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A Puzzle for You to Solve - Merry Christmas (and a Happy 2014!)

A Puzzle for You to Solve - Merry Christmas (and a Happy 2014!)

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One of our readers sent us a short article with a specially composed chess puzzle where the pieces on the diagram present the year 2014. The puzzle wasn't published before and so it is something new and special for our readers. Thanks Diyan!

Diyan Kostadinov (Bulgaria)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2014!

Mate in 2 moves


Diyan Kostadinov is titled FIDE Master for chess composition and National Master of Sport. He is a Bronze medalist from the recent World Championship (2010-2012), Olympic Silver medalist (2010), he was three times on second place of the World Cup (2010, 2011, 2013) and a winner of many tourneys for chess composition.

Below you can try to solve the puzzle:

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