Chess Puzzle #6099

CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 8/k3P3/8/K7/4Q3/8/8/8 w - -

Added by:	yuriy_sokolsky
Added on:	19-Sep-08
Description:
Difficulty:	chess puzzle 8/k3P3/8/K7/4Q3/8/8/8 w - -
Attempts:	1666
Solved:	749 (44%)


White to move, mate in 2

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kingdawar
07-Jul-11, 18:28

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Author

O. Dehler, 1928

kleinemax
24-Jun-13, 01:30

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took a while but I got it. nice one.

luke_nl
24-Jun-13, 02:24

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NICE PUZZLE

first, I started checking promotions to a minor piece, but nothing worked. And then I stumbled on this idea of a discovered check, very elegant

paviland
24-Jun-13, 02:52

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Made Me Smile!

Unexpected - Takes a moment to see how that works but when you do, isn't it lovely? This is why I love solving chess puzzles.

iron_flower
24-Jun-13, 03:20

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@luke-nl: that was exactly what I did too

pdbm8
24-Jun-13, 04:37

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Clever

Made me think outside the box

gomerpyle1999
24-Jun-13, 08:11

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just curious ...

... I got this one correct, but I am curious about one thing. On the second move, if you convert the pawn into a rook rather than a queen, that also would result in checkmate. (I'm not sure why you would do that in this situation, but technically it would work.) I'm curious as to whether the system is designed to mark that as a correct answer or an incorrect answer.

jrdfld
24-Jun-13, 08:25

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@ gomerpyle1999: getting a rook only works if the king moves down, otherwise you need to promote to a queen to prevent the king moving to c6

nikirandom
24-Jun-13, 09:09

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Found this one pretty hard. Lovely solution though.

medoubleup
24-Jun-13, 15:18

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Definitely an unorthodox way to checkmate in 2. Good for making you think outside the box.

diggs30
24-Jun-13, 16:44

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