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Infinity Chess
Department of Mathematics
University of Queensland
Brisbane Qld 4072
by 30 October 2001 to be in the draw for a chess pack

Chess competition from Infinity 11

The winner was Geoff Hodskiss from Labrador, Queensland. Well done Geoff.

Solution:
There is no guaranteed way for white to win in two moves. The white queen and bishop combination (on black squares) is the obvious one - two to check mate black. However, black's bishop (on E7) can easily thwart either attack.
W: Q - H6 - G7 (check mate) is thwarted by B: B - F8
also
W: 1 - C3 - G7 (or H8) is thwarted by B: B - F6

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