Mate in Two Solutions

by Anirudh Daga
11/5/2024 – FIDE, together with the World Solving Championships for Youth and Cadets, hosted a series of free online lessons to get participants ready for the inaugural FIDE World Solving Championships. They were run by Anirudh Daga and WFCC President Marjan Kovačević. Today we bring you the solutions to the two-movers we gave you to solve last week. Were you able to solve them?
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The inaugural FIDE World Solving Championships for Youth (Florianópolis, November 4) and Cadets (Montesilvano, November 21) are set to take place next month. If you are interested in participating, it is not too late to register, and if you just want to understand some of the rules and regulations as to how chess solving tournaments occur, check this out here.

To test your skills we last week gave you six mate in two problems, with the diagrams defending the black side. You had to find the one solution that forced a mate in the second move.

For a full discussion of the solutions, here is my YouTube broadcast "WFCC Solving Sessions #2 - Mate in twos!" It contains interactive lessons with viewers who were solving the problems during the session. Following this might help you to improve your solving skills. 

Here are the positions again. This time there is an engine (fan) button below the board that will allow you to immediately see the solution, and analyse to analyse all alternate lines.

Our webinars are aimed at equipping young players with the skills needed to excel in the upcoming World Cadet and Youth Chess Solving Championships. Whether preparing for competitions or simply refining problem-solving abilities, the sessions provided essential insights for enthusiasts at all levels!

If you are interested in solving more such problems, I would also recommend you to look at The Hopper Magazine (Singapore's first chess composition magazine!) with a wide variety of genres - issue 7 was just released with more mind-boggling problems for you to try out! 

Today we take a look back at part one of our exciting five-part webinar series – which was attended by over 400 participants from 50+ countries! We explored key strategies and techniques to tackle various chess problems and delved into the essentials of chess problem-solving, offering students valuable strategies and techniques to tackle a range of challenges. Starting with general principles and approaches, the sessions progressed to more specific topics like two-movers (mate in two) which is the subject of today's article! The main aim was to guide participants on how to efficiently find precise checkmating combinations and learn to manoeuvre pieces, so your goal is met.

The next course with mates in three will follow soon.

Anirudh was born in Delhi, India, and now lives in Singapore. He is one of the world's most promising young problem composers, specializing in positions that are fascinating and unconventional. He became interested in chess composition after winning the Christmastide Solving Contest, at the age of twelve. Anirudh grew from strength to strength, competed at the World Chess Solving Championships, and composed numerous problems that have all found their due place in reputable problem magazines. It is his goal to spread the joy of chess composition and solving!

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