capture then mate

Submitted by odirtyredo on Thu, 05/08/2008 at 5:32am.

white is to play and force mate in 3.

all of white's moves must be a capture.

306 reads | 9 comments |

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by Anti - 3 days ago
Melbourne Australia

Member Since: Mar 2008
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nice one.

why not put the white queen on say h5 (or b7, etc). Gives more possibilities to consider. :)

by alovd - 4 days ago
Giza Egypt

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yeah yeah

by odirtyredo - 4 days ago
Hattiesburg, Mississippi United States

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oh ok

by Sothilde - 4 days ago
Groningen Netherlands

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Well, white makes only two moves till checkmate, so it's a mate in two. The black moves don't count so to say.

by odirtyredo - 4 days ago
Hattiesburg, Mississippi United States

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how explain it

by Sothilde - 4 days ago
Groningen Netherlands

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Mate in two actually

by ericsowers77 - 4 days ago
Georgia United States

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nice puzzle. will be looking forward for more

by odirtyredo - 4 days ago
Hattiesburg, Mississippi United States

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i will be adding more

they start off easy

by winston - 4 days ago
Kitwe ,Zambia Zambia

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Well this is a very good puzzle for one who is a beginner and I am sure they will find it instructive.

Good puzzle!

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