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No that's no good either, then castle comes to check
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
Right, but what about 1. Bc6 Rb1+ 2. Kd2 Rxh1?
Shit. Leave it with me
Bc6, Rb1, Ke2, RxH1, BxH1, Pg2, Nf4, Kg3/h4, Nxg2. That's as far as I've gotten
Once white loses their queen, a mate is impossible
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...
Sorry last one should be Ne2#
Nice, I think you have it. I assume your last notation means Knight, not King
I've been making the same mistake haha
Yeah that's the same answer i got.
I think that's the best way. But I'm by no means an expert
I did variations where the room doesn't take the queen, you just attack the rook with the king
The two key moves are Bc3 & Ke2
Tell me what you think of the sequence starting Ke2, Pg2, Qe1
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
Doh I'm an idiot, missed Re4 somehow
Nah thats not true
Given black still has pieces, in this case it probably is
Nah i think you have to lose the queen to win
Yeah looks like Squareeyed found it
Bc6 Rb1+
Ke2 Rxh1
3.Bg2+ Kxg2
4.NF4+ Kg1
5.Ne1 G2
Hows that
6.Ne2#
Edit K for knight to N
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.
How does horse take castle? Castle is on b1, free queen
Oh lol oops. I thought you meant rook to f4 :)
Yeah I'm not amazing at chess.
Nvm, turns out that free queen is actually the bait for a checkmate