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mprhchess

Is there any mate in 1's or 2's that cannot be solved by a master easily?  It seems that most can be solved using process of elimination.  If you know any hard ones, post them here!

daxelson

Tony is too modest, as I expect he--and virtually any master--would rather quickly see any 1-move mate, especially when it is presented as a 1-move mate; even on a crowded board, there are always a rather limited number of moves that put the opponent's king in check. There have been occasions when masters have missed 1-move mates in the course of playing a game, but that's not really too surprising. It would have to happen given thousands, even hundreds of thousands of master-level games.

2-move mates are another matter, especially when the first move is not a check.

David_Spencer

You might be interested in this.

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/more-puzzles/mate-in-one5

mprhchess

that was tricky!

donfernando

what about dxc8 queen ???

BigDoggProblem

daxelson wrote:

Tony is too modest, as I expect he--and virtually any master--would rather quickly see any 1-move mate, especially when it is presented as a 1-move mate; even on a crowded board, there are always a rather limited number of moves that put the opponent's king in check. There have been occasions when masters have missed 1-move mates in the course of playing a game, but that's not really too surprising. It would have to happen given thousands, even hundreds of thousands of master-level games.

2-move mates are another matter, especially when the first move is not a check.

retrograde mate in ones are another matter.

1BitPixels
donfernando wrote:

what about dxc8 queen ???

Allows Qc7.

ccohho
Qa3+
Bilbo21

 

louis2502

d5xc6

Vin526

tricky mate in 1 - 1

Vin526

dxe6# en possant

8K0

d6 is also 1 move mate

ejkilroy

M1 are always easy, M2 are not, especially if the blacks response to the first move isn't forced.

EndgameEnthusiast2357

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abdes

EndgameStudy wrote:

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dxc8

EndgameEnthusiast2357

Kh1-b7, no mate

ejkilroy

Qa4? Or Qa3 but the boards messed but you can see the mate.

EndgameEnthusiast2357
NoobInTheNorth wrote:

Qa4?

QA4? Illegal move.

ejkilroy

I meant Qa3 you know what I meant lol