Your board is upside down since the black pawns on a2/b2/b3/c2 cannot be on f7/g7/g6/h7.
Also, mate in 3: 1. Ne4 Bxf4 2. Rh1+ Bc1 3. Nd2#/Nc3#; 2...c1=Q 3. Nd2#/c3# (double check.)
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why anyone would want to participate in a competition ran by someone who does not create sound puzzles is a mystery to me.
Sorry, I checked over the puzzles and this one was a bad one so I tried to edit it but instead made new ones. Here are some good puzzles for the contest.
1. White to checkmate in 4 moves (3 points)
2.White to checkmate in 3 moves (2 points)
1. Nd6+ 2.Re6+ 3. Nf6#
Come on brah. Check your puzzles with an engine first.
I don't have an engine and I don't want to get one. You have solved the puzzle 1 so I will give you 3 points. You can still get the points if your solution was different but did not have more moves than my solution.
Standings:
mosai: 3 points
Actually, Remellion can also get 3 points.
Standings:
mosai: 3 points
Remellion: 3 points
That is correct.
Standings:
mosai: 3 points
Remellion: 3 points
aldwaib: 2 points
New puzzle:
3. White to checkmate black in 5 moves (3 points)
The position is impossible, since white has 2 dark bishops and still has all 8 pawns.
On top of that, it's mate in 4, not 5. 1. Nf6+ gxf6 2. Qg3+ Bg7 3. Bxf6 and now 4. Qxg7# is unstoppable.
So the puzzle is broken in 2 ways. Congrats.
Remellion wrote:
The position is impossible, since white has 2 dark bishops and still has all 8 pawns.
On top of that, it's mate in 4, not 5. 1. Nf6+ gxf6 2. Qg3+ Bg7 3. Bxf6 and now 4. Qxg7# is unstoppable.
So the puzzle is broken in 2 ways. Congrats.
See, if people just listened to me, they'd avoid wasting their time. :)
Ok. The solution I found was 1. Nf6+ gxf6 2. Rg5+ Bg7 3. Bxf6 Kh8 4. Bxg7+ Kg8 5. Bf6# Yes, it is impossible. Thanks for telling me that. However, I think impossible positions are ok for puzzles. I need to make harder puzzles. Here are the standings:
Remellion: 6 points
mosai: 3 points
aldwaib: 2 points
New puzzle: White to checkmate black in 5 moves (3 points)
Nxe7+ Qxg6+ Rh3 Bxf6 Rh8#
That is correct.
Standings:
Remellion: 6 points
mosai: 6 points
aldwaib: 2 points
New puzzle: White to mate black in 4 moves (2 points)
That's correct.
Standings:
Remellion: 6 points
mosai: 6 points
aldwaib: 2 points
NM adypady02: 2 points
New puzzle: White to checkmate black in 2 moves (1 point)
That's correct.
Standings:
Remellion: 6 points
mosai: 6 points
NM adypady02: 3 points
aldwaib: 2 points
New Puzzle: White to checkmate black in 3 moves (1.5 points)
That's correct.
Standings:
Remellion: 6 points
mosai: 6 points
NM adypady02: 4.5 points
aldwaib: 2 points
New puzzle: White to checkmate black in 3 moves (1.5 points)
In my solution I had 3.Rf7# but that's still correct.
Standings:
Remellion: 6 points
mosai: 6 points
NM adypady02: 4.5 points
aldwaib: 2 points
FastCH3SS: 1.5 points
New puzzle: White to checkmate black in 4 moves (2 points)
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This will be a contest on solving puzzles. I will post puzzles here as often as I can. Solving a puzzle will be worth 1-3 points depending on the difficulty. You will get a trophy for every 25 points you earn. A puzzle can only be solved once to earn points. I will update the standings as soon as I can. For each incorrect attempt, you will lose 2 points. I will post the first puzzle in this post:
Standings:
Puzzles:
1. Checkmate in 4 moves for white (3 points)