But wait!! 1. Nxc7+ Qxc7 2. Qxf7+ Kd8 3. Qf8# Thanks to David Wu for the better solution.
2W0199 1. Qg3+ Qg5 2. Qxg5 mate. Submitted by Reddtrain on the Free Internet Chess Server.	_____	2W0200 In a bullet game, a 1692 player fell victim to either 1. Re8+ or Qe8+ that mates on move 2.

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