Impossible Puzzle (Part III)

why would black take the rook instead of the king taking the bishop

my bad:

try this:

Is this thread stuck in an infinite loop?  Is there a solution in 3 moves?

It's not looking good for the home team.  

oh crap just realized i was miscounting the moves sorry for annoying lol

Actually the solution can be easily found with a program. My Houdini had no problem calculating mate in 3 instantly even though the position is illegal.

The solution had been given multiple times already (sometimes with bad analysis though). 1. Ne4 is the answer, so your friend was wrong. What's absolutely amazing about this problem though, is that black has many different replies, and it seems that for each reply, white has a different, unique key move in response. That is quite a feat to achieve in this crazy position...

Just to cover your 1... Bg7 line, I show every legal black move

Who composed this thing?!

1 Rc5

black bishop plays b4 pinning both rooks

Correction: 1 Rc5 Be7, 2 any move except the R at c5, blackis in zugzwang.

If 1 Ne4 Bh6 What's next?

Here's the solution;

Rb8.... Be next.......   It looks like you've sussed it on #116 landix.

It's a strange puzzle..but i like it..unorthadox,a break from the normal.  :o)

What is #116 Steve65?

The key move is 1 Rc5