Chess Puzzle #18509

CHESS PUZZLE #18509

Added by:	charleshiggie
Added on:	10-Dec-09
Description:	L A Schiffmann 1st Prize Bristol Times & Mirror 1927. From the magazine Chess June 2003
Difficulty:	online chess puzzle #18509
Attempts:	794
Solved:	69 (8%)


White to move, mate in 2

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millerdias_chess
22-Feb-13, 06:55

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this proposed solution is inconsistent, does not lead to mate in two moves. Looking at another board found a solution consistent

millerdias_chess
22-Feb-13, 07:16

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A solution would be 1. Rc3 rc4, 2.Qb3 # or 1. Rc3 b3, 2. QB3 # or 1. Rc3 f7, 2. QB3 #
Presented as the solution, not all of them are wrong. I wish the author verify some of their solutions, because there is, in some, the ability to output to the check, thus making failure a solution to the problem.

josep_85
22-Feb-13, 07:50

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Instead of 1... Rc4, black move was,1... Qxg8, how do you mate then in two?

doctorb
22-Feb-13, 08:13

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Amazing puzzle

It's ultra hard and ultra beautiful, to find that first move... geez, took me an eternity. Specially cause there are so many moves after it, and depending on black's move there's a differente mate for each haha. And to millerdias_chess, your proposed solution fails miserably because clearly if you check with the bishop by moving the rook at first black will take the bishop with the queen. That's actually the HEART of the puzzle, to render that move useless.

millerdias_chess
22-Feb-13, 08:39

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True, I did not realize this when I was analyzing my solutions. I apologize for the wrong solution, that is how we learn, from our mistakes. But, I think the author should also look at their.

rawbee
22-Feb-13, 11:05

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Nice Puzzle

Really liked this one, with the two main mating threats: moving the rook to block or cause a double check, and the knight to b4 both not quite good enough, until the queen lends a hand!
Thanks for posting it!

mbeatini
22-Feb-13, 13:59

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Mate in 1?

Nc1#

What did I miss?

jidha
22-Feb-13, 14:11

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totally correct, mate in 1. why beat around the bush on irregular moves?

jidha
22-Feb-13, 14:19

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ok, i see it now, board is reversed, black is attacking the bottom

blitzkov
22-Feb-13, 14:36

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mbeatini,

After Nc1+ bxc1

kingdawar
22-Feb-13, 14:40

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1. Nc1+ bxc1 still gets black mated on move 2 (through 2. Rc2#) but black plays 1. ... dxc1=Q/R/B/N

andycp1999
22-Feb-13, 19:09

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Hardest 2 move checkmate ever

I tried for the longest time to solve this by first checking the black queen. I was about to give up until I started looking for the most unlikely solution. Putting the white queen next to the black queen sure seemed unlikely, yet that was the only way to create an unstoppable checkmate. A brilliant puzzle.

yadasampati
22-Feb-13, 22:38

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@jidha

The board is not reversed. The a1 field is in the left bottom, as is always the case when white is to move first

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