checkmate puzzles aren’t really checkmate puzzles

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Martin_Stahl

Jun 7, 2019

coo1k wrote:

I wrecked my brain trying to solve a 4-move checkmate puzzle but couldn’t so looked at the hint and the solution didn’t show a checkmate at all. It ended in winning some pieces but not checkmate. I found more than one such puzzles which were under 4-move checkmate category but weren’t really checkmates. Wasted an hour solving 3 puzzles trying to figure out checkmate but they ended up being non-checkmate puzzles.
Has anyone encountered such puzzles?

You have a link to one? It is possible the tactic was modified, due to an ambiguous solution, and the tags that were no longer relevant were not removed.

Mr_Alex_Pims

Jun 10, 2019

I say that every time I get one wrong...