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Got it!

Got it. It's gonna be a good day . . .

Was a super easy one, once for a while (: Found solution in some seconds.

one more m2 2N3B1/3p4/p1kB1Q1n/p7/P4P2/2K5/8/8 w - - 0 1

Excellent puzzle here, thank you very much and God bless you.

Wh King to B8. Then White Pawn to C7. Doesn't matter what black does from there.

Why not this: white pawn promoted to queen at f8, then move 2 is for white queen to take pawn at b7, check mate, because king is stopped from moving by white king?

PSA: If you're sitting on this for longer that 20min, grab a board. I missed something crucial, dismissed the solution like 5min in, and my facepalm hours later woke the neighbours.

I guessed right:-)

After awhile, I stared at the correct answer and discounted it, again.

If a material advantage of one side is too great, I lose interest in the puzzle.

Not too difficult that one.

For me the key was noticing the position of black’s pawns and then seeing what intermediate square white’s queen had to be on to play Qf5# in response to Kg6.

Useful

Lmao it’s the 2nd move I checked I think - Qh3?

I figured this one out because you either have to cover g6 after the first move so the king cannot escape, or be able to move the queen to f5 on the second move, in case the king moves to g6. Then I was able to go through the possibilities and use process of elimination.

That was an adventure that took far longer than it should have. In fact, after several minutes I had to walk away to clear my head. Upon returning I found the answer right away. Sure, it was a bit frustrating but that made finding the solution all the more satisfying.

Pretty good. Worked this one out by: -testing other pieces briefly and determining the first move had to be with the queen. -eliminating Qg3 and Qa6 due to ...g5, but recognizing the mate on the seventh rank if ...g6 -realizing that if Black plays ...g5, I can give mate with Qf5 -similarly realizing if Black plays ...Kg6, Qf5 is a dovetail mate -the only move that allows Qf5 or Q->7th rank on move two is Qh3 (and then recognizing the pin on the g-pawn if ...Kh8)

Harder than it looks ha ha

Solved😊

Good🎉❤

The 3rd worst feeling is not being able to solve Chess Strategy's puzzle. The 2nd worst feeling is being able to solve Chess Strategy's puzzle, but realizing that it was a particularly easy puzzle. The worst feeling is being able to solve Chess Strategy's puzzle, realizing that it was relatively simple, but then getting it wrong anyway because you didn't think through all the possibilities.

I only wonder - why do you start from a check in those false options? A good two mover NEVER starts from check...

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Not too difficult, I think.... Nice puzzle, thank you. :)

The fifth possible move h5 is obviously also mate... nice and easy one

When did chess notation change? When I learned it was different.

There is a production problem with this. The task bar blocks row 1. There is no need for that. It would be much better to always allow the entire board to be in view.

At 6:52 the black rook on the h file is pinned and so cannot go anywhere. Presumably the white king can just devour the other black rook if he is very hungry.

Queen to h5 is the first move

I'd have moved the rook, then when he takes knight move rook to last rank forking bishop and king and then winning endgame

Got it only after reading some of the comments. Many thanks again for posting.

And the 3rd thought was, that I will search for a poor victim to play this a many and a lot of times on the real chess board, until we have found a solution on our own, without peeping into the explanations... 😂

The second thought was, that this is an event for a whole family, everyone can take away a figure and there is a lot of action, 🤭😀...

😀🫣 When I read "beautiful" I thought o oh, there will as I know, a portion of let's call it dark humour involved...

After the king takes the knight, why can't the rook check on H6+, then check again on G6+ to fork the bishop?

Not found☹️

At the 7:06 mark, why doesn't Rook on H2 to H1 not work? What response did I miss?

Briiliant! Q sac and mate.

Briialnt Q sac and mate!

I considered the key move, but gave up. A difficult puzzle with a surprising ending, thank you.

I have found the second key move only in the pause the video moment, but not from the beginning position. So most probable in a real game I wouldn't have played the right first move either.

I find that your going through every false start is very helpful, for those wanting to improve.

Excellent excellent end game tactics and variations. Thank you very much and God bless you. Just loved this study and puzzle.

Of course I didn't solve this one. Again, out of my league.

I seem to be able to solve the easier puzzle very quickly, but am completely lost on more complicated ones like this.

Black looked so strong 😮

Correct move is at 2:40

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