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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I guess the trap is that if white goes for Queen, black moves the bishop to take the pawn by the king.thst bishop is protected by the knight nearby and forces the king to move. The only place the king can move is up. The other bishop is then moved to force s check mate. Did I get it right?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Writing it out,

Bxd8 Bxf2

Ke2 (only move) Bg4#

Since the king is in check and the light squared bishop covers f3, the dark squared bishop covers e1 and e3, the knight covers d2 and f2, and the rest are blocked by white's pieces

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Took me a while to understand the notation, now I know you're indicating that the B indicates a Bishop is moving from somewhere to D8. Ok, we're on the same page. Thanks for the confirmation

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Yeah learning chess notation looks confusing at first but it's straight forward and can make a whole pile of moves look very small

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

I was gonna say Black captures the bishop with their king

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

my guess would be moving the black bishop one to the left to place king into check, and then moving the other bishop into position. I also had an idea for castling and then using horse-castle placement for checkmate, but that's more than 2 moves

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't that leave E3 open though?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Not only that, but Bxd8 Bb4 allows c3 and white survives.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Is there another way in shorter turns or the same amount?