toxo Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 is this a wind up cos I don't see it. First move must be a check to avoid a3-b2 If d7xe8 check then rook takes, any queen check after is met by rook or queen to e7 or knight takes queen. Any rook check is taken. If it's kosher i'll be interested in the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted January 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 (edited) is this a wind up cos I don't see it. First move must be a check to avoid a3-b2 If d7xe8 check then rook takes, any queen check after is met by rook or queen to e7 or knight takes queen. Any rook check is taken. If it's kosher i'll be interested in the result. It's not a wind up I assure you. In fact shortly after posting it here I gave the problem to my mate who also likes to play chess. He's a pretty decent blitz chess player with an ELO around the 1800 mark and he solved the problem in a few minutes. At least one person has already given the correct first move in the puzzle. But no one has figured out the second move as yet. It's tricky, but it's solveable. You are correct that the first move must be a check, otherwise you yourself are mated in 1 move. Edited January 19, 2017 by Danger-Mouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxo Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Got it! Queen to f6 check. knight takes queen. pawn to d8 promotes to a knight, checkmate! very crafty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Ah yes. When anyone promotes a pawn they assume 'go for queen'. Would have been an interesting game to play out, what with black 1 move away from winning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrowning2 Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Enjoyed that, well done toxo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted January 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Got it! Queen to f6 check. knight takes queen. pawn to d8 promotes to a knight, checkmate! very crafty. Nicely done sir. The board ends looking like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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