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THE HASTINGS CHALLENGER No. 2SOLUTION
White to play and mate in 2 R Gray Glasgow Herald 1932 Key: 1.Re8! waiting.1…Kxb6 2.Bd8 mate 1…Kb4 2.Bd2 mate 1…Kd6 2.Bf4 mate 1…Kd4 2.Bf6 mate The four Black king flights form a star pattern and are known in problem parlance as star-flights. Note also that the key gives the black king an extra flight on b6. Such flight-giving keys are especially prized by composers.
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