2-Movers Collection - WCCT Challenge 2

Hello everyone. I made this challenge for myself and tried it once. I do this challenge every 25 puzzles. My challenge has the same themes as a 

World Chess Composing Tournament.

The WCCT has the following themes:

 - 2-mover

 - 3-mover

 - More-mover (Here it will be a 4-mover)

 - Endgame Study (I didn't made one of these, sorry)

 - Helpmate

 - Selfmate

 - Fairypieces

I made these puzzles and challenge you to solve them.

Dont use an engine please!!!

Good Luck!!:

Mate in 2: White to move

Mate in 3: White to move

Mate in 4: White to move -- Easy

Helpmate in 2: Black to move and white mates

 Selfmate in 2: White to move and forces black to mate

Mate in 3: White to move

Mate in 2:          Solved By: s0030135

Mate in 3:          Solved By: Asorski

Mate in 4:          Solved by: MrComposer

Helpmate in 2:   Solved By: s0030135

Selfmate in 2:    Solved By: s0030135

Fairy mate in 3:  Solved By: s0030135

 The Grasshopper:

Grasshopper: a4

The grasshopper can only move by hopping over a piece. If a grasshopper can't hop over a piece, it can't move!! The grasshopper moves just like a queen, but it has to hop over another piece. It moves just one place after the piece it hopped. It cannot hop twice

Were the upside down pieces intentional?

Yes, yes indeed!! 

Mate in 3

1. Bf3!! d5 (1...Kxf3 2. Ng5#) 2. h4! Kxf3(now forced) 3. Ng5#

Good job s0030135. You solved three puzzles correct. Congratulations.

y2721, sorry but 1.Bf3 Kxf3 2.Ng5+ isn't mate. Try again if you want .

MrComposer: You have solved the mate in 4. Congratulations. But the fairy mate in 3 isn't correct. If a grasshopper hops over a piece it is placed only 1 place after the piece it hopped. A grasshopper cannot hop twice.

Try it again if you want!! 

Mate in 3(2nd try)

1. Nh8 Kg5 2. Be3+ Kh4 3. Ng6#

Sorry y2721. Black can defend with: 1.Nh8 Kg5 2.Be3+ Kf6!!

Try it again if you want

Fairy Mate: Qf3#

Correct me if I am wrong but this looks like a mate in 1 to me.....

I dont' see how the fairy mate line 1. Dd3 2. Bg3 3. Dh3# doesn't work

Hi everyone:

 - iixxPROxxii: White is indeed in check, so you have a few moves left. 1.Gf3 is an illegal move!!

- y2721: After 1.Gd3 black can defend with 1.Gd4!. 

- MrComposer: There is another move to block the check. This is a very big hint!!

Congratulations s0030135. 1.e3 is the correct answer!! Good job.

Just logged in.

                                             Mate in 3

I just looked at the white pawns on c2 and c3 and how it can help to mate the King. I found the use these pawns. Solved it in 5 minutes!

Great job Asorski. Well done, I saw a puzzle like this and made a variant of it. 

That's it for this WCCT challenge. Thank you all for posting on this thread!!

~~ Adriandmen ~~

Adriandmen, This is too much!

s0030135 is simply amazing! His solving power is beyond doubt. How about giving him a Solving Champion Title? With this, he is automatically exempted from solving but he can participate in the discussion of the problem.

He had solve instantly my Mind Cracker No. 4. I conferred to him the idea of the title. I'm waiting for his response. I think he must be grateful and accept the title to give other solvers a chance. He can solve other composer's problem but not ours.

What can you say?

Yeah Asorski. I think s0030135 is a great solver. He really deserves a title. I think I make some Royal Puzzles. These puzzles will be for everyone with some solver instinct. I make some of these puzzles and every puzzle they solve will earn them one point. Solving a Royal Puzzle will earn them three points.

How about this idea? Maybe we could cooperate with the point counting.

~~ Adriandmen ~~

I think we need to study carefully the mechanics of this one. Only the two of us regularly post a problem, our original chess problems. maybe we can open a new forum to discuss this matter with other composer.