That's not really a puzzle, in the sense that the outcome is not at all forced :). Black can simply give up the rook and play h6, for example. Move the rook at f8 to c8/d8, and it's a puzzle.
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btickler wrote:
That's not really a puzzle, in the sense that the outcome is not at all forced :). Black can simply give up the rook and play h6, for example. Move the rook at f8 to c8/d8, and it's a puzzle.
It is, because it simply wins a rook.
It's not a 'mate in 3', but just fine as a tactic, in a lot of tactics the continuation is illustrative rather than best play.
If 1...h6 then 2. Qxf8+ Kxf8 3. Re8#. But 1...Qc6 might hold off mate.
It's white to move.
And come on, look and there is a checkmate. You need to open your eyes.
Could someone solve the puzzle? Please? Here's today's puzzle. Solve the first one, then do this one.
And come on, look and there is a checkmate. You need to open your eyes.
There is no forced checkmate in your first diagram, that was my point (in spite of naming the wrong escape square in my offhand comment ;)...).
It is, because it simply wins a rook.
It's not a 'mate in 3', but just fine as a tactic, in a lot of tactics the continuation is illustrative rather than best play.
Ok, sure, but not when the title of the series is "Bank Rank Checkmate Puzzles". Believe me, I only had one chess book growing up and it was Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, which was probably half full of bank rank mating puzzles ;).
The answer to your second puzzle is queen takes rook check, king takes queen, rook to 8th rank, checkmate.
Trophy for anyone who tells me the solution to all of the puzzles that I post in notation. There are going to be 6 total.
Could someone please just solve these puzzles? And truth be told, maybe the solution isn't forced, but it's pointless for Black to do say, 1. Qxb8 h6, 2. Qxf8+ Kh6. That loses 10 points with no compensation.
angrybirdstar wrote:
Here are 6 back rank puzzles that I have solved and am now going to show to you. I'm going to start with an easy one.
White can probably win with 1. Qe8
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angrybirdstar wrote:
Could someone please just solve these puzzles? And truth be told, maybe the solution isn't forced, but it's pointless for Black to do say, 1. Qxb8 h6, 2. Qxf8+ Kh6. That loses 10 points with no compensation.
5 points actually, f6 is better than h6
Wrong. You solve the whole puzzle, then tell me the answer. And it's a checkmate.
GSHAPIROY wrote:
angrybirdstar wrote:
Here are 6 back rank puzzles that I have solved and am now going to show to you. I'm going to start with an easy one.
White can probably win with 1. Qe8
White can just push a pawn, but as Scottrf said, the first puzzle wins a rook for white, the same thing will happen with 1. Qe8:
If 1. ... Rxe8, 2. Rxe8#
If 1. ... h6, OOPS! Never mind, 1. Qe8 does not win a rook after 1. ... h6
Come on, just solve the puzzle that I posted. No need to puzzle it out (hah hah).
How is the trophy 'free' when it involves solving the puzzles to get it? I am not sure this competition is legit, I am considering not entering until this is cleared up.
Trophy is a chess.com one that you can send to other people. Recently, I did a thing similar to what I am doing now, (except now I'm posting the puzzles, not the answers to other's puzzles) and the person gave me a trophy.
This isn't a competion, we're just having fun solving puzzles. I threw in a trophy to make people solve the puzzles.
angrybirdstar wrote:
Trophy is a chess.com one that you can send to other people. Recently, I did a thing similar to what I am doing now, (except now I'm posting the puzzles, not the answers to other's puzzles) and the person gave me a trophy.
I dunno ,this has 'FIDE' written all over it . What are the rules and what does the trophy look like?
Here are 6 back rank puzzles that I have solved and am now going to show to you. I'm going to start with an easy one.