Cool endgame

Check this out, it's pretty cool!:

Wow! Didn't expect that at all...

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

nice, isn't it?

Fun One

you should put the coordinates on this one.

sorry,forgot them

easy problem ..but really nice one

thanks

You should call this a mate in 3, so people know what to look for :)

yes, shoopi, but when you play with someone in a real-life tournament or game, nobody is there to tell that there is mate in 3, right? you can see the mate only if you see the right moves.

To be fair, if this was a real-life tournament, I would've been ok with a mate in 4 instead of a mate in 3 :P

not if you were out of time , Velocity. :P

True, but my point is, there are many moves that win (for example, Rd2 is a mate in 4). In fact, every legal move wins. So unless it is explicitly noted that the goal is a "mate in 3", or even "find the best move / fastest win", Rd2 is just fine.

And about the running out of time reasoning - If I was low on time in this situation I would definitely play such a move that I'm sure is winning and winning fast, instead of going like "Hmm, I wonder if there is one move in this position that mates the fastest" and waste all my time thinking about it.

It is a pretty neat problem btw.

yeah, if this was a real game, black should've resigned by now

Maybe he was hoping for a draw; I mean, psyduck, there are some guys that will never ever resign. I don't know what are they waiting for.

they are waiting for the opponent to run out of time, or they are hoping to get stalemated, or perpetual check, or something

yap, these were not in my mind when I wrote the comment. thanks,erikawesomedude.