puzzle

nice build up to that well known mate, which now i think about it i cant remember the name of is it phildor or something like that? always wanted to play that.

anywho good puzzle

like that puzzle ...... nice smothered mate at the end

Assume black is on bottom

1....Bf2

2Kf1 Bd3#

I think he means assume/assuming that black is on the bottom so the notation is that way. Black quite obviously is on the bottom though =P. Bf2+ Kf1 Bd3# does work in this case.

Smothered mate!

Isn't it philidors legacy?

Chaos,

 Yes, I was indeed attempting to clarify my notation.  I am old enough to be raised on puzzles which were invariably white to move, white on bottom.  Now, there is no rigid convention.  You just posted one that was black-to-move but white on bottom, didn't you?  At any rate, thanks for clarifying.

have I? uh, then i didn't flip the board then...

Edit (after reading post#10)
oh right yeh, well most people still notate the way (whites side) bottom left to top right; a1 - h8, or from blacks side, top right to bottom left, a1 - h8.
I didn't flip the board because when i made it, i saw it that way and so... i just didn't flip it. Sometimes it looks clearer from the other person's point of view, the offensive and defensive strategies can pop out more. Try it yourself on OTB (although mildly distracting, your opponents hardly going to go HEY, SIT DOWN against you is he/she lol).

Chaos.

Your Training Puzzle #1 Black to move, white on bottom, but I truly don't care as it was clear, but with others, it can be confusing, including, I thought, this one.  And I thank you for supporting my above answer.

it's a he

Eric! That puzzle was nice and easy!

thanks people