Chess puzzle

No. 841

15 March 2025

9:00 AM

15 March 2025

9:00 AM

White to play and mate in two moves. Composed by George Edward Carpenter, Dubuque Chess Journal, 1873. Email answers to chess@spectator.co.uk by Monday 17 March. There is a prize of a £20 John Lewis voucher 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 Qh6! and Black resigned, as gxh6 2 Nxh6 is mate.

Last week’s winner Tom Hawksley, Groton, Suffolk

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