Chess Puzzle #7861

CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 2bnn3/2pkpP1q/8/8/4N3/1B2N3/7q/1R2K3 w - -

Added by:	urigur
Added on:	04-Dec-08
Description:
Difficulty:	chess puzzle 2bnn3/2pkpP1q/8/8/4N3/1B2N3/7q/1R2K3 w - -
Attempts:	1686
Solved:	1028 (60%)


White to move, mate in 2

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dic_kon
12-Jun-12, 13:16

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Not bad

Quite fun really

spangleman
07-Feb-14, 00:54

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good one

Solved it almost instantly. Then pawn cries out to under promote to a knight. If you miss that though it will be a struggle.

nikirandom
07-Feb-14, 01:20

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It's always nice to mate against apparently hopeless odds : )

I didn't spot the Pawn promotion immediately but once you see it, it's an easy win.

bunnyrabbitz
07-Feb-14, 01:48

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Nice underpromotion

A nice puzzle which utilizes underpromotion techniques!

sirissac
07-Feb-14, 02:19

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I caught the fact that Black's king could not move safety in the current position before I saw that White's pawn could promote at all; but once you have that your looking for some happy check.

elcrick
07-Feb-14, 04:20

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Clever

Even in a regular game, were you're not aware there is a mate in 2, the knight promotion comes in handy to fork the king with one queen.

walterwego
07-Feb-14, 07:00

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ahhhh....the clichéd underpromotion puzzle...a bit overdone.

rooklecour1
07-Feb-14, 07:57

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Easy

A huge number of checks - courtesy of the pair of Black queens - makes giving check a requirement; but why not have an additional queen at c8 instead of a bishop, and maybe one at a1, a3, a6, a8, b8? As long as useless and pointless queens dot the board...

A little too easy, but I appreciate the effort in composing and posting, thank you urigur.

An under promotion composition seems like it might have a solution of mate in three if it is knight with a red herring distraction of a mate in four with a queen. Also, does any one know of an under promotion to a rook?

fezzik
07-Feb-14, 10:54

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Nice puzzle...

I guess I shouldn't be surprised by relatively low solve rates. Once again, the key was how to deal with the escape square. This time, it was on c6. Once you see that 2.Bd5 isn't just check, but mate, the solution is easy.

I gave this 2 stars for difficulty. I still liked it, but expected higher than 63% for a solve rate.

ronaldo_carvo
07-Feb-14, 14:27

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Nice

Nice and interesting puzzle.

spelbnder
07-Feb-14, 20:14

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rooklecour1

under promotion to a rook is posible with an e pawn where the king can castle with the new rook to create a mating position.the king castles along the file as long as neither piece has moved and it is not moving into or over a "check".

rafaelzepedab
07-Feb-14, 23:00

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What would be the previous move of the black?

What would be the previous move of the black? The position is not understood.

sirissac
10-Feb-14, 22:09

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rafaelzepedab, it appears to be just a whimsical composition of urigur's, so there is no previous move to understand.

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