White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
Mate in 2.It looks so simple. Is there any hitch?
Can’t see any.
Why Anup?
1.Bc5+ Ke8
2.Nf6#
That’s what I meant … can’t see any hitch in mate in 2. 🙂
Okay, so easy is the word. Here’s an easy one, white to move and stalemate.
8/1p6/1P1p4/1K1p4/P2P4/4B1pp/1P6/5k2 w – – 0 1
stalemate on 4th move! Unbelievable.
Take the child in and shut the door.
I thought, maybe, you would like that one.
Yes, I liked it.
1.Bd2 …..
2.Ba5 …..
3.b4 and stalemate right?
That is pretty cute. If you hadn’t clued me to a stalemate theme, I might have spent many minutes trying to figure it out. As it was, got it in about 10 seconds.
Go left or right?
While Bc5+ is the only choice for white’s bishop to mate in 2 moves, it is illustrative for the novice to consider why Bg5+ fails to get the job done. Indeed, the bishop does not need to cover d8 and f6. These squares are covered by the rook and night, respectively.