Move to win

Logic Level 1

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

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This is an easy puzzle that can serve as a warm up for tactics. You can see the mate in a second. The two rooks forms a battery. The front black rook checks the white king, the white king has only only one move, king to h2. Now the second black rook checkmates the white king.

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Akash Patalwanshi
May 18, 2017

First move R g 1 R g1 (moving first Rook to g1)

then white king has no choice , he will play K h 2 Kh2

second move R g 2 R g2 (moving second Rook to g2) checkmate !!

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