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sameez1

White in two       by Touw Hian Bwee   1st prize Olympic Tourney    1976

incorrectname

In white: (1. Qg8 followed by either Qg5 or Qg3. I feel like I'm missing something, though. Seems a bit easy.)

Arisktotle

Lots of tempting tries and great use of the c1-f4 battery! Touw Hian Bwee (wonderful name) had indosian roots but often published in dutch magazines. Apparently he bore no grudge against the former european colonizer.

sameez1
incorrectname wrote:

In white: (1. Qg8 followed by either Qg5 or Qg3. I feel like I'm missing something, though. Seems a bit easy.)

Qg8......Ne4 .....Here is the key in white 1.Qe6

AlphaNegative100
Bxd2 and i don’t think there’s anyway to stop Qxe3#, if Be5 then Qxe5#
Uarekomodo9

Bxd2 seems strong here. 

sameez1
Uarekomodo9 wrote:

Bxd2 seems strong here. 

Bxd2.........Rb1+ Like Arisktotle said there are so many tempting tries.The key is in white on post #4

SreshthaDuttaMoon

R*b5

sameez1
SreshthaDuttaMoon wrote:

R*b5

Rxb5......more than one counter, my favorite, either knight c4

Olibino

Bh5. What should stop Ke2#

incorrectname

People are actually seeing the puzzles sameez posts now lol

sameez1
Olibino wrote:

Bh5. What should stop Ke2#

Bh5.......Ng4   King escapes to f3