The puzzle above is white to play, checkmate in two moves.
The solution to this puzzle will be written below in chess notation. Each solution will comprise only the first move of the two white will make to find checkmate, nothing more should be necessary.
Inspired by American Chess Magazine‘s “A Year of Chess Puzzles”.
Solution
The puzzle solution is: 1. Qh8
Chess notation hints:
♚ King = K
♞ Knight = N
♛ Queen = Q
♜ Rook = R
♝ Bishop = B
♟ Pawn = The square moved to
Capture = x
Check = +
Checkmate = #
Castle Kingside = 0-0
Castle Queenside = 0-0-0
For example:
Be3 = Bishop to e3
Rxh4 = Rook captures and moves to h4
f3+ = Pawn on f2 moves to f3 and checks the King
0-0+ = Kingside castle and checks the King
Kxg6# = King captures and moves to g6, giving checkmate
fxe3 = F-pawn captures e3
a1=Q = A-pawn promotes to Queen on a1
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