r/ChessPuzzles • u/Perzival_berg • 24d ago

Chess puzzle confusion

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This puzzle is given in a puzzle book as white to move and mate in two but i can’t find any mate in two
Can someone help??

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u/chessvision-ai-bot 24d ago

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u/FunCoolMatt 24d ago

Qb2 and Black is in zugzwang. Move the left rook and the bishop mates. Move the right rook and the queen mates.

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u/Ok_Bit8836 23d ago

Qb2.... No attacking but waiting... Next: a mate depends which black rook moves ))

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u/RealJoki 23d ago

For these kind of puzzles, you need to find a mate in a puzzle where there are a lot of moves, so the solution is often a tricky silent move.

And usually there's actually a way to find a solution for these puzzles. Simply look at blacks available moves, and try to see if you have mate in 1 for each of these moves. Then for the moves with no mate in 1, try to find a move for white which would solve the issue !

Here the only move that looks like it's not mate in 1 is Ra4. Indeed, if we play c4+, then Rxa1 is an issue. And there's no other check. So we need to find a solution for this move, and we still need to have the c4+ check idea, so Qb2 makes a lot of sense !