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Black to play and mate in 3 (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Ragdoll_X to c/[email protected]

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[–] Ragdoll_X 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Answer:

Kf7 Bxf6 2. Kxf6 h4 3. g6#

[–] lwuy9v5 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why Bxf6? Seems like... not a great move for white. They get a pawn but would lose their bishop from either of two directions. Or am I just missing the point of the chess puzzle? 😅

[–] wispydust517 3 points 1 year ago

It's a desperate move to prevent a checkmate. If white did anything else (try c5 for example), black will reply with g6#.

If white did Bxf6, and black tries g6, white can escape by doing Kxg5.

[–] Lifecoach5000 2 points 1 year ago

Nice one. I wish my app supported spoilers here!

[–] Lifecoach5000 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

spoiler

Kh7 was my first guess but that ain’t right…