Double Bishop

Logic Level 3

It's White turn to move, find the minimum number of moves for White to move to win the game.

Note that both players played optimally and that Black moves down (pawn) and that Black intends to stay in the game for as long as possible.

Designed by Fikri Prayoga.
20 15 The victor can't be decided yet 24 29 19 25

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2 solutions

Terza Reyhan
Jun 2, 2015

Translate Bahasa Indonesia,

1.Bg5+ | Kb1

2.Bh6 | b5

3.Kf7 | b4

4.Kf6 | b5

5.Kg5 | Kc1

6.Kf5 | Kb1

7.Kf4 | Kc1

8.Ke4 | Kb1

9.Ke3 | Kc1

10.Kd3 | Kb1

11.Bd5 | b3

12.Bxb3 | b4

13.Bd5 | b3

14.Kc3 | Ka2

15.Bxb3+ | Kb1

16.Be3 | h5

17.Bd5 | h4

18.Kb3 | h3

19.Be4#

Moderator note:

I love how you restrict all of Black's movement to one possible move. Great puzzle!

It would be better to clarify why Black moves to b1 instead of a3 in step 15.

Why did black moves to b5 instead of b6 in step 4? Isn't b6 better?

Pi Han Goh - 6 years ago

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Both players played optimally and that Black intends to stay in the game for "as long as possible"...

So, Black won't move to b6.

Terza Reyhan - 6 years ago

Because "both players played optimally"

If,

15.Bxb3+ | Ka3

16.Bf8+ #

Terza Reyhan - 6 years ago

If white was certain to win, black would resign.

Daniel Venable - 1 year, 5 months ago
Un Owen
Jan 5, 2018

One possible solution: 1. Bd8-g5+ Kc1-b1 2. Ke8-d8 b6-b5 3. Kd8-c7 h7-h6 4. Bg5-f4 h6-h5 5. Kc7xb7 h5-h4 6. Kb7-c6 h4-h3 7. Kc6xb5 h3-h2 8. Bf4xh2 Kb1-c1 9. Bh2-f4+ Kc1-b1 10. Bb3-d5 Kb1-c2 11. Bd5-e4+ Kc2-c3 12. Kb5-c5 Kc3-b3 13. Be4-b1 Kb3-a3 14. Bf4-e3 Ka3-a4 15. Be3-d2 Ka4-a3 16. Kc5-c4 Ka3-a4 17. Bd2-c3 Ka4-a3 18. Bc3-b4+ Ka3-a4 19. Bb1-c2#

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