"Mate in" Chess Puzzle #3

Logic Level 4

White to move.

Assuming optimal play, what is the minimum number of moves for white to checkmate the black king? Postimg.org Postimg.org https://brilliant.org/profile/chess-sgw884/sets/chess-puzzles/


The answer is 16.

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1 solution

Chess Master
Nov 5, 2017
  1. d5 Ke7 2. Kf4 Kd7 3. d6 Kc6 4. Ke4 Kd7 5. Kf5 Kc6 6. Ke6 Kb6 7. d7 Kc7 8. Ke7 Kb6 9. d8=Q+ Kb5 10. Kf6 Kb4 11. e6 Kb3 12. e7 Kb2 13. e8=Q Kc2 14. Qa4+ Kb1 15. Qdd1+ Kb2 16. Qda1# 1-0

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