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White to play up the board and mate on the third move. All quiet moves!

Composition by Kabe Moen
The Problemist Supplement 2026

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White to play up the board and mate on the second move.

Composed by Kabe Moen
Problemas 2026

White to play up the board and mate on the second move

Composed by Kabe Moen
Problem Paradise 2026

This one’s not too bad. There’s a couple tricky tries. White to play up the board and mate on the second move.

Kabe Moen
Phenix 2022

White to play up the board and mating on the second move. The key is not a check or a capture so don’t even try these moves. Very difficult.

Composed by.
Joseph Warton
Empire Review 1926

This problem may catch a few solvers. White to move up the board and mate on the second move.

Kabe Moen
Unpublished 2026

White to play up the board and mate on the second move. Notice the rook on d5 is pinned.

Kabe Moen
British Chess Magazine 2026

Here’s an easier problem. White to play moving up the board and mating on the second move.

Composed by Kabe Moen
The Problemist Supplement 2016

White playing up the board and mating on the second move.

Composed by Erich Brunner in 1926

White playing up the board to mate on the second move.

Henry D’Oyly Bernard
Chess Amateur 1919

I consider this challenging. The key is not a check or capture so don’t try those moves.

White to move playing up the board and mate on the second move.

Composed by Bruno Sommer in 1921

Another simple Mate in 2 for White playing up the board

Kabe Moen 2026
Unpublished.

Here’s a little mate in 2 for fun.

White playing up the board to mate in two moves.

Kabe Moen 2026
Unpublished

I consider this to be one of the hardest two movers ever. Composed by Jim Creswell and Joseph Warton in Busman’s chess review in 1970. White to move playing up the board. Good luck.

Kabe Moen, Problemas 2019. White to play moving up the board and mate on the second move.

Kabe Moen 2016 The Problemist Supplement