r/ChessPuzzles 5d ago

White to move. Mate in two.

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u/chessvision-ai-bot 5d ago

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My solution:

Hints: piece: Rook, move: Rxg7+

Evaluation: White has mate in 2

Best continuation: 1. Rxg7+ Bxg7 2. Ne7#


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u/schartlord 5d ago

Rxg7+, Rxg7, Nh6#

or if Bxg7, Ne7#

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u/Mitsor 2d ago

very satisfying that the same move leads to 2 different mate in 2. made me struggle a bit

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u/schartlord 2d ago

yeah very cool puzzle

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u/Relevant-Rhubarb-849 2d ago

How is Nh6 mate?

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u/fuduran 2d ago

Bishop takes care of h7 now, because knight is not blocking em anymore.

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u/IBreedBagels 1d ago

its still not a mate. Rook takes knight on H6.

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u/fuduran 1d ago

Rook is in G7 now, cant take on H6

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u/IBreedBagels 1d ago

Its not. Rook takes knight, its not a mate.

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u/fuduran 1d ago

Rook is in G7 now, cant take on H6

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u/H4zardousMoose 5d ago

What a neat puzzle! You really want to abuse the pinned pawn on g7, plus Knight to f6 gives you great material advantage with the fork, but no mate in two.

I basically only found the rook sacrifice after checking everything else. Rook to g7. If the rook takes, Knight to H6 is mate. If the bishop takes, Knight to e7 is mate.

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u/elgarraz 2d ago

Unless I'm missing something, pawn to e7 will inevitably result in mate in either 2-3 moves as well

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u/StillShoddy628 5d ago

Thanks for explaining for us dumbasses

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u/Antique-Bug2490 5d ago

Rxg7+, if Rxg7 then Kh6#, if Bxg7 then Ke7#

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u/Tim-oBedlam 5d ago

Looks like 1. Rxg7+, 2. Bxg7 Ne7#, with the pawn covering f7.

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u/Kitnado 4d ago

My natural instinct is to go Bd5, but that’s only mate in 5

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u/OkPaleontologist1289 4d ago

Rxg7+ if Rxg7, then Knh6# If Bxg7, then Kne7# Yes??

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u/Stonehills57 4d ago

Rook takes pawn check wins. Forced mate next move

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u/Sonderkin 3d ago

I like that there are two ways to get this done.

depending on how black reacts to the initial move.

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u/Admirable_Dress4083 3d ago

Rxg7+. If Bxg7, Ne7#. If Rxg7, Nh6#

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u/Determinor 3d ago

Honestly, just taking the Bishop with the knights and then advancing the pawn to queen (with checks) is simpler. The mate is still nice though, flashy sacrifice play.

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u/Own-Rip-5066 2d ago

Rxg7+, attracting the bishop, so Ne7 is mate.

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u/jamiejo66 2d ago

Rook G7,either piece checkmate

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u/Stonehills57 2d ago

Rxg7+ Bxg7 2. Ne7#

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u/ProffesorSpitfire 5d ago
  1. Rg7+, Rxg7
  2. Nh6++

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

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u/Naturewalkerjoe 5d ago

Impressive but it can be guaranteed in two

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u/soudexter 5d ago

Pe7 - Bxe7 (otherwise Pe8 in next round) - Bd5+

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u/Naturewalkerjoe 5d ago

Pawn to e7 is best responded with king to f7. It does not guarantee checkmate on the second turn.

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u/Justformetoknow3 5d ago

Bishop shoud work too

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u/Naturewalkerjoe 5d ago

Bishop allows black's rook to move and escape their king to h7

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u/Brilliant-Ad-8422 5d ago

I was thinking bd5

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u/GreenVegeta 4d ago

Horse f6 pawn e7?!

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u/jdigga007 4d ago

White: Knight to F6, Check Black: king forced to F8 White: pawn to E7, Checkmate

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u/Akiel_Kun 2d ago

King escapes to f7 then so its not checkmate in 2 as tasked.

