Cannot Solve Mate-in-2 puzzle. Please help.
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Hi guys, i'm new here and have this chess game for my blackberry curve and have solved every other puzzle but cant solve this one. I don't know if I programmed it correctly but white moves and mate in 2. PLEASE solve this. I have lost many nights of sleep.
I think the answer is 1. Qh7+ Kb2 2.Qb1++, although black can respond to the check by moving his King to b3, so I think that the b-pawn should actually be on b3 instead of b4, and it was simply an error in the position's setup.
I can't seem to find any forced mates, but 1. Ra2+ Kb3 2. Qe6# seems possible.
LOL, mikeman is right, if castling still not done yet.
r u sure that the pawn at c4 isnt supposed to be at c3
mmikeman41 wrote: 1 Qe6 .. if Kd3 2. 0-0-0 is mate
WOW, mikeman, thank you so much. I have been trying and trying to solve that puzzle. I never even thought of castling. What a tricky puzzle. This site rocks.
If white can not castle, there is still a forced mate in 3. I'll try to enter it here as a no-castle-option extension to the original puzzle. Full disclosure: I used fritz engine shootout to find it. Edit: the title on the puzzle below should be You vs Blackberry (if mate in 3 no-castle-option.) The title on the game below that should be Me vs Rybka.
1 Qe5+...Kb2 2 Qb1#
Mar 21, 2010
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1.Qe6....
1....b3 2. Qe2#.
1....Kb2 2.Qa2#
1....Kd3 2.O-O-O#( if the king has not moved or the rook)
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