{"id":252,"date":"2023-09-21T12:02:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/?page_id=252"},"modified":"2023-09-24T13:48:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T17:48:50","slug":"answer-chess-problem-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/?page_id=252","title":{"rendered":"Answer: Chess Problem 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"535\" height=\"535\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-291\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-25.png 535w, http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-25-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-25-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>White to move and mate in 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black&#8217;s last move had to be Pb7-b5. Therefore: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. cb e.p.&nbsp; (threat Rxa7 mate) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If 1. &#8230;Nb7+; 2. Qxb7 or Pcxb7 mate <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If 1. &#8230;Nxc8; 2. Pb7 mate <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If 1. &#8230;Nb5; 2. Pb7 mate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/?page_id=173\">Back to chess problems<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/\">Home<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/?page_id=164\">Articles<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/?page_id=167\">Puzzles<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White to move and mate in 2. Answer: Black&#8217;s last move had to be Pb7-b5. Therefore: 1. cb e.p.&nbsp; (threat Rxa7 mate) If 1. &#8230;Nb7+; 2. Qxb7 or Pcxb7 mate If 1. &#8230;Nxc8; 2. Pb7 mate If 1. &#8230;Nb5; 2. Pb7 mate Back to chess problems Home\u00a0Articles\u00a0Puzzles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468,"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252\/revisions\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}