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kayzingzingy
1.d5 - Re3 2.Qc7+ Ka8 3.Qc8#
why not 1.. Rc8
ramazandursun
1.Rc8 ? then Qa7#
AFUEGO33
B) I would be in the first page, but I have a life ;)
Right duh. Okay how about 1.. Nxd5
cinemachess
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biat
The smothered mate is better :)
Totalchess141
cool puzzle! im not very good,so i like to train on easier ones
robertkeitz111
cool!
PJAJ4321
why not smothered mate?
mhalilim
Poor king... No way out...
skippull
I thought it would've been smothered mate, but I was wrong, no queen sacrifice.
Mr3vil
Ah nevermind, I got why it's mate in four.
marsuplami
smothered sooo automatic ... but wrong here
Ray-D-OActive
Another interesting one.
brisket
I guess I wanted to do the same thing as everyone else and do a smothered mate.
toufiqueawan
Good Puzzle!
ProthsleticPeanut
That was so easy it was dumb!!!!!!!!!!
bob_mac
in a real game I would make it smothered... chess is fun too...
Mr_Spocky
nice
idraz
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