Zugzwang - Mate in 2

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jaimeCardCerv
Came across this nice tactic during an analysis of a game I had. 
This position was not reached during the game, but I found it very instructional, since it is not a straightforward mate in 2 (at least not for me).
 
Thought process on how to see this mate in 2:
- Look at the moves that our opponent's king has available.
- See that moving our king to f6 will restrict our opponent's king completely and he will only have one legal move (h5)
- This eliminates the defender of g5 and we can proceed to deliver check mate g5#
 

 

Arisktotle

Yes, there is a moment in a chess player's career when he starts including zz (zugzwang) options in his evaluations and not just for book endgames. It is one of the skills you need to tick off on the ladder towards chess mastery.

OlejanXL

cool moment