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King wandered too far, now there's mate in 3 in the middle of the board. Can you find it? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Answer:

c5+ Kd3 2. Re2 c4 3. R8e3#

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just a correction about notation: Turns are always counted starting with white. If it is black's turn, you have to indicate it with 1... (or the turn number if you know it), and the next white's move is 2.

The correct notation would be

Answer:

1... c5+ 2. Kd3 Re2 3. c4 R8e3#

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Huh, hadn't seen that before. TIL

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

which Rook is able to go to d2? and how does it block d4, d2 & c2

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Whoops, had a typo there.