My first instinct was Nd2 because you release the attack on the a1-h8 diagonal, hit the king, force him to walk into d4, pinning the knight and then... IF there was another pawn on f2, blocking the escape square of e3, Bxf6 delivers mate in 2...so that's my guess of what it's supposed to look like. Or any other piece that takes away e3 but I think you'd be limited to either rooks or queens and since they could deliver the mate themselves it would introduce alternative solutions so not as desirable as the pawn..
6 Comments
remote_control_conor@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 26d
I think there's a mistake in this... There's no mate in 2
SmokedBillionaire@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 26d
Yeah I don't think this is possible.
evil_sockmonkey@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 26d
I think: Ne1 Kd4, Nc2#
remote_control_conor@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 26d
Ne1, Nxd7...
evil_sockmonkey@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 26d
yeah, I didn't realize I could test my ideas with the interactive board... I don't see a solve :(
remote_control_conor@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 26d
My first instinct was Nd2 because you release the attack on the a1-h8 diagonal, hit the king, force him to walk into d4, pinning the knight and then... IF there was another pawn on f2, blocking the escape square of e3, Bxf6 delivers mate in 2...so that's my guess of what it's supposed to look like. Or any other piece that takes away e3 but I think you'd be limited to either rooks or queens and since they could deliver the mate themselves it would introduce alternative solutions so not as desirable as the pawn..