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07 Dec 06
08 Dec 06
Originally posted by ckoh1965Isn't that wrong?
1. Bg1+
if 1. ... Rexg1, 2. Nf1++ Kh1
3. Rxh3+ Rh2
4. Qxh2#
if 1. ... Rgxg1, 2. Nf1++ Kg2 (2. ...Kh1 3. Qh2🙄
3. Qh2#
if 1. ... Kxg1, 2. Qxe1+ Qf1 (2. ... Kh2 3. Qh1🙄
3. Qxf1+ Kh2
4. Qh1#
1. Bg1+?
2. Rexg1 Nf1+
3. Kh1
08 Dec 06
Originally posted by DeepThoughtIn case you didn't notice, a Rook can't move from g3 to f4.
No the bishop on h7 is hitting the rook on b1, and after Bc2 disc. check the bishop no longer covers c4 so there is no mate in one.
1. Qxf7 Bxb1 2. Qc4# looks like it to me. If 1. Qxf7 Rf4 2. Bc4 is double checkmate.
Edit: black has 1. ... Kb4 and so this isn't going to work.
08 Dec 06
Originally posted by wittywonkaThis isn't really a helpmate. After the King is placed, White is supposed to mate Black by force.
Here's another puzzle (more like a brainteaser)
Place the black king on the board so white can mate in three moves.
HINT: This problem is a helpmate...
[fen]8/8/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w - - 0 1[/fen]
Place bKh4, then 1.d4!
1...Kh5 2.Qd3 Kh4(g4) 3.Qh3#
1...Kg4 2.e4+ Kg4 3.g3#
09 Dec 06
Originally posted by BigDoggProblemWell done, my friend. I must confess that when ilywrin gave this puzzle to me, I wasn't able to solve it! But after he told me the solution, I was really amazed at how simple it is! In fact, I think that's the beauty of the puzzle... for being so simple and yet so difficult.
[b]1.Kd6! [threat 2.Qb7#]
1...Rg6+ 2.Be6#
1...Rd3+ 2.Bd5#
1...Kb6 2.Bc2#
1...Kb4 2.Kxc6#
Nice key, brazenly inviting two R checks.[/b]
09 Dec 06
Originally posted by AlethiaMy mistake. I'm used to puzzles where white mates instead of black. What I meant was that black's bishop checks on g1 and then the sequence as I've shown. But the notations that I showed were reversed. Otherwise the sequence for the mate in four are correct. Sorry for the confusion.
Isn't that wrong?
1. Bg1+?
2. Rexg1 Nf1+
3. Kh1
09 Dec 06
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Originally posted by ckoh1965I have sat here for nearly 15 minutes and every possiblity I imagine usually gets blocked by the knights or it takes more than two moves...mind giving a hint?
Now try another one, again from my pal, ilywrin. He is apparently a chess puzzle addict! Now he has infected me!
White mates in 2.
[fen]8/7K/2Rn1N2/6k1/6N1/2n4p/8/4QR2 [/fen]
09 Dec 06
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Originally posted by ckoh1965Finally, I figured it out, or so I think...
Now try another one, again from my pal, ilywrin. He is apparently a chess puzzle addict! Now he has infected me!
White mates in 2.
[fen]8/7K/2Rn1N2/6k1/6N1/2n4p/8/4QR2 [/fen]
1. Qe7 (black plays any move)
2. Ne4++
09 Dec 06
Originally posted by ckoh19651.Nf2! [threat 2.Nxh3]
Now try another one, again from my pal, ilywrin. He is apparently a chess puzzle addict! Now he has infected me!
White mates in 2.
[fen]8/7K/2Rn1N2/6k1/6N1/2n4p/8/4QR2 [/fen]
1...Kf5 2.Nxh3#
1...Kf4 2.Nxh3#
1...Kxf6 2.Nxh3#
1...Kh4 2.N2e4#