Daily Chess Puzzle 5/20/2021

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WizardmanW

Enjoy!

 

P.S. For you people who think these are bad puzzles, this is a 1700 rated puzzle, so plz stop saying how low rated this is.

Jay_Plays

nice

Big_Mac01

Nice Puzzle SOLVED 1st try

The_Stimuli

ez, simple deflection technique

also why didnt he just do Ke2? That wouldve saved the queen

 

The_Stimuli

seems kinda sus ngl

if they were rated 1700, they wouldve done Ke2

WizardmanW

King e2 after what move? The first or the seond?

The_Stimuli

Bxf2+

Llamamamataboot

3. Ke2 is M1

Llamamamataboot

Qe3#

The_Stimuli

ohhhhh

ok

The_Stimuli

but why not Ke2 after Qc1+?

 

WizardmanW

Ba6+ and white has to interpose with queen because white king cannot move and all other interpositions are useless.

sanpatkan
Y33TRS0N wrote:

but why not Ke2 after Qc1+?

 

After ke, there will be Qe3 mate

The_Stimuli

how?

The_Stimuli

that square is guarded by pawn and queen

 

WizardmanW

Theres no mate, but white has no defense to ba6

WizardmanW

besides the queen

sanpatkan
Y33TRS0N wrote:

how?

See for yourself.

All lines given.

The_Stimuli

no, cause when the black Qc1+, why not Ke2, that would've saved the queen and checkmate

 

WizardmanW

Ke2, Ba6+, Qd3, Bxd3+