@@No-yt9iv I once blunder my queen trying to check his king but he didn't see that his bishop is attacking my queen because it was on the other side of the board
that was a two-way mate in three puzzle... pawn goes south: 1.Bc6 bxc6 2.Kc8 3.Nc7# pawn goes north: 1.Kc6 (self-block) b8=Q 2.Nc7+ Qxc7 (forced) 3.Kxc7# (discovery check) or 1.Kc6 b8=N 2.K ( can go anywhere and have a discovery check) Nc6 3. Bxc6#
I've seen this before and I did eventually manage to solve it. It is so difficult to get yourself to see the first move as a possibility. I managed to "prove" the puzzle impossible several times before I managed to hit upon the first move. I would love to play a move like that in a real game!
Solved this in 30 seconds. After eliminating the obvious, I know most puzzles have a counter-intuitive solution, and C6 immediately made sense. I wouldn't call this puzzle hard since there were very few possibilities, but it's still quite fun.
That was pretty good. I was definitely thinking you had to start by moving the knight, but saw the bishop sacrifice. I didn't see what led to mate though, I missed the right combination of the next 2 moves.
AndrewB847 is quite correct. I saw this puzzle in the newspaper years ago (Jonathan Berry's column in the Globe and Mail I think). It was built up as the problem you give people who use the excuse that they thought the pawns were going the other way. Well in that case we have the clever 1.Kf3 which leads to mate in 3 regardless how the Black pawn promotes. A good double problem as it incorporates two different pieces moving to the same key square.
So frustrating... I couldn't solve it and came back to look at the solution. It's great. Spoiler hint: Very similar to the Murphy problem, where the king is squeezed and you have to bang on that.
What if this position occurs in a tournament game ? After White plays 1 Bc6 black plays bxc6 and when White plays Kc8 black just runs out his time. Isn't it a draw by rules since White has only the Knight ?
I was thinking of Morphy's miniature that's like this but with rook, but didn't think to kill bishop. Funny how the bishop makes it worse, typically you want a bishop on a diagonal like that. Although the bishop does prevent the knight being taken so it's got some use
Loved the puzzle.. all knight moves let king of black to escape.. knew it had to be a bishop move.. and eventually figured out the sacrifice.. took a lot of time like 6-7 mins
Holy lizards I got it in under a minute. It's quite clever, you sacrifice knight to give black freedom to move pawn then block in king with king and go for the kill with knight
First I thought you move the knight but sacrifice the bishop so you can move king to c8 and since the black have only the pawn to move you end the game by putting knight to c7 brilliant!
My 1st thought: The bishop can only move along the main diagonal, and the pawn will still be pinned, that would be stalemate. Solution: Move the bishop.
some mate in 3's can be very hard. Try this one: W: Ka1, Qg8, Bf2, Ng2 B:Kh1, Pf3, h3, h2, a2. White to play and mate in 3. Of course no computer assistance is allowed!
I don't see how that works. If you do that, black can (theoretically) push the g-pawn on move 2, which prevents mate as follows: 1.Bf6, gxf6+ 2.Kh6, g2+ 3.Kg6, Kg8 etc. It's easy to overlook because in this scenario, the g-pawn is on the first rank which is impossible in a real game. If you have some other way, please kindly share the moves.
I calculated too much, and after 15 mins it just come to my mind I won't lie, I felt like IM A MONSTER! Right now I hadn't seen the answer, but I'm pretty sure of my result, I'll tell you if I was right ot not 😉
So let me ask: If I have a knigh (only knight) and my opponent have a pawn (only pawn) and my opponent's time is over, is it a WIN to me? Because, as we see here I can win with only knight Vs a pawn! Its not a draw. Right?
Interesting. Don't know the rule but seems logical that if it's legal to move into a checkmate (with white and black cooperating) it's a win, which can happen for rook pawns but not other pawns.
Ok. I see. For example position: White: Kc2, Knd2. Black: Ka1, pawn a3 And now black plays a2 And white answer Knb3# Yes? Paradoxically if you have a knight vs king its a draw. But knight vs a king and a pawn is win to you!!! (In case his time ended) Ty 4 your answer.
First of all, after 1.Nc7+ Kb8 2.Bxb7, Black has 2…Kxb7, which is not a move of their a-pawn, so you’re wrong on that count. Secondly, it is illegal to end a turn in check. White cannot move their king to c8. Thirdly, even if we disregard the rules of chess and just assume that the white king is immortal somehow, then after 1.Nc7+ Kb8 2.Bxb7 and either 2…a6 or 2…a5, then 3.Kc8+ is not checkmate, as Black has 3…Ka7. Obviously, Poe’s Law applies in this case. I can’t tell if this comment is meant as a joke, but it doesn’t seem like one. I want to say that nobody could genuinely have this much trouble with the rules of chess, but that’s not true at all. So, in the end, I simply don’t know.
These people bragging about solving this easy puzzle in the comments lol. This puzzle has been solved by a 3 years old chess prodigy in less than 5 seconds. Search the misha osipov vs anatoly karpov video and see it
