https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/2068018
Coach says "Find a way to win a rook". I don't understand how this wins a rook? Can someone explain? I can see how it protects my rook, but I don't see how it "wins" a rook.
Can someone explain this puzzle?
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AveryHyena
2 days ago
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#1
i believe that you need to think
1 day ago
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#3
ddddddddddddddddddfds wrote:
i believe that you need to think
Maybe if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all.
1 day ago
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#4
From the analysis tool, it’s possible for the white Queen to bully the black King and take the a8 rook but those aren’t the best moves. There’s a better path that leads to a quick checkmate, never taking the black rook. So, the coach missed checkmate. lol
Black is forced to hang their rook to stave off a mate in 2. An instance of Chess.com mislabeling the puzzle.
2.Qf4+ Kc6 3.Qc7+ Kb5 4.Qc5+ Ka4 (4...Ka6 gets mated more quickly) 5.Rb7! with an unparryable threat of Rxb4+ and Qxb4#. The only move to delay mate is to hang the rook with 5...Rb8.
ADAM_CHESS_A wrote:
I found something better than a Rook! :3
2.Qc7+ is one move faster.
Moto664 wrote:
From the analysis tool, it’s possible for the white Queen to bully the black King and take the a8 rook but those aren’t the best moves. There’s a better path that leads to a quick checkmate, never taking the black rook. So, the coach missed checkmate. lol
This is actually worse than you make it sound. This "Coach" thing is a paying feature that actively misleads people. Chess.com developers should be ashamed.