Chess Puzzle #9712

CHESS PUZZLE #9712

Added by:	kingdawar
Added on:	10-Mar-09
Description:	Composed by Arnoldo Ellerman, 1st Prize L'Italia Scacchistica 1951.
Difficulty:	online chess puzzle #9712
Attempts:	759
Solved:	100 (13%)


White to move, mate in 2

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fezzik
17-Dec-12, 08:32

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I completely failed on this one!

Wow, for a mate in two, this was really hard.

5 Stars Difficulty
5 Stars Aesthetics!

eddeebee
17-Dec-12, 09:26

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Very deep!

To find that first N move was completely unexpected. The key being to immobilise or divert the black Q. Obviously she can't interpose on d6 if the black K is already there after KxN!
I thought that Rb6 worked, but black simply plays Kc4 and escapes. Similarly if Rf6 black defends with e6 or e5.

roosterafro
17-Dec-12, 16:35

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Amazing!

For the first time i could get one of these hard puzzles =D it took me like 10 minutes but it's nice to see training helps out =) 2 wrong moves

doubleeg_xent
17-Dec-12, 21:22

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Really!

No way in hello that pawn doesn't take that knight.

roosterafro
17-Dec-12, 22:07

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@doubleeg_xent

If exd6 then Rxc7 mate and if cxd6 then Bb5 mate, the computer answers with any move at random but there's a mate from anyone of them

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CHESS PUZZLE #9712