Main Collection
The main works in the collection of Shlomi Yerushalmi
🎼 Welcome to the heart of the collection 🩵
Here you’ll find the main works: classic, carefully crafted mate-in-two compositions whose first task is simple to state yet wonderfully rich to explore — find the key move that lets White deliver mate on the following turn. 🔑
But the key is only the beginning. 🚪
Each creation hides a full miniature world inside it:
💂♀️ Black’s defensive tries, White’s precise replies, the mirrored motifs, the subtle logic that makes the entire structure hold together. 🔗
In many puzzles you’ll encounter almost-solutions — moves that look perfect until one clever defensive idea refutes them. They’re part of the artistry. They show just how delicately the real solution has been arranged.
⚔️ Some works begin with a bold threat, clearly preparing the mate to come.
🤫 Others rely on a quiet, unexpected key that creates a special kind of tension: Black must move, and whichever move he chooses ends up breaking his own defense. These are the compositions where the zugzwang spirit shines.
💻 To help you uncover all these ideas, each puzzle page includes a custom-built interactive board, designed with great care to maintain a delicate balance:
⚖️ it should reveal the artistic content step by step — but without spoiling anything you didn’t want to see yet 🙈
It’s a system that tries to do something surprisingly hard:
make sure you notice the beautiful ideas hidden in the composition,
while still letting you find them yourself 🛣️
A gentle guide that knows when to stay quiet 🧑🏫
Take your time, explore the branches, enjoy the logic, the structure, and the surprises.
This is the Main Collection — the foundation of the journey.
