Chess Puzzle #4900

CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 2kqr1r1/pp1nb3/2p2n2/5bpp/N2PpB2/P1Q1P2P/1PP5/2KR1BNR w - -

Added by:	pyotr_kropotkin
Added on:	20-Jun-08
Description:
Difficulty:	chess puzzle 2kqr1r1/pp1nb3/2p2n2/5bpp/N2PpB2/P1Q1P2P/1PP5/2KR1BNR w - -
Attempts:	1361
Solved:	1022 (75%)


White to move, mate in 2

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badger2d
17-Aug-12, 00:58

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This is the sort of puzzle that has a bit of a meta edge to it for me. Knowing from the puzzle directions that it's a mate in 2, the solution is easy to find. But if it was a real game? I don't know. I feel it's not the sort of position that would really make me think "there could be a mate here", and get me to bear down and find it.

hughff
17-Aug-12, 01:34

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Very well known

Boden's mate. I think you can find this exact position in "How to Beat Your Dad at Chess" by Murray Chandler.

rms78070
17-Aug-12, 05:07

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I always like the Queen sacrifice plays. I do believe if you do enough of these puzzles you start "looking" for sacrifices that open up your opponent for checkmate.

bitsymphony
17-Aug-12, 14:01

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Why didn't the pawn simply take the queen?

kerila
17-Aug-12, 14:12

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because of Ba6#

3quarks
17-Aug-12, 14:14

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If the pawn takes the queen, then Ba6#

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