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Sneaky one. White mates in 2 ! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by chessmate@lemmy.ml to c/chess@lemmy.ml

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[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

King castles and the rook goes to f1 and then rook to f8?

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

0-0
Rf8#

[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Is there any chance that this position is unreachable without White losing the right to castle? 😉

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Rf1, rf8?

This was very good for a minimalist puzzle!

[–] bisby@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Knight to d3 means you can't just do that though right?

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Castle

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Just need one delaying king move. Just need one delaying king move. Kd2.

But the idea remains.