Simple Mate in 2

And a new one: also posted on another thread (by me).

White has played: Qe3 from e2
because if it goes: BxQ then NxQ#. How can Black get a mate in 2?
(Oh by the way, he didn't see Qxa2)!!

Originally posted by Black Queen
And a new one: also posted on another thread (by me).
[fen]1r4k1/p1pbb1p1/3q2np/3p1p2/p1Pn1P2/B2PQ1PN/r5BP/1NKR/1R2 w [/fen]
White has played: Qe3 from e2
because if it goes: BxQ then NxQ#. How can Black get a mate in 2?
(Oh by the way, he didn't see Qxa2)!!

Why would he need to mate in 2?

Nb3# surely?

And Rc2#

Well done Peakite. I enjoy composing puzzles but I am not very good at it!!

Go to my mate in 1 thread. I have three new puzzles- the last one, I think is quite hard.

haha i could not get this one. i kept looking at it and going..... white doesn't have a mate in two. what the hell am i missing??? stupid puzzle.

Originally posted by MikeOldehoff
haha i could not get this one. i kept looking at it and going..... white doesn't have a mate in two. what the hell am i missing??? stupid puzzle.

You are missing two ways of giving mate in one.

Originally posted by kbaumen
You are missing two ways of giving mate in one.

i didn't really try to calculate a "give up mate". i was looking for a forced mate.

Originally posted by MikeOldehoff
i didn't really try to calculate a "give up mate". i was looking for a forced mate.

Isn't that your mistake and not the puzzles?