Mate in 2

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bartkiller

   Mate in 2, white to move. Game from chess.com's "Computer workout".

trysts

I did 2.Qf7checkmate;)

bartkiller

Thanks! I've added this move as a variation, however, I don't know how to make it also an acceptable solution.

shoopi

The position is cooked. 1. Qe7.

bartkiller

What do you mean by 'cooked'?  1. Qe7 - nice one :) seems not a very cool puzzle ;) It's my first one, I ask for forbearance ;)

shoopi

What the heck is a chess cook? In simple terms it's a flaw in a chess problem. Perhaps the problem can be solved by more than one key or mating sequence, or alternatively a possible defense may have been overlooked by the composer. Alternatively, it can simply be an unwanted or unintended solution.

Although the term is often thought to be named after the nineteenth-century problemist E.B. Cook, it is probably derived from the word's English slang meaning. (To tamper with or foil.)

bartkiller

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation! Next time I'll try not to cook anything ;)