The most difficult, complex puzzle I have ever written or likely will ever write
The crazy thing is that this seems to be quite intuitive and the mate itself is simple and yet the pawn promotion makes it so much more. Very interesting, thank you. :)
its easy to figure out once you've got the first move.
I don't contest that. But it certainly is a notch above my other puzzles, the most difficult of which is a Mate in 5.
A series of worthless checks just extends the problem for no reason. It is just a mate in 2.
The purpose is to see how quickly and precisely you can get yourself out of those "worthless checks".
Forced checks don't make it a problem or complex.
If you don't like the puzzle, so be it. But other people seem to enjoy it, so I'm satisfied with my work.
Put e5 on e6 and the mate works? (Nf7+ etc.)
I'm sorry, I don't understand the question.
Lol, too many people here are commenting about the same thing. Does anybody else realize that the white pawns are going up, and the black pawns are going down? axb4 stops all mates, because if a1=N, Ka5, and there are no checks left.
Edit: *Ka4, and there are no checks left. I fooled myself going the wrong way :(