white to move!
Logic
Level
2
In the postion shown above, it is white turn to move. How many ways are there to mate the black king in one move?
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1 solution
Notice that the Black king has no legal moves so all we have to do is to check the Black King with a protected piece or from a square where Black is not attacking.
The following choices would accomplish the objective:
As such, there are 3 ways to checkmate the Black king in one move.