Susan Polgar's First Puzzle
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she composed this problem at the age of 4.
A simple problem, but suprising when you think a four year old came up with it. I don't think I even know any four year olds that know how the pieces move.
Fairly simple.
Incredible! I didn't see the first move :)
Good puzzle!
4 years old? Wow. I couldnt even play until I was 6.
What? Am I wrong?
White queen to g3, black king must go to h1.
The white king to f2 , black king can not move . Black pawn must move to g1 and queen! Then white queen on g3 takes new black queen and mate!
I saw this as soon as I started the puzzle.
Am I wrong?-SIX
Somebody show me my error. Surely this is correct. Yet when I move
white queen to g3 its shows to be wrong move!-Six
OOPS. Now I see it was mate in two not mate in three.
Quite clever.-Six
Six - After Qg3 black has Kf1 as well as Kh1. Kh1 is not the only option.
The next move for white could be Qxg2, but then white loses the queen with black's Kxg2. Now white has to run the last pawn to the back rank for promotion. Just way more time consuming.
Hope that helps.
easy
