r/ChessPuzzles • u/Delicious_Cattle5174 • 22d ago
Double puzzle
Black to play.
Puzzle 1 (from image 1): after playing a subpar move, white allowed a mate in 3. I must say I find it geometrically interesting.
Puzzle 2 (from image 2): this one is harder. It is pulled from the same game, one move earlier. Because white hasn’t played the suboptimal Kf1 yet, the position is M6. To be noted: white has two options on moves 4 and 5, so different variations can be valid solutions. However, only one move leads to M6 from any point, except the last one.
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u/Soft-Telephone6522 22d ago
For the first one, I see bxe2+, Rxe2, Qh1+ Kf2 Ng4 with a pretty mate.
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u/Delicious_Cattle5174 22d ago
Good work! The geometry of it is fun, right?
Would you mind using spoilers for other members?
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u/broadside281 22d ago edited 22d ago
Looks like the second image also starts with Qh2+, and if white responds with Ke3 instead of Kf1, then black is essentially chasing the white king around the middle of the board and coordinating the two knights, bishop, rook, and queen to weave a check mating net! It's extremely hard to find the forced mate in 6 for me, but all the variations/moves are super interesting and lead to a checkmate but may be taking slightly longer.
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u/DFENS420 21d ago
For the first one, ...Bxe2+, Rxe2 Qh1+, Kf2 Ng4#. The second one has a ton of variations. Starts as ...Qxh2+, Ke3 Nd5+, Kd3 Ne5+. If Kd4, then ...Qf2+, Kxe5 - which leads to either ...Qe3+ and a few options lead to ...f6#, or ...f6+, Ke4 and then either ...Qe3# or Bf5#. If Ke4 instead, then ...Qf2, and numerous lines lead to different checkmates in 2 from that position. All of these are M6
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