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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.

2B0281 [solution]	_____	2B0282 [solution]      [Next]
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2B0281 1. ... Re5 and the White Queen has no safe squares to move to. 2. Qxe5 or 2. Qg5 Rxg5+. Futile would be 2. h7 Rxh5.	_____	2B0282 1. ... Qg3+ 2. Kxf1 Bh3 mate. If 2. Kh1 Qh2 mate. An interesting alternative soluion is 1. ... Ne3+ 2. Kh2 Nxf3 mate!
2B0283 1. ... Rc2! and the poor bishop on b2 is trapped. It can't go to a3 and if it goes anywhere else then 2. ... Rc1 mate.	_____	2B0284 1. ... Rf2 dbl chk 2. Kh1 (forced) Ng3 dbl chk and mate. (also Qh2 mate) Thanks to Alan Woodbury for his submission.
2B0285 [solution]	_____	2B0286 [solution]      [Next]
2B0287 [solution]	_____	2B0288 [solution]      [Next]
2B0285 1. ... Ng4 threatnes the rook. If it moves then 2. ... Qb6+ wins the bishop. If 2. Qa4 Qb6 has great 3rd move threats.	_____	2B0286 1. ... Rg8!!! Not 2. Nxg8 Rxe6. The double threat of 2. ... Qg3 mate and 2. ... Qxg2 mate is more than white can handle.
2B0287 1. ... Qxg2+ 2. Kxg2 Ne4 wins because of the pin on the pin on the knight on d2. Insteresting is 1. ... Ne4 right away.	_____	2B0288 1. ... Qd3 threatens to win the rook. White must defend the rook, i.e Ne3 or Qb2 and then 2. Nd4 wins. Also works is 1. ... Nd4!
2B0289 [solution]	_____	2B0290 [solution]      [Next]
2B0291 [solution]	_____	2B0292 [solution]      [Next]
2B0289 A simple way to win a pawn is to play 1. ... Nxe4 because white can't capture Qxe4 do to 2. ... Qxc3+ forking the king and Rook on a1.	_____	2B0290 1. ... Rb8 is refuted by 2. Nxc6. Instead 1. ... Nxe5! and black wins at least a knight. If 2. dxe5 then Rb6 traps the Queen.
2B0291 1. ... Nc3 If Rook on d1 moves then 2. ... Ne2+ forks king and roook. Also interesting is 2. ... Ne4 forking the rook and bishop.	_____	2B0292 1. ... a1=Q wins a rook. If either rook takes either queen then the other queen takes a rook on move 2. 1. .... Qxh2 works too
2B0293 [solution]	_____	2B0294 [solution]      [Next]
2B0295 [solution]	_____	2B0296 [solution]      [Next]
2B0293 1. ... Rxe1!! No good is 2. Rxd7+ Kc6 where white is threatening to Queen and take the rook. 2. Kxe1 c1=Q+. or 2. Kxc2 Nc5 wins	_____	2B0294 1. ... Nxe5 threatens the rook on c4 and threatens the skewer of Bc6+ and if 2. dxe5 Bc6+ uncovers the attack on the queen on d3.
2B0295 Either the simple 1. ... Qe1+ 2. Bg1 either piece takes g1 mate or the more complex 1. ... Rg1+!! and now 2. Bxg1 Ng3 mate or 2. Kxg1 Qe1 mate.	_____	2B0296 1. ... Bc4 wins the bishop on e2. Not as good would be 1. ... Bf3 because white can defend with 2. Re5. Not much help is 2. Rd6+ Ke5 winning.
2B0297 [solution]	_____	2B0298 [solution]      [Next]
2B0299 [solution]	_____	2B0300 [solution]      [Next]
2B0297 Thanks to Mesh on the Internet Chess Club for showing me 1. ... Rxe2!! (very nice) and now if 2. Rxe2 Nxc3+ will simplify the position to black's favor.	_____	2B0298 1. ... Qf6+ and now 2. Kg2 Qf2 mate, and 2. Ke1 or Kg1 Qf2 mate. so instead Ke2 at least 2. ... Bg4+ wins the Queen. if is 1. ... Bh3+ 2. Kg1
2B0299 Black must do something about the two pawns the queenside that want to queen. So Qa1 wins the pawn. 2. b7 Qxa4+ with an easily won endgame.	_____	2B0300 1. ... Nf6 threatens the rook and the bishop on d2. If 2. Re2 Bc4 forces the loss of an exchange, for if the rook moves then the bishop on d2 drops.

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