There is a pretty checkmate in 2 moves here

[@petersiegfriedkrug]

Excellent chess problem. It took me a while to find it. For a 2 mover with only 7 pieces it is very hard. This mate in 2 is one of the most difficult that has been published here recently. It took me minutes to find the solution!

[@johnshaw6702]

That was beautiful and a lot harder to see than I expected.

[@keananspach6341]

I got it after 10 minutes of trying the other moves. I enjoy the challenge of these puzzles.

[@petersiegfriedkrug]

There is a second version by the same author (Josef de Koning): White king on b2, white queen on c2 with the same solution.

[@RamKumar-gy9nb]

Excellent puzzle, thank you very much.

[@LiamWakefield]

Oh my. I really over thought that one. Who knew a king could be so slippery. 😅

[@nabazf8891]

😮 nice puzzle.

[@philcolbert7864]

The key is you have to stop the K from going to G7, and there are only 3 moves that can stop it

[@joe_ninety_one5076]

Four moves.

[@MichaelHarrisIreland]

I only realised I was going to solve it when I concentrated on getting the pawn to move off the file the queen was on. It's then I knew I was on to something. But before that it took ages. It was a difficult puzzle for me but I loved cracking it.

[@ceejay0137]

Pleased I found the solution to this one! It did take several minutes trying most of the other moves first, though.

[@petervanvelzen1950]

My first idea was the right one!

[@Padmadas_P]

Though it took some time, found it finally. Thanks for the puzzle. Looking forward to more such 👍

[@dennisscheel6385]

Easy. Took me about 5 seconds to solve. KG5 to E6...black has only one legal move to counter (pawn to G5. This freezes black King). Next, Queen to A8 ..checkmate!

[@Chess-strategy]

What about black moving bishop to g8?

[@tawhv]

Very simple. It took me a few seconds to find the first move.

[@learningisfun2108]

Good for you!

[@roelsvideosandstuffs1513]

QD5 idk what next though

[@BillHimmel]

Nice and easy!

[@tontonbeber4555]

Too hard for me ... I gave up :) Nice puzzle

[@giovannicorno1247]

Not difficult, but I missed it😤

[@MichelleSirilan-fz7pu]

Nh5

[@batavuskoga]

My thought was Ne5 to control g7 and than Qa8++. But that's not a mate in two ☹☹

[@annanay007]

puzzle rating?

[@drjaigupta]

Not difficult. Solved easily thanks

[@broniuszibaitis7246]

I wonder that sometimes you explain the wrong traps starting from a check, and definitely you know that a good and correct two moves task NEVER STARTS FROM A CHECK! So why do you do this? This time, solution took a bit longer to me...

[@aaaaa5272]

first!