v good

Move 3 is a shocker. Hard to believe black can't do anything to prevent mate next move, but his pieces block each other from effective action.

huh?

I am with the ones who were baffled at move three.

Good puzzle.

good puzzle!

Hummmm.  Forcing moves with check then 1 curious non-check forcing move.  Finally, Mate.

not really convinced, i do not think that solution was the best

How could a series of all forcing moves through mate not be the best solution?

What is your better solution?

it will be a long time before I can solve a puzzle like this---but I like to try

----KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

nice

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Easy

# 163

Nice one. Difficult to spot.

u ppl that keep whining about wanting more difficult problems do realize that this is not the only service in the world that offers chess problems, right? they only do one a day. get over it. if u want more, there's an app for that.

I dont understand the reason of last two  steps!

 Ya!  They missed one.  The morons posted later on, again.  I usually ignore trolls, but at this point I encourage it.  They will get banned soon.

Back to the TOPIC:  Yes, the third move caught me off guard.  It was a good puzz, reminding me to keep an eye on everything on the board.  I tend to focus a little too hard in specific areas, thereby missing out on opportunities like that.  The easy Queen pick-off was distracting me.

I found move three to be rather enigmatic

Man, is it non-easy saturday?