Will White Survive?

Logic Level 3

Its white's turn to move, Can black checkmate the white king? If yes, enter your answer as the minimum number of moves required by black to checkmate the white king if Bf4 is considered a move of black or in short, enter answer as Minimum number of moves +1 . If no, enter 0 as the answer. Assume Optimal Play .


The answer is 7.

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1 solution

Aryan Sanghi
Sep 29, 2018
Black White
Bf4+ Kc3
Bd2+ Kd2
Qf4+ Be3
Qe3+ Kc3
Qd4+ Kd2
Qf4+ Kc3
Qb4#

What if 2.Bd2, Qxd2?

Blan Morrison - 2 years, 8 months ago

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Then, it will be mate in one with Qb4#. Hence, it will not be an optimal play for white.

Aryan Sanghi - 2 years, 8 months ago

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