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Probleemblad, 2013

R#2
LEOs h2; h3:
PAOs a5, e5:
VAOs a8, c1:
MAOs e6; d8

1.PAh5! (2.MAc7  e5#)

1...LEf5 2.MAg5  e5#
1...LEg3 2.MAf4  e5#
1...Bb5  2.MAc5  e5#
1...Bg7+ 2.MAxg7 e5#

In the threat, the wMA goes to the only square it can go to and avoid providing a hurdle over which a white Chinese Piece will guard the mating square. In the first three variations, a black piecce plays to squares where it will provide a hurdle from a white Chinese Piece to the mating square, but, of course, this allows the wMA to land on that line, allowing 2...e5#. The final variation is a check which forces the wMA to recapture. Only a single mating move, but that is the whole point.