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Chess Problem 1987a5f401

BDS

5th HM., The Problemist, 1987

8/4b3/7P/Kp6/1R1S1kS1/R1ss2p1/2Pp2p1/r3q3

H#2
(b) wRb4->h4

a) 1.Se2 Sc6+ 2.Kf3 Se5#
b) 1.Sf2 Sf6+ 2.Ke3 Sd5#

An indirect half-pin, with remote self-blocks and Siers batteries


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