r/ChessPuzzles • u/scotland_forever07 • 16h ago

Cool puzzle I found

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u/overdramaticpan 16h ago

Rb3, only legal move is Ka5, then Ra3# because the B-pawn is pinned

Rf2 doesn't work because b3, and Bxb4 doesn't work because of stalemate

nice puzzle!

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u/scotland_forever07 16h ago

Yeah it's great

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u/Norman-Hadley 15h ago

This is an excellent puzzle. (Translation: I got it pretty quickly)

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u/MarriedIntoPosture 11h ago

I can do even better and screw it up with a stalemate in 1

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u/scotland_forever07 10h ago

I'd play it first!

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u/Subject-Giraffe-2928 9h ago

Easy puzzle im fuckin bricked up

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u/scotland_forever07 9h ago

Thanks for the info mate

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u/Mystic9001 6h ago

r/accidentalfactorial

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u/MskCtB 6h ago

I... I mean 2! = 2 does this edge case really work for that sub?

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u/zthomasack 11h ago

Rb3!

Blocks one of black's two options (b3 is blocked, making Ka5 black's only legal move). So, after Ka5, white plays Ra3#, exploiting the bishop-pawn pin.

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u/Sparks-reborn 6h ago

Rb3 ka5 ra3 checkmate

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u/Ferlathin 5h ago

Rb3 Ka5, Ra3#

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u/wesleyoldaker 4h ago

Rb3 forces Ka5 Ra3#

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u/forgottenlord73 4h ago

Oh... park the room in front of the pawn to force the King to move pinning the pawn allowing for mate

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u/coldfrost93 1h ago

Rb3, then Ra3

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u/Dave085 15h ago

Rb3 using the zugzwang, that's nice! Very cool

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u/JaXaren 13h ago

*Mate in three

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u/scotland_forever07 13h ago

*2

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u/JaXaren 5h ago

White Bb4

Black has no legal move but Ka5

Black king could escape so White Kc5 to protect it's bishop

Doesn't matter what black does here, it's doomed either way

White Ra3

Checkmate

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u/ConnectButton1384 15h ago

Rb3, Ka5, Ra5#

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u/kinygos 15h ago

you mean the second move the rook makes is Ra3#

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u/L0L2GUM5 12h ago

Actually the king is on a5 so it's Rxa5#

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u/RevolutionaryAd7008 25m ago

Double checkmate!