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Fun puzzle. White to mate in 2 (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 months ago by chessmate@lemmy.ml to c/ChessPuzzles@lemmy.ml
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FEN = R5rk/6qp/4K3/4B3/8/8/8/7Q w - - 0 1

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[-] obvs@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Ba1

[-] chessmate@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

You got it !

[-] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

so, Rxg8, forces Kxg8, exposing the weakness that Qa8 exploits for #

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Qf8

[-] NailBunny@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Black defends with Qf8. The 2 move checkmate is recognizing that black is in zugzwang and dropping the bishop back to a1 where h1 queen can defend. Black can then only push h pawn (or Rxa8 > Qxa8 | Qxa1 > Qxa1), and it's taken by white queen for checkmate.

this post was submitted on 07 Dec 2025
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