Answers.Body: <p>1.Rh6</p>
  
  <p>This puts Black in Zugzwang.</p>
  
  <p>If 1...gxh6, 2.g7#</p>
  
  <p>If Black moves the Bishop, 2.Rxh7#</p>
  
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Answers.Text: And it has to be 1 Rh6; any other move of the rook on the h-file would enable Black to push the h7 pawn and prevent 2 Rh7#.
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Body: <p>White to play and checkmate in two moves.</p>
  
  <pre><code>[fen "5Kbk/6pp/6P1/8/7R/8/8/8 w KQkq - 0 1"]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is it possible? If so, please write a solution.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: This is the third position given in one of the answers to a zugzwang question a day or two ago - https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/21311/what-is-zugzwang-in-chess/21312?s=4|0.0000#21312. This kind of copy& paste question is not clever.
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Tags: <checkmate><problems>
Title: Checkmate in two moves
ThreadText: # Checkmate in two moves
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-07)
  
  White to play and checkmate in two moves.
  [fen "5Kbk/6pp/6P1/8/7R/8/8/8 w KQkq - 0 1"]
  
  Is it possible? If so, please write a solution.
  
  **Tags:** checkmate, problems
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: This is the third position given in one of the answers to a zugzwang question a day or two ago - https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/21311/what-is-zugzwang-in-chess/21312?s=4|0.0000#21312. This kind of copy& paste question is not clever.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-04-07. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
  
  1.Rh6
  
  This puts Black in Zugzwang.
  
  If 1...gxh6, 2.g7#
  
  If Black moves the Bishop, 2.Rxh7#
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: And it has to be 1 Rh6; any other move of the rook on the h-file would enable Black to push the h7 pawn and prevent 2 Rh7#.  
  
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