solved both...:)
1st one was tough ..took quite some time to figure it out..
2nd was quite easy...!!
Just tell me frankly how many of u solved this in one go?
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Both were quite easy to be honest...the first one btw is actually mate in 4, not that it matters :) (but of course the first one is less easy to find ina real game, where you're not told that there's mate ;))
that explains why I couldn't get the first one...
it's mate in 4...
still cool, though.
sara_manju wrote:
1)mate in 3
In fact it must be mate in 4.
2)Mate in one.
solved both:)
Both
i solved both in one go
The first one isn't a mate in three, which is why I eventually plumped for the line that was mating (in four). The second one was ridiculously easy. Got them both first time.
It helps solving when you are already familiar with the game (the Alekhine one)
Both in one go. The first one came instinctively.
Good puzzles!
Got it
It probably would have taken me longer had i read that it was mate in 3.
i knew first one is mate in 4. but 4th one useless move so did not include. anyway u all brilliant players.b"coz i struggled to get first one as i was watching the game, when the game declared white won before mate as it happens in most of the GM's games
no sweat...2nd one a gimme!
yes i'v seen the1st puzzle b4w/queen sacrifice4the mate, nice but not complicated. & as others hv pointed-out it duz not hv the final mate move Rxh6# (which would make it mate-in-4 not 3) & yes the2nd puzzle wuz much ezier4sure 
both, but the first one took longer becouse there is no mate in 3
done, 25 seconds.
1)mate in 3
2)Mate in one.