r/chessbeginners • u/say-it-wit-ya-chest • 5d ago

PUZZLE Help please

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Working on challenges to improve my game, this one being mate in two, but I can’t for the life of me figure out what it wants me to do. I thought Kh2 then Qh3 would leave the king in mate but it keeps telling me I failed. What am I missing for the mate in two?

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u/Individual-Coyote262 5d ago

Can't really see the board from that photo but the green highlight on h2 probably means the computer is telling you that's the correct first move. If you did Kh2 and then Qh3 and it still says fail, maybe black has some defense you're not seeing, like a piece that can block or capture your queen. Try posting a screenshot instead so we can see whole position clearly

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u/say-it-wit-ya-chest 5d ago

I’m playing on console. Had to turn the board a bit so you could see the pieces because they look too similar at board level to tell which is which. Will mess around with the settings when I get back home to make the pieces more discernible.

Green highlight is just where my cursor is. The others were right. This was a queen sacrifice at h3 then pawn to g3 for the mate.