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White to Mate in 2 - Composition by Jozef Taraba (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 months ago by [M] to c/ChessPuzzles@lemmy.ml
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FEN = 2K5/1QP5/p7/k7/Pn6/b7/B7/RRN5 w - - 0 1

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[โ€“] 4 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

I found the solution but haven't figure it out yet. Like I don't understand why black does what it does.

Why does it move the knight, instead if capturing the queen?

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    That's not an option - the black pawn is moving down the board.

    I think on these puzzles the boards are always oriented from the player's perspective (so your pieces would have started at the bottom).

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    Or instead of moving the knight move the bishop to take my knight? I feel like the win is only because of a misplay the bot makes

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    No note that I'm looking at it again there's nothing they can do. The knight move doesn'tt make sense, but checkmate is unavoidable

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    No I don't think so? If we still move white bishop to C4 but then black leaves the knight and moves their bishop to B2 then when the queen moves to A6 it gets taken by the knight, no checkmate. Alternatively the queen could go to B5 but then the pawn takes it, still no mate. What am I missing?

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