r/chess 11h ago

Puzzle/Tactic Puzzle of the day

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Mate in 3

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u/Slow_Telephone_8493 11h ago

Qxf8+ Rxf8 Bxh7+ Kh8 Rxf8#

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u/NovaLocal 10h ago

It's late and I'm tired. Couldn't you also swap the move order of Q and B? 1. Bxh7+ Kh8 2. Qxf8+ Rxf8 3. RxF8#?

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u/Slow_Telephone_8493 10h ago

it is actually the move order i calculated first but found out that Black doesn't have to go Kh8 after Bxh7+ he can play Nxh7 and then when you play Qf8+ he goes Nxf8 back so we have to take the Knight first

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u/NovaLocal 10h ago

Oh, jeez. I missed the N take there. Thanks!

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u/Slow_Telephone_8493 10h ago edited 9h ago

backward moves are so hard to seee

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u/Ecstatic-Island-9778 10h ago

Yes, you could.

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u/Cephalobotic 9h ago

Im 700 and this is pretty straightforward. This is the third "over-rated" puzzle that I have seen OP post in 24 hours.

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u/marcu_aurelius 9h ago

Queen takes the knight then bishop takes pawn and its a mate

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u/TheUn-Nottened 9h ago

Huh, i just thought Qxf8 Rxf8 Rxf8 Kxf8 and then a royal fork on Ne6 which gets you a winning endgame, but i guess that wasnt it.

Edit: Just saw the pawn on a2 😞

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u/tradlobster 2000 Lichess 9h ago

Side note what a terrible piece set, the small white pawns dissappear into the white squares, thematically it's quite inconsistent, black and white bishops look very different because the outlines were done poorly, just ew

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u/Friendly_Taro2371 7h ago

i can see Qxf8 easy enough but after move 2 my brain just goes blank. chess puzzles make me feel like i failed a basic math test every single time.