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Here are some chess problems composed by Napoleon Marache.
White Mates in 2.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
4K2R/B1k1N3/2P5/5P2/1P6/8/6p1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bg1 ]

b)
4k1K1/1N1ppp2/7R/8/8/8/8/3B4 w - - 0 1
[ Re6 ]

c)
8/2b5/N3pp2/1KPk4/3rq3/7Q/1B6/7B w - - 0 1
[ Qd3 ]

d)
8/3p2N1/1K1R1P1p/4k2P/4N3/6P1/6B1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nd2 ]

e)
8/8/5K2/2B5/4kp2/n7/2R5/1Q6 w - - 0 1
[ Qb7+ ]

Napoleon Marache Problems, Part II. White Mates in 2.
a)
K2N4/2k5/1N3P2/8/1P1R4/8/8/2B5 w - - 0 1
[ Rd6 ]

b)
3k4/7R/3N4/3p4/K2P4/6P1/3bp3/2B3Q1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe1 ]

c)
8/8/p1k5/P2R4/3P4/8/6QB/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Bb8 ]

d)
R7/8/4B3/8/3pR2N/3k2P1/1P6/2K5 w - - 0 1
[ Re8 ]

e)
4R3/3k4/1P6/6N1/1B2B3/8/3K4/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Be7 ]

f)
3R4/8/3n1pB1/NR1b2p1/1P1k1nP1/2p3N1/2KP1P2/7Q w - - 0 1
[ Bf7 ]


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