Why not Knight to f5 then rook to e3?
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Sep 25, 2023
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#44
KieferSmith wrote:
^ Click the analysis button; it's mate in 3 not 2
Yeah dont believe everything engines say. I think it was Kramnik or Kasparov who played with knight against the engines bishop when the engine allowed his knight to be exchanged for White's bishop
Hello
MARattigan wrote:
...Qd8+
doesn't prevent mate as king to d5 is still a illegal move because of check from both rook and bishop.
Sep 25, 2023
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#47
It prevents #2. The check on the White king has to be lifted on White's second move.
MARattigan wrote:
It prevents #2. The check on the White king has to be lifted on White's second move.
Thanks! I didn't see that.
SubMinhPiChannelPls wrote:
Here you go
I know this is old, but why can’t rook go to b6 instead of c7? Wouldn’t that end up exchanging queens? And rook v knight?
Oct 17, 2023
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#50
No. 2.Nc5# then ends the game. (And 1...Qd4 attacking both the knight's mating squares allows 2.Re3#.)
Oct 21, 2023
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#51
Qa8 because I saw Magnus Carlson solving this puzzle show by Tania sachdev
Magnus Carlsen loves the Qa8 move and plays it whenever he can. Not sure though of Magnus Carlson's choice 
For the first puzzle another can be Nf3
KieferSmith wrote:
^ Click the analysis button; it's mate in 3 not 2
Make the Qa8 move, take it back, and stockfish will correct itself. Stockfish on different site evaluates it correctly. Or set it to higher depth, that also seemed to solve it. It's an issue with this site's stockfish default settings somehow, I've seen it happen with other problems too 
Queen a8 knight c5 checkmate
There are actually two ways to mate
Ha, ha, ha, that's sneaky!