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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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2B0261 [solution]	_____	2B0262 [solution]      [Next]
2B0263 [solution]	_____	2B0264 [solution]      [Next]
2B0261 1. ... Ne4 threatens mate on f2. If 2. Rf1 Nxd2 wins a piece and has all kinds of threats including mate.	_____	2B0262 The fastest is 1. ... Rh3+ 2. Bxh3 Qh2 mate. Note that 1. ... Qh4+ 2. Bh3 takes one move longer.
2B0263 1. ... Bb1! if the rook on a2 moves then 2. ... Qxb2. If instead 2. Rxb1 then Qxa2 wins the exchange	_____	2B0264 1. ... Rd8 wins the knight on d7 and has a very strong attack. Also good is 1. ... Bxd2+ 2. Qxd2 Qxb1+
2B0265 [solution]	_____	2B0266 [solution]      [Next]
2B0267 [solution]	_____	2B0268 [solution]      [Next]
2B0265 1. ... Qc1+ Now if 2. Ne1 Rxe1 mate of course 2. Bd1 delays mate by 1 move but the idea is the same.	_____	2B0266 1. ... Ba5+ 2. Kd1 (or Rd2) Rh1 mate Of course 2. b4 delays it by 1 move but the idea is the same.
2B0267 1. ... Nc5+ White is in big trouble. If 2. Kd4 Nxe6+ forks the King and Queen. If instead 2. Ke3 Qd2 mate	_____	2B0268 The move 1. ... Re1 threatening the queen is pretty convincing. If 2. Rxe1 dxe1=Q+ wins. if 2. Qc2 d1=Q wins.
2B0269 [solution]	_____	2B0270 [solution]      [Next]
2B0271 [solution]	_____	2B0272 [solution]      [Next]
2B0269 1. ... Nxe4 with the pin on the knight on d2. black threatens 2. ... Nxd2 winning and 2. ... Qxf2+ winning.	_____	2B0270 thanks to capi for catching me in a mate on the Internet Chess Club. Black played 1. ... Qc6+ !! 2. Ke7 Qd6 mate!
2B0271 1. ... Ba4 and the knight on d1 has no good place to hide. If 2. Nb2 then 2. ... Ra2 pins and wins the knight.	_____	2B0272 1. ... Bxd4 wins at least a bishop. If 2. Rxd4???? Re1 mate. So if instead 2. Kg1???? Rd2+ is a discovered attack.
2B0273 [solution]	_____	2B0274 [solution]      [Next]
2B0275 [solution]	_____	2B0276 [solution]      [Next]
2B0273 1. Rf6+ Kd7 (not Ke7?? 2. Rf2+ with an attack on the rook.) 2. Rxf7+ winning a pawn and with a fork on another one.	_____	2B0274 1. ... Bd7+ and white can give up his rook or play the king to the h file whereupon black play 2. ... Qh3 mate.
2B0275 1. ... Rc3 with a pin on the rook. 2. Kg2 Ne3+ with a fork. Also interesting is 1. ... Ne3 and then 2. ... Ng4	_____	2B0276 1. ... Rd2 with threat of Rg2 mate. The only way for White to escape this fate is 2. Rg1 allowing the fork Ne2+.
2B0277 [solution]	_____	2B0278 [solution]      [Next]
2B0279 [solution]	_____	2B0280 [solution]      [Next]
2B0277 1. ... Q6c6+ 2. Kh2 Qh1 mate. White can delay things by giving up the rook or queen, but the result is the same.	_____	2B0278 1. ... Nc3+ forks the king and rook. if 2. bxc3 bxc3+ with mate next move. If instead 2. Rxc3 bxc3 wins material.
2B0279 The fastest is 1. ... Qd4+ 2. Ke7 Q4d8 mate. Also 1. ... Q1d8+ 2. Ke5 Qd4 mate.  There might be other mates as well, such as 1... Qd7.	_____	2B0280 1. ... Bxf3 wins the knight and protects the rook on d1. White must allow 2. Rxd1 Bxd1 because his rook is hanging.

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