marrige puzzle

I posted a question about a chesspuzzle in the puzzle forum, perhaps anyone can help me creating an easy chess puzzle:
http://www.timeforchess.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=27743
thanks,
thomas

White to play and mate in 2.

There was this silly example of a puzzle one time I found in the newspaper, basicly, every square was filled with a white squared bishop and there were 7 pawns all blocked by the bishops, which of course couldn't move because they are all stuck on their white squares, and it asked you to find mate. Ohhhh, all the newbies who wasted time with that, good joke though... 🙄

1. Ba3+ Ka5 2. Bf8++

maybe?

Originally posted by reyotch
1. Ba3+ Ka5 2. Bf8++

maybe?

Originally posted by Bowmann
[fen]8/1n6/1n6/3p4/1k2p3/8/8/RNBQKB2[/fen]

White to play and mate in 2.

Originally posted by Freddie2004
I'm pretty sure that it doesn't work. There are only two squares that white can move his queen to to be taken and neither of those squares means that black is forced to take the queen...

1.Ra5 Kxa5 2.Bd2 mate

Originally posted by Checkmate187
1.Ra5 Kxa5 2.Bd2 mate

Originally posted by Checkmate187
1.Ra5 Kxa5 2.Bd2 mate

If Nxa5 then Ba3 mate

The answer is Ra5. After Ra5 the king cannot move except to capture the rook, then Bd2 mate.

If Nxa5 then ba3 mate.

Any move besides e3 then Bd2 mate. If e3 then Rb5 mate.

CHRIST!!!! do you guys not follow links...white has to sac his queen for the puzzle...thats the whole idea about the marriage...a guy sacrificing his queen!!! follow the link morons.

Have you even worked through everything with Ra5?

Come back when you have.

Originally posted by Bowmann
[fen]8/1n6/1n6/3p4/1k2p3/8/8/RNBQKB2[/fen]

White to play and mate in 2.