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White to Mate in 2 - Composition by David C. McClelland (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 days ago by chessmate@lemmy.ml to c/ChessPuzzles@lemmy.ml
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FEN = 8/1K6/p2p4/kBbn2BR/P2pp3/1Q6/8/8 w - - 0 1

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[โ€“] arotrios@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do you believe in life after love? This feels like a mate Cher would make...Bishop to A6, Queen to B5

[โ€“] bigpEE@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)
  1. Ba6...

Bb4

Now what?

[โ€“] arotrios@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Huh... that's funny - the link above with the puzzle didn't consider that move. Insists Pawn to D3 is black's response to the first move, marked it as solved on Queen to B5.

I think you broke its brain. Congrats!

[โ€“] RoundTheBlockTwice@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bishop to D8 gets checkmate in the alternative scenario.

[โ€“] arotrios@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nope. Knight to c7 blocks the bishop and keeps it from being a 2 move checkmate.

[โ€“] hanabatake@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

The knight is pinned

[โ€“] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Rook on the right pins the knight if you move the bisshop on the right.

That bishop and rook on the right is basically a band-aid to make the puzzle work.

[โ€“] arotrios@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Nice - solved it better than the chess puzzle provided.