{"id":260,"date":"2023-09-21T11:58:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T15:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/?page_id=260"},"modified":"2023-09-24T13:50:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T17:50:15","slug":"answer-chess-problem-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/?page_id=260","title":{"rendered":"Answer: Chess Problem 8"},"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-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-283\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-21.png 535w, http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-21-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-21-150x150.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>Try: 1. Nb6, Kb7; 2. ? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Try: 1. Nd6\/e7, Kxa7; 2. ? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Try: 1. Qe7\/f7, Bc7; 2. ? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Try: 1. Qb4, Rb6; 2. ? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; Key: 1.&nbsp; Qd6 (threats Rb8 and Bc6) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If 1. &#8230;Rxd6; 2. Rb8 mate <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If 1. &#8230;Bxd6; 2. Bc6 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: Try: 1. Nb6, Kb7; 2. ? Try: 1. Nd6\/e7, Kxa7; 2. ? Try: 1. Qe7\/f7, Bc7; 2. ? Try: 1. Qb4, Rb6; 2. ? &#8212; Key: 1.&nbsp; Qd6 (threats Rb8 and Bc6) If 1. &#8230;Rxd6; 2. Rb8 mate If 1. &#8230;Bxd6; 2. Bc6 mate Back to chess [&hellip;]<\/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\/260"}],"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=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":472,"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260\/revisions\/472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}