Checkmate Challenge: The Mighty Knight

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Avatar of wolverine96

Here's a challenge for you all:

Show how a game of chess can be won on only the 6th (2-ply) move without the winning player moving any of his pawns.

The first person to post such a legal game will get a trophy.  Wink

Here's a couple hints:

  • There is more than one way to do this.
  • The losing player can move his pawns.

Good luck!

Avatar of wolverine96

Come on, guys! It's really not that hard.

Avatar of Kurtbusch2

Solved!

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Nice!

Very interesting. My solution involved King moves, but yours revealed an even quicker way to do it:



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The trophy is sent! I would have given you the Knight trophy, but it seems that you can only do that after playing a game. Frown