White to move and checkmate in 2. No computer line please. How long does it take you to solve it? 🙂
8/8/N1n1n3/1N1k4/2n1n3/3N4/8/K2N4 w – – 0 1
(This is a chess composition. I forgot the name of the composer. I will list the name as soon as I can find it.)
This is nice one. It took me 3 minutes to solve. Black is in zugzwang. Ka2 kills black.
For example
1. Ka2 Nb4+
2. Naxb4#
it took me 44 seconds to solve.
11/2 minutes
There are potential mates with Nab4, Nac7, Nde3 and Ndc3, depending on whether the N at c6, e6, c4, or e4 moves. The Black King cannot move. WK must move to a square that he cannot be checked in one move from.
1. Ka2
About 30 seconds. Once I realized that any N move by black allowed mate, it was just a matter of finding the right square for the K.
It took me over 5 minutes I think, even though I’ve seen it before a couple of times.
Philip Hamilton Williams
The Modern Chess Problem 1903