Here is a mate in 4 for you, there is only one move that delivers mate in 4, most other moves just give mate in 5 or 6.
3/4 starflight and tough! Queens are so hard to manage in these open positions! I recently produced a similar economical #5 but with a rook instead of a queen. Much easier to handle!
I mean mate in 4
Still wrong - because it is actually mate in 3 - but not yours!
An "if" is a condition. Every "if" you add to a puzzle is a display of helplessness and failure. Instead you should modify the diagram to eliminate the unwanted "mate in 3" such that only your preferred mate in 4 remains as the solution!
Self-mate : White to play and FORCE Black to mate him.
Doesn't 1. Bc6 accomplish the same thing?
Bc6 doesn't win, because the rook can come back and block the check. You need to FORCE black to checkmate white, and if black doesn't need to take the rook, then black won't take the rook.
Bc6 doesn't win, because the rook can come back and block the check. You need to FORCE black to checkmate white, and if black doesn't need to take the rook, then black won't take the rook.
And so the real solution involves ten moves, while my solution involves two.
Self-mate : White to play and FORCE Black to mate him.
Doesn't 1. Bc6 accomplish the same thing?
Black simply TAKES it. White blocks with the Rook, and instead of taking the Rook, Black now moves the b8 Bishop.
Mate can no longer be forced.
IT'S A SELF-MATE, PEOPLE.
Bc6 doesn't win, because the rook can come back and block the check. You need to FORCE black to checkmate white, and if black doesn't need to take the rook, then black won't take the rook.
And so the real solution involves ten moves, while my solution involves two.
Your solution is NOT a solution at all.
Bc6 does NOT force Black to mate White.
Here is a mate in 4 for you, there is only one move that delivers mate in 4, most other moves just give mate in 5 or 6.
3/4 starflight and tough! Queens are so hard to manage in these open positions! I recently produced a similar economical #5 but with a rook instead of a queen. Much easier to handle!
Glad you liked it, I had already seen yours in the other thread, it was pretty good also. here is a mate in 3 (somewhat easier):
Bc6 doesn't win, because the rook can come back and block the check. You need to FORCE black to checkmate white, and if black doesn't need to take the rook, then black won't take the rook.
And so the real solution involves ten moves, while my solution involves two.
Your solution is NOT a solution at all.
Bc6 does NOT force Black to mate White.
Cant u just play Rh8 and then force black to take your bishop by Rh8 Bf3 Rh7 Be4 Bf3 Bd5 Be34 Bc6 Bd5 Bb7 Bc6 Bxc6#?
Rh7 allows the b8 Bishop to move, which means Black will NEVER have to mate.
Here is a mate in 4 for you, there is only one move that delivers mate in 4, most other moves just give mate in 5 or 6.