Find the best move

Logic Level 2

White to move. What is the least number of moves for white to checkmate the black king. Assume both white and black play optimally.

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2 solutions

Steven Perkins
Oct 13, 2017

My solution is 1. Rf1 (pinning the knight and threatening Qh8#). Black's only response to prevent mate on move 2 seems to be

1.... Qf5 Then

  1. Rxf5 and mate by Qh8 next move seems to be inevitable.

Often I've missed something in these chess problems, so I look forward to any replies.

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Julio Catalino
Nov 3, 2017
  1. Rf1 Qf5
  2. Rxf5 d4
  3. Rxf7#
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