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[โ€“] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No that's no good either, then castle comes to check

[โ€“] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hang on im still onto it.

New plan

Bc6

Rb1 checking king

Kd2

Rb2 checking King

Kc1

Rook must leave or be taken. Anywhere doesnt matter.

Qg2 checkmate

[โ€“] Bonifratz@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Right, but what about 1. Bc6 Rb1+ 2. Kd2 Rxh1?

[โ€“] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] Squareeyed@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bc6, Rb1, Ke2, RxH1, BxH1, Pg2, Nf4, Kg3/h4, Nxg2. That's as far as I've gotten

[โ€“] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Once white loses their queen, a mate is impossible

[โ€“] Squareeyed@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Got a modification on it. I think it works...

Bc6, Rb1, Ke2, Rxh1, Bg2+,Kxg2,Nf4+,Kg1,Ke1,Pg2,Ke2#

? I dunno if my logic is right, but pretty sure that might be it, been fiddling moves for a while...

[โ€“] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice, I think you have it. I assume your last notation means Knight, not King

[โ€“] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I've been making the same mistake haha

[โ€“] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah that's the same answer i got.

I think that's the best way. But I'm by no means an expert

[โ€“] Squareeyed@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I did variations where the room doesn't take the queen, you just attack the rook with the king

[โ€“] Squareeyed@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

The two key moves are Bc3 & Ke2

[โ€“] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tell me what you think of the sequence starting Ke2, Pg2, Qe1

[โ€“] Squareeyed@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried that but ultimately you lose the queen and can't stop the pawn queening. The following most likely would be Re4+, then if you move f2 it's check, f4 you loss your queen and black queens

[โ€“] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago

Doh I'm an idiot, missed Re4 somehow

[โ€“] Squareeyed@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry last one should be Ne2#

[โ€“] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Given black still has pieces, in this case it probably is

[โ€“] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah i think you have to lose the queen to win

[โ€“] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah looks like Squareeyed found it

[โ€“] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  1. Bc6 Rb1+

  2. Ke2 Rxh1

3.Bg2+ Kxg2

4.NF4+ Kg1

5.Ne1 G2

Hows that

6.Ne2#

Edit K for knight to N

[โ€“] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

After which horsie nom noms castle, checks king and black is generally speaking fucked. But that doesn't seem as neat as what they're looking for here.

[โ€“] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How does horse take castle? Castle is on b1, free queen

[โ€“] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh lol oops. I thought you meant rook to f4 :)

Yeah I'm not amazing at chess.

[โ€“] wahming@monyet.cc 3 points 1 year ago

Nvm, turns out that free queen is actually the bait for a checkmate