The easiest 3000 rated puzzle.

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Avatar of hikarunaku

I am sure most of those 80% are not rated above 2000 in tactics,.As you said there is some problem in the statistics,this puzzle should be reported.

Avatar of Elroch

Let me repeat, we don't know what the puzzle is, because black's leading move is missing. It is a mate in 2 IF BLACK PASSES.

Avatar of Covfefito

In this puzzle, it is NOT white to move. If you see the FEN notation of the problem you'll see that:

 

FEN: r1bq1bnr/1ppk1B2/p1np3p/6N1/3PP3/2N3p1/PPP4P/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 1

-------------------------------------------------------------------------^ Black to move

 

https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/375359

Avatar of Covfefito
xXPikachuXx escribió:

Even after Black moves hxg5, the continuation is the same.

Only if Black plays hxg5. Black has alternatives.

Avatar of hikarunaku

what if he plays Nf6 .There is no mate then.

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What did black play @drmrboss?

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hikarunaku wrote:

what if he plays Nf6 .There is no mate then.

 I can confirm that puzzle is mate in 2 from my history. the puzzle number is 0375 359. and the link is here.

https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/375359

I agreed that the turn is wrong, and black might have played "a5, b5" or something. But the solution is the same, mate in 2.

 

Avatar of hikarunaku

Okay. The puzzle should find its true rating in the mean time few lucky people can gain easy rating points.

Avatar of Elroch

Here you are guys, two more near 3000-rated mate in 2 puzzles. No way does this make sense!

https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/134601

https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/35098

(I also confirmed that the OP puzzle does indeed start hxg5).

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Elroch wrote:

Here you are guys, two more near 3000-rated mate in 2 puzzles. No way does this make sense!

https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/134601

https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/35098

(I confirmed that the first one does indeed start hxg5).

I dont think they are mate in 2.  Those are my thinking, better to recheck with stockfish,

First puzzle,  Black must move d6,  then mate in 2. The solution is  1........d6, Qh5+ 2. Ke7 Qf7+# . Otherwise it is mate in 6. 1. Qh5+ Ke7 2. Qf7+ Kd6 3. Nc4+ Kc5 4. Qd5+Kb4 5. a3+ ka4 6. b3#

Second puzzle.  No forced mate solution in 10 or 20 moves. White must move kt to somewhere like Nh4, or Nh2,  then it is mate in 2. Solution is  1. Nh4 Bg3+ 2. Kd2 Qxd4#

 

Avatar of Schachgrenze

I hope this copy-paste-work works:

https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/35098

 

https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/134601

 

https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/375359

 

and here is on more Puzzle rated ~2200 / Mate in 1: 

https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/185142

 

 

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drmrboss wrote:
Elroch wrote:

Here you are guys, two more near 3000-rated mate in 2 puzzles. No way does this make sense!

https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/134601

https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/35098

(I confirmed that the first one does indeed start hxg5).

I dont think they are mate in 2.  Those are my thinking, better to recheck with stockfish,

First puzzle,  Black must move d6,  then mate in 2. The solution is  1........d6, Qh5+ 2. Ke7 Qf7+# . Otherwise it is mate in 6. 1. Qh5+ Ke7 2. Qf7+ Kd6 3. Nc4+ Kc5 4. Qd5+Kb4 5. a3+ ka4 6. b3#

Second puzzle.  No forced mate solution in 10 or 20 moves. White must move kt to somewhere like Nh4, or Nh2,  then it is mate in 2. Solution is  1. Nh4 Bg3+ 2. Kd2 Qxd4#

I am surprised to need to point out that you can't see the opponent's move in the links I posted, so you can't actually solve this. There is no link that does show this. I have complained to chess.com about this broken functionality.

Anyhow, I assure you that, like the OP puzzle with hxg5 as the first move, these two are mates in two rated near 3000. Here they are in full:

 

2967-rated
 
2975-rated

 

Avatar of Deranged

Move 1 was pretty intuitive.

Move 2 there was a lot of temptation to play either Bxg5+ or Qxg5+

I'm guessing of the 80% that got the problem wrong, the vast majority got move 1 correct but then got move 2 wrong.

Avatar of Deranged

I find with a lot of these rated 3000+ problems, they make one move super tempting that you just rush to play it without thinking.

But if you stop and take your time, and purposely don't make the most tempting moves, then they're not so bad.

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1a3_1-0 wrote:

lol

*ROL!

Avatar of Caesar49bc

It is a very easy problem.

Avatar of GhostsAreBack

20 percent pass rate ???????