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- Опубліковано 3 січ 2025
- Can you find the mate in 2 here?
Composed by Geoffrey Arthur Mott Smith in 1939.
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You said easy, but I couldn’t find it.
Well keep practicing then you goof :p
Very hard yes, took me 10 min to find....
@dippn7047 no call for rudeness. Having said that, I got it in 20 seconds. I'm still watching it but I know I'm right.
Solved this one 🎉 but it took some thinking to get there. Thanks.
I always like zugzwang problems. I think they are called "blockade" because you dont theat anything but anyway...
Very nice! Got it by looking for a way to pin the g7 pawn if the king moves to h8, which meant there was only one candidate move.
Same. First move I tried for the reason you mentioned, it worked.
I reckon he should focus more on how to find the good move (like you did) instead of focusing on brute-force ruling out bad moves.
Sure I did, I only forgot that the move leaves the rook unprotected. But that provrd not to be a problem either
I saw the qe5 move almost immediately, but for wome reason I just couldn't see how kh8 led to mate for a little while. I kind of completely forgot that the pawn was pinned, so rxh6 just evaded my gaze. I did catch it eventually though.
Simplest of all puzzles. Solved in 5 Sec Q e5
Q-E5 , any move black is mated next.
'easy' is relative to how long one spends looking for it. If by easy you mean 10 seconds, then no, it is no easy. If by easy you mean 10 minutes, then yes. It's all relative
Honestly, I was about to give up on this one. I kept going because “c’mon! He said easy!” So…I found it! :)
Pre-emptive pin the only move to deal with unprovided Kh8 so not difficult solving, but a fair achievement in miniature. Original?
Less than 10 seconds, easy peasy
I missed the mate in 2 commentary, so i quit looking after seeing Qf5 wins
I got the right first move, but totally missed two of the counter moves. Half-correct for the day.
I found the right move but didn't see KxG6 hahaha
I sacrificed the rook unknowingly...
I need to find the program your using to play out these boards, because all I could figure out in my head were all the ways things went wrong. Ah well, I still feel like I'm (marginally) improving.
Got it in about ten minutes.
Move back the queen
First move is queen e5 I think.
Again, not so difficult. I like these! ;)
Yep, easy one, thankfully to your other studies :)
I guess I need to get better
Pretty easy. I naturally thought of Qf5 first but quickly saw that it did not work. Saw the correct solution about one second later.
Solved it!
Solved😊
Yessss; I actually solved this one & all the other options that were detailed. Thank you.
Qe5 .. everything else is mate
Great
My answer
Qe5
1. … Kxg6
2. Qf5#
1. … h5+
2. Qxh5#
1. … Ra-h8
2. Qxg7#
1. … Kh8
2. Rxh6#
Took a couple of minutes but I found the first move and all the following lines. Neat little puzzle! 👍👍
A knowledge of the common mating positions helps with this one. That allows you to see that White can abandon his rook because if Black captures it, Qf5 mates on the second move.
Beautiful. I didn't find it even after five minutes of hard thinking.
It’s actually quite a pretty problem considering the small number of pieces. Quite often experience helps in solving these 2 movers, i.e. check is almost never the first move, so can be dismissed as an option straightaway, whereas one would never do that over the board.
While I got this one fairly quickly (because I’ve seen similar themes like it in the past), I must admit technically as simple 2 movers I only solved simply by doing every plausible move and a process of elimination. So I’m on your side here.
@@csbenzo The first thing I try with two-movers is underpromotion to a knight, which is quite unnatural in most situations.
@@andreasboe4509 Thanks for your polite reply. Yes, the look for under promotion to a Knight is a favourite theme employed by problem composers. Just knowing that can save a lot of time.
I once had a group of students who were quite good at solving 2 move chess problems, to the point where they became quite arrogant. I meanly slipped in a problem by Sam Lloyd where the only way to solved the problem was under promotion to a Bishop. It took the students a while but to their credit they solved this problem.
I thought that one was pretty easy to find
I don't know which is more satisfying, solving the puzzle quickly as I did this one, or beating my head against the wall only to fail in the end. I do know that I have far more experience with the latter.
Got it :)
Dont I always say - you bring out the best puzzles no matter whether they seem easy or not. And there is no denying that we learn something from each puzzle. Thank you very much and God bless you.
Looked at white could do and moving the queen sideways two places was not good.
Then looked at what black could do and the problem was solved easily.
Move the queen sideways but three places.
Nice easy way to start my morning!
Thank you for the easy puzzle. I finally solved one with all of the lines.
Very enjoyable, thanks
Good🎉❤
Simple. I was nearly as fast as the computer.
Yes, it was easy. I
This must be an easy one: I solved it myself. I had to think a bit, though.
Did not get it :(, so hard
Qe5
It was not easy sir😂
Í like this one as I got the answer........
99.9% sure but going to post this if I was 100% right LoL
I found it. Ergo, it must be easy!
Easy
First one i solved by my own, even though i missed at first that the king can just capture the rook after Qe5 lol
Tbh you should just make 10 minute videos everytime to fk with people. Make the waiting time 7 minutes long or so 😂
An easy one. Thanks :)
you were right, it was pretty easy, but I liked it!😊
5 seconds! I never solved a 2 moves mate so quickly
I solved this one! A nice puzzle, and a nice way to start the day!
This time I saw the key move at once. All three options black has afterwards lead to his downfall. But a great puzzle nevertheless. Thanks a lot! Carry on! 😊
You are just getting these out of a book. Can’t you set your own puzzles ?
Have you ever tried to compose a problem ? It is not so easy. You must respect some composition rules. The first move (called the key) must be unique, and can't be a check or a move that restrict the black play. You must avoid unecessary pieces. It is far from easy !
@ as the composer of the book he took these puzzles from found out 👍😊🏴
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