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Crazy Bishop Mate in 2

Crazy Bishop Mate in 2

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I'm trying new compositions. There are unnecessary pieces on the board, but try a mate. Mate for one side; (only mention one way if you see more than one). Good luck and tell me, who is to force mate? White or Black and post how (otherwise you can just check what I wrote on my FEN.)

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Originally posted by Alethia
I'm trying new compositions. There are unnecessary pieces on the board, but try a mate. Mate for one side; (only mention one way if you see more than one). Good luck and tell me, who is to force mate? White or Black and post how (otherwise you can just check what I wrote on my FEN.)
[fen]8/1Pn1k1P1/1p2p2N/1B2P3/8/2p3R1/2P1p1RP/2B3K1 w - - 0 1[/fen]
I see two mates in 2 for White:

1.g8N+
1...Kf8 2.Rf3# or 2.Rf2#
1...Kd8 2.Bg5# or 2.Nf7#

1.Ba3+ Kd8 2.b8Q/R# or 2.Nf7#

Edit: 1.Bg5# is faster.

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Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
I see two mates in 2 for White:

1.g8N+
1...Kf8 2.Rf3# or 2.Rf2#
1...Kd8 2.Bg5# or 2.Nf7#

1.Ba3+ Kd8 2.b8Q/R# or 2.Nf7#
Yes BigDogg... you missed;
1. g8=N+ Kf8
2. Ba3#
or
1. g8=N+ Kd8
2. Bg5#
and also the best one,
1. Bg5#

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Originally posted by Alethia
Yes BigDogg... you missed;
1. g8=N+ Kf8
2. Ba3#
or
1. g8=N+ Kd8
2. Bg5#
and also the best one,
1. Bg5#
Oh, so you mean your problem has even more duals than I thought it did? Are you sure you want to say that out loud?

And I didn't miss 1.Bg5#; see my edit. 😀

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Fine, you didn't miss it, I wanted to see how many of these people spotted, and also whether the clever ones would get the Mate in 1, to a lesser extent, or the Mates in 2.
EDIT😞😏