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Time for White to finish the game.

We haven’t done a composed problem in a while. This one’s a mate in two and has an interesting story behind it. The great Jose Capablanca couldn’t solve it in 20 minutes. See if you can beat him.

White wrapped this up quickly.

Hector Rosetto as Black against James Sherwin has just played Bb4, hoping to initiate exchanges. Sherwin surprised him. What was the best move and the follow-up in this position?

Mate in three.

Another example of why you should castle.

A fun kingside attack.

This is a spectacular win by I. A. Horowitz against Arnold Denker in 1946. The lines in the notes are worth going over as well.

One more win from Benko. This one was against Horowitz in 1968.

In 1959, Pal Benko missed a chance to gain a winning position against Bobby Fischer. Can you find the key move?