16th February 2026

Selected by Michael McDowell

Hans Peter Rehm

3rd Prize, Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1960

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Mate in 8

A cleanly constructed more-mover featuring a battle of the bishops.

The solution will appear here on Friday 20th February 2026.