ahaddick wrote:
there is not
There definitely is
Check out this INSANE tactical puzzle!!!
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Mar 16, 2023
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#44
mathcat08 wrote:
IK using engines in puzzle solutions is cheating, but the fact that the OP provided no solution and the NM in chat being unsure lead me to try the position in the chess.com analysis board. It claimed M3 was the best with multiple solutions, but no M2.
@BraydenPlaysWithStyle, do you have a real M2 solution?
I was not really very unsure about Ng2; I know I used the words "may be" but I did pretty much give the checkmate after every possible Black response, so in that sense I couldn't really have been more sure, although my word choice may have been poor.
This puzzle is a nice example of zugzwang, by the way.
Mar 16, 2023
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#45
legit_chess411 wrote:
choppinheadz wrote:
qb3 nc4 bf7 be6 rxf5
This is a M2 puzzle, dude
That was a very smart response, play me on the chess board
BeanScreen wrote:
This puzzle is a nice example of zugzwang, by the way.
I thought the same thing. If the pieces could all stay where they were it would not be a mate in 2, but one piece has to move.
What is interesting is that stockfish cannot find the answer until you try it, then it will recalculate
"This puzzle is a nice example of zugzwang, by the way."
Yeah! I was amazed when I saw it on the board. I realized once I could move the pieces, it was hard for me to visualize at first.
choppinheadz wrote
That was a very smart response, play me on the chess board
I would argue that your original message was the 'smart' one. A bit of arrogance there with the smh you added at the end. All I did was let you know what type of puzzle it was, even though OP clearly stated such. Last, if you think beating a ~1350 elo player at your rating will prove something, good for you, I guess.
1.Ng2! after 1...Nc4 then 2.Nf4# if any other move from the knight on e3 then 2.Qb3# if 1... Ne6 2.Nxe3# if 1...Nxh5 then 2.Qb8# if 1...Ne8 2.Bf7# if 1...ke6 2.Qd6# if 1...Kc4 2.Nxe3#
I think mate in 3.Qb3+ Nc4
Bf7+ Ne6
Rxf5#
Hmm... I think I had the right answer, yet my answer was down voted. Life in the big city, I guess. At least people that haven't solved it yet, may not see the correct solution. <shrug>
Isn't it mate in 3? Bf7+ Ne6 Rxf5 Nxf5 Qb3#
ImBrianFellows wrote:
Is it 1. Nc2/Ng2 Nxc2/Nxg2 2. Qb3#?
That is three moves because Nxc2/Nxg2 is a move so it is three
Apr 25, 2023
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#55
bravemaddux wrote:
ImBrianFellows wrote:
Is it 1. Nc2/Ng2 Nxc2/Nxg2 2. Qb3#?
That is three moves because Nxc2/Nxg2 is a move so it is three
Uh... no. Ng2 and Nxg2 count as 1 move. 1 move for White and 1 for Black. Also Nc2 is wrong bc Nc4.
ah i see the puzzle was solved already. Good reason for a down vote I guess. Don't know how I missed this. Good job @zexarium! Still think down-voting a correct solution, when almost nobody seemed to have the right idea, seems a bit weird.
After Nc4 there is Qd6#
ImBrianFellows
there is not
There is, if you want me to message you the solution I will