Mate in 2 - Can you solve it?

The question is not how long it takes you to find the solution, but whether you will find the solution at all. ^_^

I would play 1. Qa8 and then:
if black rook goes on a square on 6 rank, then 2. Nc5#;
if black rook goes on a square on c file, then 2. Nd6#;
if black queen goes on a square whence it does not control the square d6
(among others, on d6), then 2. Nd6#;
if black queen goes on a square whence it does not control the square c5
then 2. Nc5#.
The only square available for black queen whence it can control squares
c5 and d6 is the square d4. If 1. ...Qd4, then 2. Re3#.

So you actually composed this, Meriten? (somehow I doubt it).

@Meriten

I really like it!
What's the name of the composer please?

Isn't this the problem that Carlsen solved some time ago? I'm pretty sure I saw it on YouTube.

@Katoh1 said in #6:
> Isn't this the problem that Carlsen solved some time ago? I'm pretty sure I saw it on YouTube.
Yes that is true.

Do we get told which colour moves or is that part of the puzzle?

@Ikonoclast said in #8:
> Do we get told which colour moves or is that part of the puzzle?

Good question!

Basically, it is White to move in the composed positions like “Studies” and “Problems”.
(There are exceptions, but they are explicitly mentioned.)