The "solution" for this puzzle leaves the "winner" down two pieces. What is winning about this? Thank you.
@mcb123 pawn e7. It's supported by the rook and queen behind it. That little pawn is attacking both the queen and rook!
Was I right?
Was I right?
I don’t get it what do you want me to do
White loses 2 pieces worth 3 pts of a material each (6 in total) for a 2 pawns and a queen worth 11 pts of material (1+1+9)
Any other line black gets checkmated.
Any other line black gets checkmated.
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Piece value
pawn 1
knight + bishop 3
rook 5
queen 9
Starting position
-Black
Pawns: 7 = 7
minor pieces 3 = 9
rooks 2 = 10
queen 1 = 9
total = 35
-White
Pawns: 8 = 8
minor pieces 2 = 6
rook 2 = 10
queen 1 = 9
total = 33
end position
black = 24
white = 27
the tactic in the puzzle is that black must sacrifice their queen to prevent mate in 2 as black in in check after the bishop takes e6. If black does not take the knight with the pawn or queen then it is mate in 1
Piece value
pawn 1
knight + bishop 3
rook 5
queen 9
Starting position
-Black
Pawns: 7 = 7
minor pieces 3 = 9
rooks 2 = 10
queen 1 = 9
total = 35
-White
Pawns: 8 = 8
minor pieces 2 = 6
rook 2 = 10
queen 1 = 9
total = 33
end position
black = 24
white = 27
the tactic in the puzzle is that black must sacrifice their queen to prevent mate in 2 as black in in check after the bishop takes e6. If black does not take the knight with the pawn or queen then it is mate in 1
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