I demand that you sacrifice both rooks to win the game even though there is another sequence that achieves mate quicker (But that one has a couple of different lines you can play instead of being straightforward).
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Sacrifice Both Rooks For Mate
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Jim007x
10 hrs ago
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#1
Certainly a spoiler warning. But interesting puzzle.
10 hrs ago
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gawonnie wrote:
Certainly a spoiler warning. But interesting puzzle.
Thanks, I made it in like 10 minutes so I feel like it’s not crazy.
9 hrs ago
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#4
I don’t know.
You told me to sacrifice both rooks for mate. And considering that piece of information, it actually became quite easy.
Yeah, it's a much harder puzzle if you change the title so that the reader has to think a little.
"Double sacrifice for mate" is less specific == better.
"Double-brilliant-move mate" is even less specific, AND quite intriguing. Draws in the egotistic problem solvers, which is most of us.
Tactically it's relatively straightforward. The hardest part is the first move- recognizing that a sacrifice leads to a forcing sequence. White also has a pretty easy win without the sacrifice, so some kind of hint that it's a forced mate is useful.
