Whitcomb Chess Castle

Solution to mate in two

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The white queen moves to f8, check. Since this queen is protected by the white knight, the black king cannot capture the queen; the black rook (on a8) must capture the queen. This is a sacrifice, giving up the white queen to force a checkmate.

Don’t underestimate the power of the knight.