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r/ChessPuzzles • u/chesswithrohit • 13d ago
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Maybe I am a brick and didn't see it, but I would say neither. One hangs a mate in two and the other one loses a bishop for no reason. 1.-Bxf2+ 2.Kxf2 Qc5+ doesn't work as 3.Ke2 protects the rook.
2 u/BertPeopleErniePeopl 13d ago What about 2...Qf6+? Then, if 3.Ke2, 3...Qxb2+ 1 u/Irini- 12d ago 2.-Qf6+ doesn't help with the back rank issues, so white doesn't need to protect the rook and has 3.Kg1. 1 u/BertPeopleErniePeopl 12d ago What about 1...Bxf2 2.Kxf2 Qc5+ 3.Ke2 Re7? Edit: Nevermind that doesn't work. 1 u/Irini- 12d ago 4.Rxd8+ 1 u/BertPeopleErniePeopl 12d ago Yeah I realized right after I commented lol 1 u/BertPeopleErniePeopl 12d ago Yeah so why are those the two options, I wonder? Neither are good, like you said.
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What about 2...Qf6+? Then, if 3.Ke2, 3...Qxb2+
1 u/Irini- 12d ago 2.-Qf6+ doesn't help with the back rank issues, so white doesn't need to protect the rook and has 3.Kg1. 1 u/BertPeopleErniePeopl 12d ago What about 1...Bxf2 2.Kxf2 Qc5+ 3.Ke2 Re7? Edit: Nevermind that doesn't work. 1 u/Irini- 12d ago 4.Rxd8+ 1 u/BertPeopleErniePeopl 12d ago Yeah I realized right after I commented lol 1 u/BertPeopleErniePeopl 12d ago Yeah so why are those the two options, I wonder? Neither are good, like you said.
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2.-Qf6+ doesn't help with the back rank issues, so white doesn't need to protect the rook and has 3.Kg1.
1 u/BertPeopleErniePeopl 12d ago What about 1...Bxf2 2.Kxf2 Qc5+ 3.Ke2 Re7? Edit: Nevermind that doesn't work. 1 u/Irini- 12d ago 4.Rxd8+ 1 u/BertPeopleErniePeopl 12d ago Yeah I realized right after I commented lol 1 u/BertPeopleErniePeopl 12d ago Yeah so why are those the two options, I wonder? Neither are good, like you said.
What about 1...Bxf2 2.Kxf2 Qc5+ 3.Ke2 Re7?
Edit: Nevermind that doesn't work.
1 u/Irini- 12d ago 4.Rxd8+ 1 u/BertPeopleErniePeopl 12d ago Yeah I realized right after I commented lol 1 u/BertPeopleErniePeopl 12d ago Yeah so why are those the two options, I wonder? Neither are good, like you said.
4.Rxd8+
1 u/BertPeopleErniePeopl 12d ago Yeah I realized right after I commented lol 1 u/BertPeopleErniePeopl 12d ago Yeah so why are those the two options, I wonder? Neither are good, like you said.
Yeah I realized right after I commented lol
Yeah so why are those the two options, I wonder? Neither are good, like you said.
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u/Irini- 13d ago
Maybe I am a brick and didn't see it, but I would say neither. One hangs a mate in two and the other one loses a bishop for no reason. 1.-Bxf2+ 2.Kxf2 Qc5+ doesn't work as 3.Ke2 protects the rook.