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Jaroplaye

EndgameEnthusiast2357 king to b5?

EndgameEnthusiast2357

If you mean g4, that's stalemate! The black pawns are going toward the bottom, you got the board backward.

Jaroplaye

Is the board flipped? How can I know that ):

eric0022
EndgameEnthusiast2357 wrote:

Here's a puzzle where it can be proven what blacks last move was, white to move and mate in 2:

White's previous move before that is likely a capture, since it's difficult for the king and the two pawns (one of which must have started from g7) to get there in the first place.

EndgameEnthusiast2357

Blacks only legal last move was g7-g5.

Jaroplaye

1. En passant Kxh5 2.Rxh7#

i_am_very_tired

https://www.chess.com/club/the-cool-chess

KaiserKatzchen

Rxf7#

PranithPrashanthChessstar
kaisersean wrote:

Rxf7#

Bruhhhhhhh he can just go to h8

KingOfYeet99

I tried this position on a Lichess engine and there was no possible way of mate in 1 for white unless the previous move e7 or e5, in which you could do an en-passant mate, but e7 or e5 has a less chance of happening, so this puzzle is most likely fake.

Arisktotle

"Chance of happening" is not considered a factor in solving chess puzzles. There are choice rules for these things like "you are only permitted to play e.p. if you can prove that the captured pawn made the "giant leap of pawnkind" on the previous move in any possible game. Which is the common agreement.

Sanskarthebrainy

Dude mate in 1 is bishop to E5

Arisktotle
Sanskarthebrainy wrote:

Dude mate in 1 is bishop to E5

Do you know the rules of chess?

PranithPrashanthChessstar
Arisktotle wrote:
Sanskarthebrainy wrote:

Dude mate in 1 is bishop to E5

Do you know the rules of chess?

Exactly

Sanskarthebrainy
Arisktotle wrote:
Sanskarthebrainy wrote:

Dude mate in 1 is bishop to E5

Do you know the rules of chess?

ik but i realised later

ChessOfficial2016

dxe6# en passant because the last moves were Bb2+ followed by e5 to block the dark-squared bishop's attack on the king

Mohamed-Sabry-Noury

G5 to F6

Arisktotle
Mohamed-Sabry-Noury wrote:

G5 to F6

Not checkmate. Black can play Kg7xh6.

adyl_2015

To easy?!

Michael_Henderson245

pawn f5 ( en passant )