10 seconds. The solution is because the composers are biased towards "unnatural" looking moves - and so we consider the ridiculous options first.
White in 3
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Nice but fairly easy as closing Black's options right down always a top candidate
Easy indeed but there is a nice variation after 1. ... Bf2! as well.
I know it was fairly easy I just like it.I couldn't tell you why.Being hard to solve wasn't why for sure.
Probably works in 2 moves with Q - f3 then mate. After b-h1, moving up the pawn h3 gets the K an extra move so the puzzle isn't really correct as it is.
pawn8888 wrote:
Probably works in 2 moves with Q - f3 then mate. After b-h1, moving up the pawn h3 gets the K an extra move so the puzzle isn't really correct as it is.
The pawn moves from h2 to h1 as black pawns mostly do. The problem is correct.
@ pawn8888 was just thinking how many puzzles would be scrapped if you could move pawns backwards.
White mates in three by S.P.Tsirulik