Mate in two

TheGambit

Only Chess

14 Jun 06

TheGambit

Joined: 16 Dec 04
Moves: 56692

14 Jun 06

White to play and mate in two;

Dursley8

Bristol

Joined: 25 May 06
Moves: 793

14 Jun 06

1. Bf2 d1Q
2. Qd8+

ilywrin

Joined: 30 Oct 04
Moves: 7813

14 Jun 06

1.Bg2!

TommyC

London

Joined: 04 Jun 06
Moves: 929

14 Jun 06

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

Derfel Cadarn

The Mighty

Rocky Mountains

Joined: 20 Aug 05
Moves: 17145

14 Jun 06

1 edit

Nevermind

TommyC

London

Joined: 04 Jun 06
Moves: 929

14 Jun 06

Originally posted by Derfel Cadarn
Nevermind

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

TheGambit

Joined: 16 Dec 04
Moves: 56692

14 Jun 06

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;

Derfel Cadarn

The Mighty

Rocky Mountains

Joined: 20 Aug 05
Moves: 17145

14 Jun 06

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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

Mephisto2

Joined: 12 Mar 03
Moves: 44411

14 Jun 06

Ng2.

TheGambit

Joined: 16 Dec 04
Moves: 56692

14 Jun 06

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?

ilywrin

Joined: 30 Oct 04
Moves: 7813

14 Jun 06

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 🙂)

TheGambit

Joined: 16 Dec 04
Moves: 56692

14 Jun 06

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......