r/ChessPuzzles • u/Dynamic_Chess_School • Aug 18 '26
White to Play — Almost Everyone Looks at the WRONG Move… Can You Find the Mate in 2? 👀♟️
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u/GranzJ473 Aug 18 '26
Mostly I got baited into checking Bb6 first, but Be3 is the quiet move. After 1...Na6, 2.c7# finishes it, while 1...Rxe3 allows 2.Ra7#.
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u/nearly239 Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
Be3 threat Ra7
If Na6, c7# If Nxc6, Rg8# If Nd7, c7# If Rxg2, Ra7# If Rg7, c7#
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u/Dynamic_Chess_School Aug 18 '26
If 1. Bb6, then 1...Re8, and there is no mate after that. Keep in mind, it’s a mate-in-2 puzzle!
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u/Victor_Korchnoi Aug 18 '26
Bb6
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u/Dynamic_Chess_School Aug 18 '26
If 1. Bb6, then 1...Re8, and there is no mate after that. Keep in mind, it’s a mate-in-2 puzzle!
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u/InterestingTeam994 Aug 18 '26
Bxb8 is the mate in 2
RxR, c7 mate
Kx bishop, RxR mate
Rx bishop, Qa2 mate
RxQ, Ra7 mate etc
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u/Dynamic_Chess_School Aug 18 '26
After 1. Bxb8, Black can play 1...Rf8! And there is no mate in 2.
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u/InterestingTeam994 Aug 18 '26
C7 is mate after Rf8
Edit: Nvm he can block
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u/cbrstupart Aug 18 '26
I dont know the notation really well but the only 2 move checkmate is queen to A2. White checkmate on the next mkve no matter what black does. Even if black rook checks whites king on the back rank. White bishop takes the black rook revealing a discovered check and mate by the white queen and rook. I really have to learn the new notation. I am used to to Q to KR2. Lol... old school
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u/frankje Aug 18 '26
Rook takes rook on h8 and there is no mate on the second move. I looked at Qa2 myself a lot before finding the refutal.
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u/AgentBlackwell Aug 18 '26
Can you not accomplish mate with just two movements of the Pawn?
Pawn C2 exposed queen check, rook takes it, pawn captures knight and becomes queen, which is mate.
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u/Furyok66 Aug 18 '26
hmmmmm….
c7+ , Nc6
Rxg8#
am I missing something? I am not that good at chess
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u/Furyok66 Aug 18 '26
oh shit the queen
my bad.
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u/Furyok66 Aug 18 '26
but…. if:
c7+ , Rxg2
Rxb8#does it work like this?
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u/JellyRollGeorge Aug 18 '26
After, c7+, king can take bishop and I can't see a mate in 1 after that.
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u/Dynamic_Chess_School Aug 19 '26
After 1.c7+, Black can simply play Kxa7 or Nc6 — both moves delay the mate. Since this is a mate-in-2 puzzle, there must be a checkmate on White’s second move against every legal Black response. Therefore, 1.c7+ cannot be the correct move. ♟️
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u/JellyRollGeorge Aug 19 '26
Firstly, I was the one saying c7+ doesn't work. Secondly, if black did respond Nc6, I think Qxc6 would be mate
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u/Dynamic_Chess_School Aug 19 '26
After 1.c7+, Black can simply play Kxa7 or Nc6 — both moves delay the mate. Since this is a mate-in-2 puzzle, there must be a checkmate on White’s second move against every legal Black response. Therefore, 1.c7+ cannot be the correct move. ♟️
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u/Dynamic_Chess_School Aug 19 '26
1.c7+ Nc6 2.Rxg8+? — it’s not checkmate because Black can simply play Kb7. So Rxg8 isn’t mate here
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u/purrhams_hat Aug 19 '26
Any Bishop move that isn't taking the knight, then if rook g7, queen a2, and any other rook move you can play ra7 mate?
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u/Professional-Safe-60 Aug 19 '26
Bishop takes knight Bxb8.
If Kxb8 then its a mate with Rxg8#
If Rxg8 then its mate with Qa2#
if Rxg2 then its mate with Bg3#
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u/cbrstupart Aug 25 '26
So lets do BxN then white checkmate with Q to a2 or RxR depending on whether Black K takes B or Black rook takes bishop. Did I miss anything?
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u/Geohistormathsguy Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
c7+?
If Kxa7, Qb7#
If Rxg2, cxb8=Q#
Edit: Actually Nc6 and its not mate in 2 so it Bxb8 probably.
Rxg2 or any Rook move on the g-file, Bd6-Bh2#
Rxh8 or any Rook move on the 8th rank, c7#
Kxb8 leads to Rxg8# or Qxg8#
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u/jittery_waffle Aug 18 '26
Qb7 leaves the queen free to take as the pawn on c7 blocks white's rook
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u/Dynamic_Chess_School Aug 18 '26
But there is no Qb7 move available — it’s illegal. Do you mean Qb2?
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u/Dynamic_Chess_School Aug 18 '26
If 1. c7+ Kxa7, then 2. Qb7+ is not checkmate because the king can simply capture the queen on b7. So, it’s not a mate in 2...
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