Two bishops

Logic Level 1

White to move. What is the least number of moves for white to checkmate the black king? Assume both sides play optimally. If you think that checkmate is not possible, input your answer as 0 0 .

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3 solutions

Tariq Al-Bayer
Sep 8, 2020

Bg7 Kh7 Bf5

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Lingga Musroji
Aug 3, 2020
  1. Bh5, Kh7 (forced move)

  2. Bg6 checkmate

  3. Bg7, Kh7 (forced move)

  4. Bf5 checkmate
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White bishop at f8 moves to g7 checking the black king. The only move for the black king is to move to h7. Then the white bishop at g4 moves to f5 checkmating the black king.

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The white bishop originally was at g4, not g5. Otherwise, you have a better solution than mine. It took me 3 moves (which was my answer).

A Former Brilliant Member - 3 years, 4 months ago

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Thanks. I edited my solution for clarity.

A Former Brilliant Member - 3 years, 4 months ago

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