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Originally posted by wittywonka
Check out this puzzle...relatively easy but offers a moral...

White to move, mates in three...

[fen]8/6Q1/8/8/4q3/8/1K2p3/4k3[/fen]
1.Qg1+ Kd2 2.Qc1+ Kd3 3.Qc3#

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Originally posted by wittywonka
Check out this puzzle...relatively easy but offers a moral...

White to move, mates in three...

[fen]8/6Q1/8/8/4q3/8/1K2p3/4k3[/fen]
1. white queen g1 (check)
1. black king d2

2. white queen c1 (check)
2. black king d3

3. queen c3 [mate]

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Originally posted by wittywonka
I said it was rather simple...
"Only solve this if you have some time to spare" I took to imply difficulty.

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Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
"Only solve this if you have some time to spare" I took to imply difficulty.
sorry...by that i meant don't work it out completely, move by move, unless you had extra time...

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Another one given by my buddy ilywrin from his classic collection. Brilliant puzzles. White to mate in 2.

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Originally posted by ckoh1965
Another one given by my buddy ilywrin from his classic collection. Brilliant puzzles. White to mate in 2.

[fen]8/5Pq1/2R3P1/2PP2B1/K1p1p3/N1kpN2R/3n3Q/b7 w - - 0 1[/fen]
Black is almost in zugzwang; even if it were his turn, White could give mate against all but one move, namely 1...Qh8. So White simply takes that option away:

1.Rh8!
1...Bb2 2.Nb5#
1...N~ 2.Nb5#
1...Kb2 2.Qxd2#
1...Kd4 2.Nb5#
1...Qxh8 2.Qxh8#
1...Qd4 2.Nd1#
1...Q~ 2.Q(x)e5# or 2.B(x)f6#