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Mate in Three: A Happy New Year from Benko Print E-mail
By GM Pal Benko   
January 1, 2015
Composer GM Pal Benko wishes CLO readers a happy 2015 with a series of chess problems shaped as letters and numbers. Can you solve all seven?

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2.
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3.
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4.
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5.
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6.
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7.
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Also see GM Benko's Merry Christmas problems here.

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