Mate in two.. Quite difficult.


please, as a #2[*] this is not quite quite - hardly any "tries" - you want really difficult mate-in-2s i could supply a 100 but why bother - there are lots on the internet.
[*][as mate-in-2 probs. are called in problem-composition]
Mate-in-2 newbies can search for and download "matemaster 1.5" - it is a matefinder [for white only] that comes with 100 not-difficult problems. (Average level: only somewhat higher then this.]
I'll post a few *good* mate in 2 problems in a new thread next month.

actually it is - there are no duals i.e. against any other first move by white, black can avoid mate-on-white's-next-move [also known as "mated in 1" or "mate in -1"].
You want a mate-in-2 problem where white's first move is forcing? That would be below the radar --- sub-trivial :)
i see a mate in tree
knight b3-c4 ( only good response)
rook e5+ - king d4 ( only response)
queen d6 mate
cool
i meenknight b3- pawn c4
rook e5+ - king d4
queen d6 mate
I see a few possibilities:
first possibility: 1.Re4 is the most effective. Whatever black does white has a move to checkmate.
second possibility: If black plans to take the knight on a4. 2.Qe6 would be checkmate. But it is not sure to happen
third possibility:if white plays 1.Nc6 then black takes the knight with the bishop, then 2.Qe6 is checkmate.But i isn't sure to happen...
I'll go with the first possibility...

WOW! Sorry, but this is really easy... (even if my rating is 1400) rook e5 then Qh4 #. Thanks for the puzzle, BrendanNorman!
WOW! Sorry, but this is really easy... (even if my rating is 1400) rook e5 then Qh4 #. Thanks for the puzzle, BrendanNorman!
Rook to e5? After Re5+ Kc4, Where in the world is mate in two?
even with Kd4, if the queen checks, the bishop can stand in the way, by going to g7