Chess Puzzle #4594

CHESS PUZZLE #4594

Added by:	kingdawar
Added on:	03-Jun-08
Description:	Composed by Mikhail Nazarovich Marandiuk, 3rd Prize Prapor Peremogi 1970.
Difficulty:	online chess puzzle #4594
Attempts:	1460
Solved:	547 (37%)


White to move, mate in 2

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radus
22-May-12, 00:57

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Nice puzzle for a 2-mover.

dan1407
22-May-12, 02:57

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Love the elegance of it

Simple yet the magic is there

eugen1943
22-May-12, 05:42

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nice

It was the first move I looked at but I didn't follow thru and wound up spending 5 minutes before getting back to it. It's a 2 in my book.

jsalb5
22-May-12, 07:59

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What's wrong with bishop to a5, king takes bishop, Queen to c5? Checkmate?

sidthekid
22-May-12, 08:11

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jsalb, nothing except that if

the king decides not to take but play pawn to c5 where is your checkmate in 2 then?

phonybenoni
22-May-12, 08:12

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1.Ba5 c5, and no mate in two. By the way, a puzzle that takes five minutes to solve is worth more than two stars for difficulty. That's supposed to be "easy".

fezzik
22-May-12, 08:37

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Nice puzzle!

I gave it 3 stars in part for the simple beauty of the puzzle, but 2 stars makes sense too.

puzzler77
22-May-12, 08:44

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1 Ba5 c5 2 Qb6#

Am I missing something? If 1 Ba5 KxB 2 Qc5#

puzzler77
22-May-12, 08:46

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Now I see...

The Queen couldn't pass through the pawn at c5!