hey is it hard for u all??
it is actually from one of the exercise in Artur Yusupov's Build Up Your Chess 1, which is in chapter 9 ( mate in 2 move ) , that is about CALCULATING VARIATIONS.
all the exercises are only rated 1 star, but i find it to be the hardest checkmate puzzle that i ever solved, some i took over 20+ minutes !!! is it really hard?? or my calculation really really weak??
and any suggestion on how to TRAIN our calculation to be like a 2 to 3 ply computer?? these puzzles only need 2 ply but the variations at the very first move already make me to give up
Woww.............your tactics rating...INCREDIBLE!!!
@finnur : could you teach me some ways to increase tactical ability??? do you read books on explaining tactical themes ( pin, fork, skewer )???
or u just SOLVE, SOLVE and SOLVE lots of tactics puzzles??? i feel that my tactical vision stucks when i get one level, which cannot improve anymore D:
Rating: 1944. It took me about 45 seconds to see it, and it was somewhat difficult.
Great
hard can tell me answer?
oh
2nd one?
i don't know
great but if this
Black doesn't have to take the knight
dude still will mate
I am mean pretty difficult. Though unnecessary and I would not look for it in a real game
ahh it is easy see
No, these checkmates aren't very easy. You have to think a while to solve it
Easy peasy!
er, what is GM_Nature on about? Both of his solutions to the first problem are wrong.
As for the puzzles, I would respond that they're easy if you've been exposed to lots of unconventional checkmating patterns through something like Lazlo Polgar's tactics book. In the past, though, I probably would have found these quite difficult.
now set the clock and find the shortest mate, which is 2.
after doing it, tell me your rating and time taken to solve each puzzle, and your comment about it ( very hard, hard, medium, easy )