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thehedgehog2000
so easy
relatedsqrs
nice and easy mate
DKathleen
Why couldn't I just move my rook, on d1, to d4? The queen would have to move (or be taken) and you could move your queen to f7 for checkmate.
Because black can move the queen to g8 which messes up white's mate in the immediate term. Alternatively, black can place the white king in check (at c1) at least three times (four if you include the bishop) - it is supposed to be mate-in-two !
You could still manage to checkmate at that point if you move the other rook up, (considering the queen did move to g8) but if you were aiming for the checkmate in 2 then yes, that may not be the perfect move. Thank you for your kind and thoughtful answer.
ReyRambler1960
Great one.Please be relevant, helpful & nice!
iambad3
Mate in two
Would Rook to space below white knight work?
QLam
I'm a begginer but I did it in only two tries... still fun!
bishop987
I got a feeling that I've done this puzzle before. Still, nice(not for black).
pumpupthevolume247
Pretty simple and obvious
Ineedphenylalanine
Tricky. The first move was just a deflection so that White could control g8.
summitsun
easy
Jacob30
OK
Justified08
First
you are wrong.
if you want to know who is, ask me by posting it in the comments
sjg59
this one was easy
addyshuppy
I wonder if anyone realises they aren't the first person to say it's easy.
Buddhalove
Deltaquad nice puzzle! Took me a while to think of the solution. Keep em coming. =)
kaichess
cool
ofer77
robinkarnmurmu
good one
yinafu
;)
unknown222
Nice and easy...
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