Check out the defenses against d pawn moves (albino)
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Star-Flights: a problem term that refers to the 4 diagonal squares adjoining a king that is not standing on the edge of the board.
Albino: a problem task, a white pawn on the second rank, other than a Rook's pawn, is moved in different variations, in each of 4 possible ways, two forwrd moves, and two captures, each preceded or followed by a different Black move.
Notice in this problem, White has 4 differnt tries with the d pawn (albino), each allowing the King to escape to a different star-flight square.
After the key move, Black has 4 defenses, again to the star-flight squares, each square leading to a different mate. I think this is pure magic.
A problem by Alaikov, 1982. Mate in 2. [EDIT Please check out the move list for variations]