White to move and checkmate in 3.
8/8/7b/8/1NpN4/2p1p3/2p1P3/kbK5 w – – 0 1
Loyd, 1792
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White to move and checkmate in 3.
8/8/7b/8/1NpN4/2p1p3/2p1P3/kbK5 w – – 0 1
Loyd, 1792
1. Ne6 Zugzwang, Bh6-any 2. NxB Zugzwang again Ba2 2. Nxc2#
(1. -, Ba2? 2. Nc2#)
Simple solution, not a good position but a nice key move distancing the knight from the black king.
It took me a while but the totally counterintuitive 1 Ne6! wins for White. I finally noticed that White had to force Ba2 in order to be able to mate.
Now Black must move his dark square bishop 1… Bg7 2 Ng7 Ba2 (only legal move) 3 Nc2 mate.
-Justin Daniel
Ne6 dominates black’s black bishop, after black bishop is dead, white bishop must move. then Nc2#
1.Ne6 ..dark squared bishop moves 2.Knight captures 3. light squared bishop moves for it is the only legal move then mate!
cute puzzle!whahaha!
1.Ne6! Bh6 anywhere
2.NxB Ba2 (Zugwang)
3.Nxc2#
A typical Loyd, very nice.
1.Ne6 B anywhere
2.NxB Ba2
3.Nxc2#
Zugzwang.
1. Ne6 {dark bishop moves anywhere}
2. Nx{dark bishop} Ba2
3. Nxc2# 1-0
That is really lovely, trapping the bishop, taking the bishop, then zugzwang. It is not the normal sort of key move in a mate puzzle.
1. Ne6!! I like it!
1.Ne6 forcing black to give up his dark squared bishop. After which he has to play Ba2 allowing Nxc2#.
Black is in zugzwang.
1. Ne6 if black moves the black-squared bishop, then NxB at which point Black must play Ba2 and white mates with Nc2.
like this kind of trapping puzzle!!!!please provide more..thanks