Joke Problem....

...composed by Leonid Kubbel.

White to play to Checkmates in two moves.



Clue: That is not a clumsy sentence, it is written just as I intended it.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
...composed by Leonid Kubbel.

White to play to Checkmates in two moves.

[fen]8/4P1Q1/2P5/8/8/6Pk/5P2/7K w - - 0 1[/fen]

Clue: That is not a clumsy sentence, it is written just as I intended it.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
The board is upside down
the solution is
c8 promoting to a grey queen
:-)

I must have seen this before, because there's no way I would guess it.

Edit: removed hidden sol...want to see if others can actually get this. 🙂

Ill add another clue by changing very slightly (adding one letter, a 'w'😉 to the condition

Its' not:

White to play to Checkmates in two moves.

It's:

White to play two Checkmates in two moves.


The other clue is in the title of the thread.

so c8Q# or c8bQ# (you can convert the pawn to any Queen)

But you have to give Black a move, at the moment he is stalemated.

I've got it - Reveal Hidden Content

Black is currently stalemated.

So...White promotes the pawn to another Black King.


Note taking any other Black piece will not allow two mates (now in one move.)
because now it is Black's move and he plays the only legal move. 1...Kd8.


and Qd7 mates both Kings.

Originally posted by greenpawn34

...composed by Leonid Kubbel...

Originally posted by MontyMoose
He also uses pieces sitting on the line between 2 squares and uses a board with 8.5 files! 🙄

Here is another joke problem by von Holzhausen.


Place any piece on an empty square, then white stalemates in one move.

HI S.G.

I don't know this one.

Just a wee bit of clarification, is it a piece already on the board
or is it any piece not on the board.

Not too tricky if you've read the rest of this thread!
Reveal Hidden Content

Originally posted by greenpawn34
HI S.G.

I don't know this one.

Just a wee bit of clarification, is it a piece already on the board
or is it any piece not on the board.