Berkshire Junior Chess

Chess Problem: October 2004 Newsletter

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

White (6 men); Black (3 men); White to play and mate in two moves.

The Berkshire Junior Chess Yearbook gave C.E. Kemp's first problem published on June 2, 1917 when he was age 15. This is another of his compositions published in the Manchester Weekly Times on February 16, 1918. Later he became headmaster of Reading School.

Solution

1 Re3

if 1 ... Kxe3
   2 Nf5++

if 1 ... Kc4 (or g6 or g5)
   2 Re4++

The mates are "models". A "model mate" is when all the squares immediately round the mated Black King are guarded once only.