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Find the three squares on the board that a Black King can not legally occupy.

Here's another, more interesting puzzle...

White to move and eventually mate (in more than one move)

Originally posted by wittywonka
Who moves first?

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
[fen]KR6/R7/8/4PP2/2pP2Pp/2P2B2/3B2Q1/4N3[/fen]

Find the three squares on the board that a Black King can [b]not legally occupy.[/b]

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
Good question. Black must move first, but why?

Originally posted by wittywonka
I did not see a mate for white in two moves if white moved first...I saw one for three moves, I think...

Originally posted by wittywonka
Don't you mean can occupy?

Otherwise, you could say c8, d8, and e8 for squares the king could not occupy...

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
c8, d8 and e8 are legal squares. Checkmate is legal, isn't it?

Here's a very interesting, and actually rather simple mate I found when looking at an endgame scenario...

Only solve this one if you have some time to spare! 🙂

White to move and mate in less than 20...

Originally posted by wittywonka
Oh... wouldn't they be a7, b7, and b8?

Originally posted by wittywonka
Here's another, more interesting puzzle...

White to move and eventually mate (in more than one move)

[fen]6k1/pp3pp1/1b4p1/8/1P6/P2p1q2/1B1QrP1P2R3K1[/fen]

Originally posted by wittywonka
Here's a very interesting, and actually rather simple mate I found when looking at an endgame scenario...

Only solve this one if you have some time to spare! 🙂

White to move and mate in [b]less than 20...

[fen]2k5/2Pp4/3Pp3/4Pp2/5Pp1/6Pp/5K1P/8[/fen][/b]

Originally posted by wittywonka
Here's a very interesting, and actually rather simple mate I found when looking at an endgame scenario...

Only solve this one if you have some time to spare! 🙂

White to move and mate in [b]less than 20...

[fen]2k5/2Pp4/3Pp3/4Pp2/5Pp1/6Pp/5K1P/8 w - - 0 1[/fen][/b]

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
I'm not sure why you'd call this difficult. Black is obliged to stay in front of the c7 pawn, so the play is very forced.

[b]1.Ke3 Kb7 2.Kd4 Kc8 3.Kc5 Kb7 4.Kb5 Kc8 5.Ka5! White must end up with opposition 5...Kb7 6.c8=Q+ Kxc8 7.Ka6 Kb8 8.Kb6 Ka8
(8...Kc8 9.Ka7 Kd8 10.Kb7 Ke8 11.Kc7 Kf7 12.Kxd7 Kf8 13.Kxe6 Ke8 14.Kd5 Kd7 15.e6+ Kc8 16.K ...[text shortened]... ives White opposition, but after 4...Kxc8 5.Kc4 Kb7 6.Kb5 Ka7, White can't make any progress.[/b]

Check out this puzzle...relatively easy but offers a moral...

White to move, mates in three...