Mate in two

White to play and mate in two;

1. Bf2 d1Q
2. Qd8+

1.Bg2!

Which way around is the board?! Perhaps there's a solution for all 4 possible orientations...

Nevermind

Originally posted by Derfel Cadarn
Nevermind

& if whatever is a B-move...?

Originally posted by ilywrin
1.Bg2!

ilywrin wins a copy of Michael Jackson's 'Black or White' on CD, in the post today.

Here's another, again mate in 2 for white;

Originally posted by TheGambit
ilywrin wins a copy of Michael Jackson's 'Black or White' on CD, in the post today.

Here's another, again mate in 2 for white;

[fen]1Q6/N5n1/8/2Pk1bRB/3P4/4nP2/1B2K3/4N3[/fen]

Nope

Ng2.

Originally posted by Mephisto2
Ng2.

Who let Mephisto through the door, I'll have to try and find something harder if you're sticking around 😉

Ng2 is indeed correct, good call.

Maybe we should have a thread on this site where users try to compile their own problems, has this ever been attempted?

Originally posted by TheGambit
Who let Mephisto through the door, I'll have to try and find something harder if you're sticking around 😉

Ng2 is indeed correct, good call.

Maybe we should have a thread on this site where users try to compile their own problems, has this ever been attempted?

I don't think so, but it's a nice idea.
I suppose we can make it as follows: decide the material involved on both sides, the number of moves /mate in 2, mate in 3 or something more challenging/ and start proposing possible "implementations". Voting may be a good way of doing things. It may be fun: the first ever collective RHP chess puzzle 🙂)

That's a good idea having a piece restriction then leave it up to the composer to say how many moves to mate in. The more there are, the more chance of refutation. I reckon it's a goer, we'll see if there's any more interest in it......