Wilhelm Steinitz vs. Herbert Trenchard
Wilhelm Steinitz vs. Herbert Trenchard, New York, 1887.
White to move and mate in 2.
Roll over to see the solution: 1.Ne7 Nxf5 2.Qg6#
FEN: r2qrb2/p1pn1Qp1/1p4Nk/4PR2/3n4/7N/P5PP/R6K w - - 0 1
About the players
Wilhelm Steinitz (1834-1900) was an Austrian and later American chess Master. He was the first World Chess Champion between 1886 and 1894, when he lost the title to Emanuel Lasker. 5 articles on Wilhelm Steinitz
Qg3-g6 h7xg6
f5xg6
It seems to me that the solution is not correct or the panel is not correct.
Solving the panel shown above i did
Ng6f4 Qd8-g5
Nh3xg5 Nd4xf5
Qf7-h5#
The key is to move the white knight from g6 goes to e7 to block the black queen. Then black can do a number of moves – if he moves a knight, white mates with Qg6; it he does Bxf7, white mates with Qh5; if he moves the pawn to g6, white mates with Qxg6.
Ng6-e7 Bf8xe7
Rf5-h5#
Ne7 Bxe7
Qh5