puzzle mate in 2 white to move

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26th November 2008, 12:59pm
#1
by jeaczr4242
albay Philippines
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26th November 2008, 01:01pm
#2
by jeaczr4242
albay Philippines
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mate in two ?

26th November 2008, 01:31pm
#3
by DrB127
Fairfax, California United States
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????

26th November 2008, 01:49pm
#4
by RoyalFlush1991
International
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False

26th November 2008, 02:04pm
#5
by xMenace
Rothesay, NB Canada
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d3

26th November 2008, 02:04pm
#6
by Sojkicz
Liberec Czech Republic
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1.e4!

if 1...Nc5 2. Rd5#

if 1... any other knight move 2. Bxd4#

if 1... any other move 2. Qf5#

BUT

if 1... dxe3 (en passant) there is no way how to mate... it's the best what I have (also interesting is 1. d3 but 1... Bb7 has no mating response if I'm not mistaken)

26th November 2008, 08:35pm
#7
by jeaczr4242
albay Philippines
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dxe3 there is mate ,,,,d3 there is no mate after Bb7        sojkics for your question

26th November 2008, 08:45pm
#8
by RoyalFlush1991
International
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Sojkicz wrote:

1.e4!

if 1...Nc5 2. Rd5#

if 1... any other knight move 2. Bxd4#

if 1... any other move 2. Qf5#

BUT

if 1... dxe3 (en passant) there is no way how to mate... it's the best what I have (also interesting is 1. d3 but 1... Bb7 has no mating response if I'm not mistaken)


 Nice work finding e4, I missed that but as pointed out d3 fails to Bb7 and like you mentioned en passant eliminates the threat of e4 so indeed the puzzle is false, barring us missing any other hidden secrets of chess mastery.

26th November 2008, 08:58pm
#9
by jeaczr4242
albay Philippines
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 212

to royal flush after the e4 en passant (passpawn) there is mate can't you see this is not a false puzzle it is in the book

26th November 2008, 09:10pm
#10
by just4u
India
Member Since: Jul 2008
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1. e4, dxe4 (Npass)

2. d4 should work...

26th November 2008, 09:18pm
#11
by dalf
Cebu City Philippines
Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 2565
RoyalFlush1991 wrote:
Sojkicz wrote:

1.e4!

if 1...Nc5 2. Rd5#

if 1... any other knight move 2. Bxd4#

if 1... any other move 2. Qf5#

BUT

if 1... dxe3 (en passant) there is no way how to mate... it's the best what I have (also interesting is 1. d3 but 1... Bb7 has no mating response if I'm not mistaken)


 Nice work finding e4, I missed that but as pointed out d3 fails to Bb7 and like you mentioned en passant eliminates the threat of e4 so indeed the puzzle is false, barring us missing any other hidden secrets of chess mastery.


1 ... dxe3 (en passant)

2 d4#

26th November 2008, 10:54pm
#12
by Sojkicz
Liberec Czech Republic
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 1260

true, good work :o)

 

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