White to play and mate in 2. Composed by Otto Wurzburg, the Pittsburgh Gazette Times, 1917. Answers should be emailed to chess@spectator.co.uk by Monday 11 November. There is a prize of £20 for the first correct answer out of a hat. Please include a postal address and allow six weeks for prize delivery.
Last week’s solution 1 Qd8+ Kh7 2 hxg3 Rh5+ 3 Qh4 and White won quickly.
Last week’s winner Ilya Iyengar, Cambridge
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