Chess Puzzle #15362

CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 2QN4/6n1/pr1P1B2/p2k4/P3ppR1/3p4/3N1P2/5B1K w - -

Added by:	yogesh168427
Added on:	01-Oct-09
Description:
Difficulty:	chess puzzle 2QN4/6n1/pr1P1B2/p2k4/P3ppR1/3p4/3N1P2/5B1K w - -
Attempts:	516
Solved:	125 (24%)


White to move, mate in 2

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rook2d2
09-Aug-17, 00:59

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Easy section puzzle

Mate in two puzzles really belong in the easy section.

gillberg
09-Aug-17, 05:47

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I found it quite tricky

4* from me (hard).
Completely disagree that this is an easy puzzle. The solution is very unintuitive since it seemed to me that I just gave away the first piece.

macheide
09-Aug-17, 09:11

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Some of the most famous combinations in chess history have been two movers, even "one mover". See the exquisitely simple way to finish this game:

Reti vs Bogoljubow

Be8!!

Cheers.

paviland
09-Aug-17, 14:52

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gillberg

Me too! Something about this puzzle fell in my blind spot & I had a lot of trouble seeing the key. One of those situations when you consider a possible move but dismiss it, only to come back to it some time later & see that it works after all. I think I missed the pinning of the f pawn after KxN.
Also agree that it was worth 4 stars & a lot of other solvers obviously thought so too.

snailmate
27-Feb-26, 07:06

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I solved this quite quickly, but more by a combination of luck and intuition than any analytical skill. After 1...Kxd6, it seemed very difficult to generate a mate, so I thought of 1. Ne4 to protect d6, noting that after 1...Kxe4 the white B was able to give mate via 2. Bg2. Initially I had in mind a threat of 2.Qc4, which of course will not work in the set position because c4is no longer guarded by the N. It was only then that I realised that Black in in zugzwang after the key move.

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