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Mate in 2 after Rxg8... Does that count?
Its white to move i guess, Bh2 gives check but queen can block on d6, but its checkmate after Bxd6
Qc7#
LeChaffeur wrote:
Qc7#
Q in f7 is pinned to the King by the bishop in g8
Qb3 is mate-in-one, right? Cuz the bishop on g8 is pinned by the rook
Call me a genius 🤓
QC7
Actually, as I look at it again, I was wrong.....Rxg8 should be mate. I did not notice that the Q was pinned by the rook.
bishop h2?
Qb3
You can move bishop to h2, queen block, take queen at d6 and checkmate, or use rook and move to g8, queen blocks, take queen at d8 and Checkmate. I am too lazy to understand how to write checks and checkmate in algebraic notations.
or just put queen at b3, instant checkmate
There is actually many ways you can checkmate black right now, using knight, bishops, queen, or rook
Qb7# or Qc7#
Kingstondashfree wrote:
Qb7# or Qc7#
or Qb3#
I am now going to edit this comment 5 months later to say that THE QUEEN IS 
5 more months later I edit again
The queen is pinned but can still move along the g8 to b3 diagonal, due to moving to those squares not allowing the black bishop to check
Rxg8+ can be blocked by the black queen, so can Bh2+ and Qxg8+
The only other way to check without the black queen blocking is Qb3#. The black bishop cannot capture the queen because it's being pinned by the rook.
If the black bishop captures it, the rook will take the black king BEFORE the white king is captured, because the winner is whoever checkmates or captures the opponent's king FIRST
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bald55 wrote:
Kingstondashfree wrote:
Qb7# or Qc7#
or Qb3#
there are just so many ways!!!!!
That is the easiest M1 I've ever seen
Qb3# Black can not take the Queen with that bishop as it would expose the King to check along the first rank.
PowellRiverMike wrote:
Qb3# Black can not take the Queen with that bishop as it would expose the King to check along the first rank.
Yeah it's Qb3#
Ha....this is funny. I've made two wrong conclusions. First time, I missed seeing that the Q was pinned by the Bishop. The second time, I just did not notice that the Black Queen could block the Rook's check by moving to D8. Everyone is talking about QB3, but they ignore the fact that Black would just kill the Queen with the Black Bishop.
NC6 looks good for a M1....but, I've gotten it wrong twice.