A beautiful mate in 2 puzzle!

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4 ай бұрын

This puzzle by George Carpenter was composed in 1874
White has a beautiful solution to this puzzle. Mate in 2 moves, can you see how?
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Пікірлер: 36

@kimbirch1202 4 ай бұрын

Wow, I actually got this one. If its not a sacrifice, it must be zugzwang, for most of these puzzles of mate in two.

@plokenv 4 ай бұрын

Solved it in few minutes. Nice easy puzzle to warmup my chess skills Thanks for bringing this puzzle up ❤

@braddevon1283 4 ай бұрын

Very beautiful soo beautiful 😂👍👍👍 love it

@ashoksafaya5397 4 ай бұрын

Good calculation excercise, thanks.

@giovannicorno1247 4 ай бұрын

I saw it: I imagine "if it were Black to move?" And I understood it was another zugzwang issue😊

@johnkesich8696 4 ай бұрын

I suspect "What if it were black to move?" is a good strategy to solving mate in 2 puzzles. Look for black's move where you can't respond with mate in one, and find a move that allows mate there without messing up the others. Unfortunately, I doubt this will be very useful in real games.

@sverige1947 3 ай бұрын

You could use Queen in A6 too....

@ytmndman 3 ай бұрын

Qa6 c4 and there's no mate in 1

@sverige1947 Ай бұрын

@@ytmndman Yeah thank you

@aymanbaklizi8300 Ай бұрын

@@ytmndman Qa6 c4 Qd6#

@ytmndman Ай бұрын

@@aymanbaklizi8300 Queen can't go to d6, the white bishop blocks it

@user-xf8uj7tz4g 4 ай бұрын

Question the back move first

@ashwanibeohar8172 3 ай бұрын

Move queen to g8, and next give check with queen to b3, Or give check with queen to f 8 if black blocks this way by moving pawn to C4. Check and mate in 2

@adomaskuzinas2137 2 ай бұрын

So where is your mate after Qg8 Bd8? If Qb3+ Ka5

@dustbagwx5186 Ай бұрын

After QG8 black can move the dark square bishop anywhere opening A5 for the king, no mate in 2.

@bunpeishiratori5849 4 ай бұрын

I wish you would have been more clear why the bishop had to go to d7 rather than e8. You eventually got there but almost as an afterthought and without explanation.

@mythbusters866 4 ай бұрын

If Be8 now Qf8 move is not possible

@TysonJensen 3 ай бұрын

@@mythbusters866 Yes, but normally in these explanations that would be explicitly called out, like "we have to move the bishop, it's important that we don't move it to e8, you'll see why in a minute" or something.