Dunno how many chess players there are here, but attached is a pretty tough puzzle. It's white's turn, and he can mate in two moves.

rook in a8 to b8
king in c5 to b5
maybe?

white: pawn c-6 to b-6
Black: pawn a-7 to b-6 takes pawn, check
white: King to b-6 Mate!

kinda hard to solve as we dont know which end of the board is whites and which is blacks

how bout this move the classic knight jumps queen, bishop jumps queen, pawns jump queen, gangbang!

White: King C3
Black: King B6
White: Rook B8

easy

My bad, that is a king isn't it.

i think white is moving up black is moving down. dtorre how is the white king moving from c5 to c3?

We're playing flying kings?

In puzzles like this, white's pawns are advancing upwards. Don't worry about "official" chess notation, as long as you write something descriptive. For instance, this works:

white moves pawn c6 to c7
black moves pawn b5 to b4
(but it's not the correct solution)

White: Rook to B8
Black: Pawn to B4
White: Rook to B6

I can only get it in 3 moves. What's the answer?

White: Rook to B8
Black: Pawn to B4
White: Rook to B6
if i was black the better move is king to a5 king takes pawn.

hows about this
white: king to b4
black: (black has no move at this point) pawns can't move and if king moves into either open square he gets taken by a pawn. (does this count?)

is this one move or two? i never play eletronic chess with numbers and letters

ah, yeah. Missed that about the pawn.

Your solution results in a stalemate, so considering deslock's twisted logic, you've got the answer ;).

stalemate

he never specified the type of mate.

Answer:
white pawn in C6 to C7
black pawn in B5 to B4
White Pawn in C7 to C8, changes to queen or bishop checkmate

-Steakboy

wooo go me! but im still looking for a checkmate answer.

Answer:
white pawn in C6 to C7
black pawn in B5 to B4
White Pawn in C7 to C8, changes to queen or bishop checkmate

-Steakboy
not checkmate - black king takes white pawn @ a5

Your solution results in a stalemate, so considering deslock's twisted logic, you've got the answer ;).

stalemate

he never specified the type of mate.LOL. White can produce a stalemate in one move, I believe:

King to B4

The question is how does white get a checkmate in 2 moves! (3 moves is easy) This is a very tricky puzzle... it's not nearly as straight forward as the previous ones I posted. No one has come up with the correct answer yet, so here's a hint:

Advancing the pawn from c6 to c7 does not lead to a solution because Black can move b5 to b4. If White's next move is to a8 x a7, the Black king can then capture the White rook (a6 x a7). If White moves to c8, the Black king captures the White pawn (a6 x a5).

I already have my next puzzle ready to go for after this one is solved :mdrmed:

Ok, I've got 2 (2) move mates. One would require you to be playing against a moron, the other depends on the rules you play.

1st
White : Pawn to c7, or Pawn to d6
Black : King to a5
White : Rook to a7

This one requires the moron because anyone who could thing about the next move wouldn't take the pawn at a5 on that move.

2nd
White : Rook to b8
Black : King to a5
White : King to b5

This one you move yourself into check, but it's covered by the rook....not really correct by the rules I always play by.

No fair changing the question!
:pfanndina :pfanndina :pfanndina

And I know white could stalemate in 1, but the question specified 2 :P

2nd
White : Rook to b8
Black : King to a5
White : King to b5

This one you move yourself into check, but it's covered by the rook....not really correct by the rules I always play by.
Yeah, that one isn't legal

^
I agree, but you never know..........

white: a8 to b8
black: if a6-a5 then white b8-b5
if b5-b4 then white b8-b6

i figured its the same move for white #2 just different length of movement based on black.

if a6-a5 then white b8-b5


That doesn't initiate checkmate. Black king can go to either a6 or a4 to get out of check.

That doesn't initiate checkmate. Black king can go to either a6 or a4 to get out of check.
damn you're right sigh

check mate in 2 moves can't be done sorry try arain.

I have to agree. I think feras and I hit on the correct answer in posts 14 and 15

check mate in 2 moves can't be done sorry try arain.Yes it can. But it's very tricky... only an observant player with a thorough understanding of the game has a chance at figuring this one out.

i play chess alll the time and you can't get checkmate in 2 moves .if u are thinking of using the rook you can't because the white king would be in check .

