Impossible Puzzle (Part III)

ne4 and ng5 first two for white,w/ bxb mate or qf6 mate or  ng7 mate depending on black b. moves

my bad

when i set it up in houdini with 1.ne4 i misplaced a piece. and i was looking at it from there. my mistake lol

Sure I will give the trophy to the first.

Try again Sir, and no engine.

:)

lol, i already tried without the engine and failed sweetie.

The use of houdini was to confirm the truth of this statement...

"Guys, the answer is 1. Ne4. Houdini found a mate in 3 for each and every black reply. There is no point asking "What if 1... Bh6?" there is a mate in 3 for every move."

how do you often communicate with your freidn and investigate over chess solutions

Maybe 1 Ne4 is also a solution.  But my solution (1. Rc5 ) I think is also correct.  I discovered lately this is not the solution.

I can not see 1 Ne4 is the solution.  Please complete the solution using: 1 Ne4 Bb4, 2........ what is white's next move?

Post #81 has this solution which has an error.

1 Ne4   Bb4 (correct)

2 Ndc5  Bxc3  (bad move which allows mate next).  What if black plays    2...       Ba5   

There is no mate in 1 here.

 For example: 3 Rb8+ Bd8 or 3 R(c3) any, Bc3                                       

1. Ne4 leads to mate in 4.  My solution, 1 Rc5 is the right one.  Please refute the solution that I showed because I refuted the solution given with 1 Ne4.

True_Beginner please take note.

True_Beginner, please call your friend to answer my challenge.

Cogwheel posted: "The answer is 1. Ne4, I just confirmed it with an engine. There, I win the prize. I said so on post #81."

Please read my post #155.  The solution there has an error, re: blacks' second move which is 2....Bxc3 allowing the mate next move.  What would be white's mating move if black played 2...Ba5.

Okay, I just read bay-al post @ 105 showing Ne4 is also a solution.  So that was only one of them.  See post 116.

Yes, only Ne4.

Rc5 has been refuted too.

okay thanks

Where is the white bishop at c6?