• m0darn@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    I found the solution but haven’t figure it out yet. Like I don’t understand why black does what it does.

    Why does it move the knight, instead if capturing the queen?

    • Donkter@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Yeah white has to mate in 3 if black chooses to move it’s bishop instead of it’s knight.

    • atan@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      That’s not an option - the black pawn is moving down the board.

      I think on these puzzles the boards are always oriented from the player’s perspective (so your pieces would have started at the bottom).

      • m0darn@lemmy.ca
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        3 days ago

        Right I’m dumb, in my defence the analyse button takes you to a site that let’s you move the pieces anywhere you want, which must have confused me

    • Mandarbmax@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Or instead of moving the knight move the bishop to take my knight? I feel like the win is only because of a misplay the bot makes

      • m0darn@lemmy.ca
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        3 days ago

        No note that I’m looking at it again there’s nothing they can do. The knight move doesn’tt make sense, but checkmate is unavoidable

        • Mandarbmax@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          No I don’t think so? If we still move white bishop to C4 but then black leaves the knight and moves their bishop to B2 then when the queen moves to A6 it gets taken by the knight, no checkmate. Alternatively the queen could go to B5 but then the pawn takes it, still no mate. What am I missing?

  • Lirton@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    Sorry, but I cannot see specifications about whose turn it is to make a move. Black or white?

    • atan@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      “White to mate in 2” indicates that you are playing as White and it’s your move.

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        3 days ago

        Thanks for clarification. I just got used that some people clarify this question in chess puzzles right in the title.

  • FoundFootFootage78@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago
    spoiler

    Rook to B4, Bishop to B4, Knight to B3

    Rook to B4, Bishop to C1, Queen to B6

    EDIT: Wait, forgot about my own bishop.