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It’s White to move and mate in 2 moves.

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Rewan Demontay
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White to play checkmates in 2 with 1 d4+! exd3 e.p. 2 Qbf4#.

Black to play cannot checkmate in 2 but should win after Bxf7.

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1. d4+! exd3 2. Qbf4
Noam D. Elkies
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When normal moves don't seem to work to solve a problem, you have to look for special moves like underpromotion, castling or en passant. The latter is the case in this problem, as 1. d4+ exd3 e.p. (forced) 2. Qbf4# mates.

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