White: C6 to C7
Let's say the black player is aggressive, and he goes A6 to B7 to threaten the rook.
White: C7 to C8, swap with Queen - checkmate


But again, that would be a pretty stupid move on black's part.

Actually, I think that's it:
White: C6 to C7
Black has 3 moves:
1) A6 to B7
2) A6 to B5
3) B5 to B4

Case 1) C7 to C8, swap with queen, checkmate
Case 2) A8 to A7, checkmate
Case 3) Ignore the pawn, C7 to C8, swap with queen, checkmate

Doh, nvm - case 3 is flawed

Okay, I really give up this time. (I've told myself that like 7 times now, lol)

Let's hear it.

Sorry Asmoran, that's not it (nice try though).

blue flash, there is a solution, but again it's very tricky and only an observant player with a thorough understanding of the game has a chance at figuring it out.

Once the solution is posted, I anticipate I'll be getting those death threats I mentioned (http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=78675).

:Kill1:

3 moves it the closest you can do it.no stalemate, checkmate in 3.i know how to play and play very well .i beat 50%of my opponents in 4 moves . :fingersx:

White: C6 to C7

if
Black:b5- b4 white: c7-c8 Queen
black:a6-b7 white: c7-c8 Queen
black a6-a5 white: a8-a7

Got it.

En passant.

a5-b6 white pawn takes black pawn.
a6-a5 black king forced move
a8-a7 white rook takes black pawn, Mate!

Got it.

En passant.

a5-b6 white pawn takes black pawn.
a6-a5 black king forced move
a8-a7 white rook takes black pawn, Mate!

black pawn is in b5, not b6, sorry

-steakboy

this is your answer but it is wrong!!rook to b8 then king to b5 checkmate .but the king cannot move into to check so the game continues.

Got it.

En passant.

a5-b6 white pawn takes black pawn.
a6-a5 black king forced move
a8-a7 white rook takes black pawn, Mate!
Well done!! :bowdown:

Ah dang. I thought that pawn was too far down for that.....

ding ding ding! staticlag got it. Here's the explanation:

There is no solution unless you think about the most recent move by Black that led to the current positions. The only move Black could have made to result in the current board is Black's pawn from B7 to B5. Thus White's first move is pawn from A5 to B6 (legal because of en passant). Black must move A6 to A5. White moves A8 to A7, capturing the pawn and mate.

I did not know that rule...

-Steakboy

Sorry I'm not very good a chess, but can someone please tell me where my solution falls apart?

White: C6 to C7

if
Black:b5- b4 white: c7-c8 Queen
black:a6-b7 white: c7-c8 Queen
black a6-a5 white: a8-a7

^ The black king can take the white pawn and move out of checkmate

^ The black king can take the white pawn and move out of checkmate

Of course I account for it in once case, but not another. This is why I'm not very good at chess.

Thanks.

you have the pawn moving in the wrong direction look @howthe board is set up white is in the right corner and white starts at the bottom of the board.

I dont someone can explain the rules of en passant for me?

-Steakboy

I dont someone can explain the rules of en passant for me?

-Steakboy

Look under the piece pawn, they have a good visual explanation.
http://www.chessvariants.com/d.chess/chess.html

Makes total sense. Thank you, you just furthered my knowledge of the game of chess.

-Steakboy

I dont someone can explain the rules of en passant for me?

-Steakboy

Sorry if this doesn't make sense, I'll try.

First, En Passant means "In Passing". You know how a pawn on it's first move can move 2 squares forward instead of one. What a pawn does move two squares, if on the very next move, and only on the next move, if the opponent has a pawn that could have taken the pawn that just double moved if it only moved one square, it may do so.

This may do better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_passant

Damn! I already was thinking about en passant in my solution but I got it all wrong. I thought the black piece b5 takes white a5. Got it backwards!! :crazy:

Here's another explanation of en passant (similar to the wikipedia one):
http://www.chessclub.com/resources/rules/Prise-En-Passant.html

Also, the next rx8club lounge puzzle is up:
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?p=1161429

White Pawn c6 to c7
if Black King takes pawn a5
Rook takes pawn a7 checkmate

if Black Pawn to b4
Pawn to c8 (Queen or Bishop) checkmate

sorry but you still don't have check mate .please try again.nice ruling on the en-passant never knew that 1.