A beautiful mate in 2 puzzle

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Күн бұрын

Here comes a beautiful puzzle which won first prize at a puzzle competition arranged by British chess magazine in 1911. It´s white´s turn and we have checkmate in 2 moves. Can you solve it?
The puzzle was composed by Godfrey Heathcote.
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@johnshaw6702 4 ай бұрын

That is the most beautiful puzzle I've ever seen. I should have studied it longer, before watching.

@niravapurv4578 5 ай бұрын

Thought it was Qxf4. But black has so many options. I guess black has some defence creating some space or somthing.

@IRguyIR 5 ай бұрын

This one is Stockfish level puzzle.......

@user-zm1lx9uq9s 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful!

@markbrooks7157 4 ай бұрын

What a composition!

@kicorse 4 ай бұрын

Lovely puzzle. What makes it manageable was that Bxf7 is such a strong-looking defence that I could start by finding first moves that would lead to mate after that response from Black. There are few, if any, other than Re3 that do so. I think the hardest mate-in-2 puzzles are puzzles where Black has different defences to different incorrect attempts.

@aaaaa5272 Ай бұрын

Incredible puzzle!! Far over my level, but I enjoyed it much.

@jamesdallas1493 5 ай бұрын

Thank you !👍👍👍👍

@proloafer476 4 ай бұрын

1...BxN is a really strong move that needs to be dealt with. But if white had a second guard on e5, the queen could mate on d7. So I tried 1. Re3, which turned out to be the right first move.

@richardrigling4906 4 ай бұрын

Tried Q to b2, but could not checkmate on next move if k to e4.

@RamKumar-gy9nb 5 ай бұрын

You are just excellent... brilliant puzzle.... Thank you very much again and God bless you

@eduardhagiu9836 4 ай бұрын

i think i have found 2 variations :)))) Ok im going to see prior ur solution. 1. Dxb3+, c4, Dxc4#; 2. Dxb3+, Kc6, Db7#

@ZZTopFanatic 2 ай бұрын

I considered this as well, but 1. Qxb3+ fails to 1... Kd4 2. Rd3+ Ke4 3. Nd6+ Ke5 4. Qb2#/Qc3# and 1... Ke4 2. Qc2+ Kd4 3. Rd3+ Ke4 4. Nd6+ Ke5 5. Qb2#/Qc3#. These are both still forced mates, but not in 2 moves.

@DaveL54 27 күн бұрын

Bc4 looks like checkmate in one

@бообвооб 5 ай бұрын

GREAT!

@tzkro 4 ай бұрын

solved it after few hrs but i didnt like it.i recall a riddle u put withvthe kibg nishop walk all way across the board,now that was an unforgetable obe.

@lennyvlaminov9480 4 ай бұрын

To hard for me, but how beautiful! Keep'em coming❤

@joeypahati3126 5 ай бұрын

Re3 if fxe3 then Bg2# or if bxf7 then Qxd7# or if nd4 then Bc4# or if rd4 then Qa8# or if c4 then Qxc4# or if d6 then Qe4# or if re5 then Rxe5# or if bf5 then Re5# or if f3 or g3 or rf5 or rh5 then Qe4#

@MrGyges 4 ай бұрын

Nice

@petersiegfriedkrug 4 ай бұрын

I needed 20 - 25 seconds to find it.

@1JeanPearl1 5 ай бұрын

I was thinking of bishop to c4 but that was not even close

@MichaelHarrisIreland 4 ай бұрын

Very hard. Tried the rook move but couldn't see the follow up.

@CrowPal 4 ай бұрын

Me too. I spent so much time on this, by the time I tried that move, my brain was mush. Just wish I'd given up sooner!

@petervanvelzen1950 5 ай бұрын

I first wanted to sac the rook in order to mate with Bg2, only later I discovered that it came with a threat. I did not see all the defences in advance but I did find all the mates myself be it sometimes after you showed those defences.

@jamesdallas1493 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!👍👍👍👍👍