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Alex_M

This is my first attempt at making my own puzzle. It will not be very good, will probably be extremely easy, and most of you probably could have thought of much better moves than I did. But here goes...


BasicLvrCH8r

exd6 is not forced.

Mate in 2 is Bxf5 Kxf5 Od4# 


Alex_M
Yeah, I told you it would be bad. I assume yo umeant Qd4#
sk8erkid
well its o.k. i guess
king314

Not bad for a first try.Laughing

TonightOnly
BasicLvrCH8r wrote:

exd6 is not forced.

Mate in 2 is Bxf5 Kxf5 Od4# 


1...exd6 is not forced, but it is not a blunder.

 1. Bxf5 Kxf5  2. Od4#    is not mate-in-2.

 

1. Bg2   does force mate-in-2, due to zugzwang:

 

1. Bg2 exd6  2. Qe1# 

1. Bg2 exf6  2. Nf8#

1. Bg2 f4  2. Bh3#

 

Of course,

 

1. Bxf5+ Kxf5  2. Qe4#

and 

1. Bxf5+ Kxf5  2. Qg4# 

 

are also checkmate, but the puzzle is not flawed. 

 


TonightOnly
Pretty simple, but I think this was a great job for your first attempt at a puzzle. The puzzle is sound; there are no flaws. Keep it up!