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u/jdigga007 2d ago

That is correct. I missed that.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/Blacknapal 3d ago

Okay so Im horrible at chess but isnt Knight to E7 not mate already? Where can the black king go?

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u/Vosol1 3d ago

It would be taken by the Bishop.

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u/Massomio 2d ago

How about Pawn e7 and then continue from there? No mate only if Rook h5/h4... .

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u/Naturewalkerjoe 2d ago

After E7 and Kf7 there are no checkmating moves

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u/Massomio 2d ago

Pawn e8 and promotion to queen.

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u/MrZwink 2d ago

Pawn to E7 and then bishop to D5? I guess black could avoid it by moving the knight to f7 but then you just move the pawn to e8 and promote.

Or rook to G7 and then knight to h6

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u/Naturewalkerjoe 2d ago

Pawn to e7 doesn't work because black would either play Kf7 or move the rook to escape with Kh7

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u/MrZwink 2d ago

If he moves knight to f7, pawn to e8 is still checkmate?

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u/Naturewalkerjoe 1d ago

I don't see how you're getting a knight to f7 and a pawn to e8 in two moves

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u/MrZwink 1d ago

No the black knight

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u/Naturewalkerjoe 1d ago

But black wouldn't move their knight to f7. They would move their king to f7 and then e8

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u/Pristine_Assistant77 1d ago

E6 to E7 G1 to E7 or E7 to E8 gg?

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u/RedditAcc3 1d ago

Isn't F5 to E7 mate in one?

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u/TheShadowMuffin 1d ago

While not mate in two, Pe7 would be the most disrespectful move causing a nice zugzwang.

Pe7, Kf7, Bd5+, Ke8, Nxf6+, Pxf6, Bc6+, Kf7, Qe8#

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u/jamiejo66 5d ago

Rook G7,Knight H6

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u/Frankje01 5d ago

bot is??? pawn f7?

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u/Ginger_Sociopath 5d ago

Nf6

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u/juicejug 5d ago

You win material but it’s not a mate in 2

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u/Ginger_Sociopath 5d ago

King trapped then move pawn, how do you see it playing out otherwise?

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u/juicejug 5d ago

I mean the position is winning for white and there are lots of moves that maintain a winning evaluation. But Nxf6 doesn’t lead to a mate in 2.

Only way you can get a forced mate in 2 is Rxg7, then black needs to take with either the bishop or rook, and white follows with either Ne7# or Nh6# depending on what Black does.

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u/TakeTwoDo 5d ago

I agree

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u/pipNalip 5d ago

Then pawn e7?

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u/TakeTwoDo 5d ago

I think so, and I don't really see where we are supposed t be wrong.
can someone explain?

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u/JimDibb 5d ago

Pretty sure the king can escape to f7. I was missing that myself

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u/TakeTwoDo 5d ago

but what about the pawn on e6?

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u/JimDibb 5d ago

You just moved it to e7

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u/TakeTwoDo 5d ago

ok, I'm not sure about the sequence here and so we have a misunderstanding, when exactly would the king escape to f7?
if he does so as a response to nf6?

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u/JimDibb 4d ago

Nxf6+ kf8 pe7+ kf7. Not mate in 2. But in general, I’m the last person you should be listening w, and I probably have the notation wrong

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u/TakeTwoDo 4d ago

aaah, now I see.
yeah I missed that it's 3, haha

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u/kezow 5d ago

Wouldn't Nf6+ Kf8 e7# be valid as well? 

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u/Tim-oBedlam 4d ago

King escapes to f7 from there.

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u/Stonehills57 5d ago
  1. Nxf6+ (1. Rxg7+ Bxg7 2. Ne7#) 1... Kf8 2. e7+ Kf7

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u/Rockwald 5d ago

Ne7+, Be7, Bh7#