I couldn't find the solution, but I found one that ends in the 6th move with knight takes rook mate:
1. e4 f6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nh4 Bf5 4. exf5 Kf7 5. Ng6 Qe8 6. Nxh8#
I couldn't find the solution, but I found one that ends in the 6th move with knight takes rook mate:
1. e4 f6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nh4 Bf5 4. exf5 Kf7 5. Ng6 Qe8 6. Nxh8#
That seems to be ok for a mate in 6 with NxR# (although I haven't really checked it). However, we're clearly looking for it to happen in the 5th move. I remember that I found oh, maybe half a dozen distinct mates in the sixth like this before finally getting the solution.
I ask that any answer submissions be in white so that if you're right, you won't spoil it for everyone else.
But what about the people with non-white backgrounds? :P
I ask that any answer submissions be in white so that if you're right, you won't spoil it for everyone else.
But what about the people with non-white backgrounds? :P
If you can figure out a way for it to be invisible to everybody, please suggest it. I'm just not seeing any better alternatives to white text, considering that most people do have white backgrounds
I blatantly ripped this one off from chessbase.com, where they said it stumped many Grandmasters, including the great Garry Kasparov. It's a very simple puzzle, which makes it all the more interesting. Here we go:
A game begins 1. e4 and ends in the 5th move with knight takes rook mate. What was the rest of the game?
This puzzle was killing me a few years ago, I couldn't find the answer on-line, and I couldn't figure it out. I assure you it is possible, it isn't a trick question; I eventually solved it quite randomly in the middle of taking a shower; go figure.
I ask that any answer submissions be in white so that if you're right, you won't spoil it for everyone else.