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jazzdream
Hello, here I propose you a tentative quizz.
White moves and mate Black.
Do you have an idea?
Tentatively,
Dragon.Jade :-)
amiraz
cxb6#
Bruiser419
Via en passant?
Nabil12345
En passant.
Yes bxc6# is the winning move.
You can examine the board to prove that the Black last move was indeed b7-b5. Among the candidate moves:
Kb6-a7: impossible, the two kings would have been in contact.
Bc7-b8; b6-b5: impossible, the white king would have be in check with Black to move.
Kb6-a6: impossible, the black king would have been in a double check that is impossible to set up.
Thus the only previous move the Black played is b7-b5 allowing cxb6 e.p.#
Analyzing,
city-kids3
cxb6 e.p.
A chalupa could solve this, but it would rather be eaten!
Biglander
En pessant thats for sure.
Mainline_Novelty
rbB5/k7/p2N4/KpP5/8/8/8/8 w - -* 0 1
* means no en passant :0
ChessCaiisa
jazzdream i got 2 admit it!
NICE PUZZLE!
i love it because u have to find out black's last move which seems to be b5 or you will never find the answer which is en passant.
n your explanation for the candidate moves is very accurate and easy to understand!
GOOD JOB!
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