Chess Puzzle #5721

CHESS PUZZLE #5721

Added by:	kingdawar
Added on:	18-Aug-08
Description:	Composed by Ernest Clement Mortimer, The Problemist 1942.
Difficulty:	online chess puzzle #5721
Attempts:	1158
Solved:	198 (17%)


White to move, mate in 2

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sonar
30-Apr-11, 01:33

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EASY ONE

arphams
30-Apr-11, 01:58

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VERY EASY...

anim
30-Apr-11, 03:11

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Not for me it wasn't ...

tugger
30-Apr-11, 04:02

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Process of elimination. All other moves are obviously wrong, it doesn't take long to get to the solution. Nice puzzle though.

absentmind14
30-Apr-11, 15:40

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nice solve puzzle

anarchessism
30-Apr-11, 17:16

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I agree. It's fairly apparent what the solution is once you see that immediate promotion either loses a piece (the rook) or is otherwise a stalemate trap. It's also not hard to guess that all the pieces are necessary for mate in 2, so that really does leave only one solution.

But still problems like these are useful because I've seen games drawn by stalemates that need not have happened, and it's always nice to train ourselves to see a drawing resource we might otherwise overlook.

howru
12-May-11, 11:23

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I have to agree. In terms of "difficult" 2-move puzzles, this is one of the easier ones. The process of elimination is much easier to complete with so few pieces and so many possible stalemates. Great puzzle, though.

robbur1
15-Apr-13, 14:58

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forgot about the stalemate,I'm getting worse

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CHESS PUZZLE #5721