White to Mate in 2 - Composition by David C. McClelland

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FEN = 8/1K6/p2p4/kBbn2BR/P2pp3/1Q6/8/8 w - - 0 1

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10 points · 8 comments · view on lemmy.world

8 Comments

arotrios@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 7d (7 replies)

::: spoiler Do you believe in life after love? This feels like a mate Cher would make... Bishop to A6, Queen to B5 :::

bigpEE@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 6d (6 replies)
  1. Ba6...

Bb4

Now what?

arotrios@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 6d (5 replies)

Huh... that's funny - the link above with the puzzle didn't consider that move. Insists Pawn to D3 is black's response to the first move, marked it as solved on Queen to B5.

I think you broke its brain. Congrats!

RoundTheBlockTwice@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 6d (4 replies)

Bishop to D8 gets checkmate in the alternative scenario.

arotrios@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 6d (3 replies)

Nope. Knight to c7 blocks the bishop and keeps it from being a 2 move checkmate.

hanabatake@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 6d

The knight is pinned

geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 6d (1 reply)

Rook on the right pins the knight if you move the bisshop on the right.

That bishop and rook on the right is basically a band-aid to make the puzzle work.

arotrios@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 5d

Nice - solved it better than the chess puzzle provided.