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Avatar of cxue2010

Please tell me if there is a faster mate.Smile

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Why couldn't black do 2...Ra8 instead of 2...Kf8?

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axue wrote:

Why couldn't black do 2...Ra8 instead of 2...Kf8?


Didn't see that. I'll have to edit my puzzle.

Avatar of gurthbruins

...or 4. Qc8#, which I was told was incorrect.

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Qd8# and Qc8# both accomplish the same thing, he just went with d8

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What do you do after 2. ... Rf8 ?

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Bc5 probably, but that does drag it on a while. and at any point in the puzzle that black is not in check, he can move Rg1+ which would delay and prevent mate in 4.

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oscfan132 wrote:

Bc5 probably, but that does drag it on a while. and at any point in the puzzle that black is not in check, he can move Rg1+ which would delay and prevent mate in 4.


oscfan132: yes, my point exactly.  After Rg1+ black can do g6, etc.  This is not a mate in 4.

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You can take the rook at move 4

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Tonie12 wrote:

You can take the rook at move 4


But that wouldn't be checkmate.

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ahhhhhhhh ohhhkk!!

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According to Problemiste, no mate in 4, or even in 5