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Tiguent wrote:
eric0022 wrote:

It's a pity the given starting position is illegal to begin with.

Illegal how?

2 sets of doubled pawns for white. 1 captured pawn and nothing more for each side.

appleseeds7

The answer is dxe6# en passant. However, you did not specify that en passant was legal. Also, white has two pairs of doubled pawns, which means white has made at least two captures. But black has all pieces and 7 pawns, so white could only have made one capture. Therefore, this position is illegal. 

srikar0007

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srikar0007

E6

srikar0007

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srikar0007
srikar0007 wrote:

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SomebodyWhoDoesNotKnow

Qf6+ is a mate in 4.

1. Qf6+ Kxh6 2. Qh4+ Kg7 3. Rbxf7+ Kh8 4. Qxh7

The best I can see is mate in 2.

1. Rfxf7+ Kh8 2. Rxh7#

Tiguent
Datta_Vamsi_Krishna wrote:

Qf6+ is a mate in 4.

1. Qf6+ Kxh6 2. Qh4+ Kg7 3. Rbxf7+ Kh8 4. Qxh7

The best I can see is mate in 2.

1. Rfxf7+ Kh8 2. Rxh7#

En passant wink.png 

Goyael

True. It is en passant

MPi224
Rsava wrote:
chiefonion wrote:

The king can take the knight

 

The hardest mate in 1? Really?

 

Qf6+ is a mate in 4.

1. Qf6+ Kxh6 2. Qh4+ Kg7 3. Rbxf7+ Kh8 4. Qxh7

Best I can see is mate in 2.

1. Rfxf7+ Kh8 2. Rxh7#

 

(And @chiefonion changed his post after I started mine.)

 

Roshil66

mate in one

white Qf6

I_am_Capta1n_Amer1ca

It is probably dxe6# although it didn't mention that black's last move was e5. It's a good en-passant puzzle by the way. I like it.

randomplayer552

its obviously Qf6#

barbashka

yh

Goyael

EN passant is answer proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Gjqfq-i9I

Goyael

@randomplayer552, Qf6 just loses the knight.

alcoholocausts

It will be nice to see the last move played by opponent how else are you supposed to know its en passant?

Goyael

@alcoholocausts, watch the video I posted.

CouldntFindAGoodUsername

lol this puzzle became easy one now

Goyael

Because you checked all the answers.