Mate in 2, can you find it?
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Wrong puzzle, there are 2 solutions. And for both you don't need the black rook on g7. Quite uneconomical.
Arisktotle you are false, the rook is the only reason they can't play xf3 after Nf3
Ng4 is another solution, so you are correct about not needing a rook for that solution, but the other solution, Nf3, needs a rook, so you need a rook for this solution, which you said you didn't therefore you are false.
You need the rook for Nf3 because if white plays bxf3 after it, the Queen can mate on g1.
8alla0 wrote:
You need the rook for Nf3 because if white plays bxf3 after it, the Queen can mate on g1.
No, the queen can mate on h3.
b5 and Qf8 ;)
WebskiMat escreveu:
b5 and Qf8 ;)
Not a forced mate in 2. 1. ...Rg8. (Or 1. ...h6 or h5)
Kf3 Qh2#? or if the pawn takes night on f3 you just slide to h3 and gg as well, but i feel like the logical resposne to kf3 is ke2. Theres a few possibilities. But that leads me to another question...whos turn is it? when people post these is it always white or is it the side the board is on? im saying from blacks pov, i also dont see mate in 2 for white. theres too many things black can do to prevent it
Jan 19, 2023
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The move Nf3 for black is checkmate in two. If white captures, Qxg1 is checkmate. If they don't, Qh2 is checkmate.
Jan 19, 2023
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#12
Grim_Reaper_16 wrote:
What??
There are 3 M2's
You can remove the rook on g7 and add a defender for f3 or g4 (which will allow mate)
There's only two, Ng4 and Nf3.
Jan 19, 2023
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Arisktotle wrote: Wrong puzzle, there are 2 solutions. And for both you don't need the black rook on g7. Quite uneconomical. There is one mate that needs the rook on g7. Arisktotle is 😑 wrong
8alla0 wrote:
Arisktotle you are false, the rook is the only reason they can't play xf3 after Nf3
For a good puzzle, there must only be one "best" winning path.
Here, we have two possible checkmates in two, arising from 1...Nf3 and 1...Ng4, so they are considered "equally good" in the number of moves to checkmate and this puzzle is therefore not good.
Jan 20, 2023
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halleyH wrote:
Arisktotle wrote: Wrong puzzle, there are 2 solutions. And for both you don't need the black rook on g7. Quite uneconomical. There is one mate that needs the rook on g7. Arisktotle is 😑 wrong
How is he wrong?
It is absolutely amazing that everyone notices Nf3, and only a select few notices that Ng4 is also mate-in-2. I can't figure out a reason why.
