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White to move and mate in 1.
If you can solve this, you are better than the current world champ Kramnik! 🙂

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Are you kidding me?

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Originally posted by crazyblue
White to move and mate in 1.
If you can solve this, you are better than the current world champ Kramnik! 🙂
Then I am better than Kramnik! 😏
Couldn't he find the mate in one?

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Originally posted by FabianFnas
Couldn't he find the mate in one?
Even worse. He got checkmated in 1 by Deep Fritz. And it happened just today 😉
If you wanna read about it or see the game, www.chessbase.com is a good site. 🙂

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There is a whole thread discussing this.
Qh7#.
Whoopee, I'm better than Kramnik.
😵😴

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Originally posted by crazyblue
White to move and mate in 1.
If you can solve this, you are better than the current world champ Kramnik! 🙂

[fen]5N1k/6p1/7p/4P3/pp2Q3/4q3/1P4PP/2b4K w - - 0 1[/fen]

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Mate for either side.

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Originally posted by Alethia
[fen]5N1k/6p1/7p/4P3/1p2Q3/4q3/1P4PP/q1b4K w[/fen]
Mate for either side.
For black it's mate in two instead of one move.

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Originally posted by kbaumen
For black it's mate in two instead of one move.
1. ... Bd2#

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Originally posted by XanthosNZ
1. ... Bd2#
1 ... Bd2 2. Qb1

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Originally posted by Marsan
1 ... Bd2 2. Qb1
2 ... Qxb1#

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Originally posted by crazyblue
2 ... Qxb1#
Duh... but it's still mate for both sides.

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Another one. Mate for either side- wait for it- regardless of what colour the Bishop on c8 is!

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Originally posted by Alethia
[fen]2B2N1k/6p1/7p/4P3/1p2Q3/4q3/1P4PP/q1b4K w[/fen]
Another one. Mate for either side- wait for it- regardless of what colour the Bishop on c8 is!
😞

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Nice smiley! I take it you are impressed, eh?