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supercoolguy2000

Idk how to show puzzles so here is the PGN

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/1Rp2p1p/4p1p1/p7/P3Q3/2q5/2P2PPP/4R1K1 w - a6 0 26"]
[Puzzle_Length "3"]
[Tactic_line "Rd1+ Re1 Qxe1+ Qxe1 Rxe1#"]

26. Re3 Rd1+ ({+7.36} 26... Rd4 27. g3 Qc4 28. Rb8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kh6 30. Rb5
Qxa4 31. Re1 +−) 27. Re1 Qxe1+ ({+6.03} 27... Qxc2 28. Qe5 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qxa4
30. Ra7 Qd4 31. Rxa5 h6 32. Qc1 +−) ({♚ Mate in 2} 27... Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qxe1#
−+) 28. Qxe1 Rxe1# ({+16.18} 28... Rd7 29. h3 Kf8 30. Qxa5 Ke7 31. Qc5+ Kf6 32.
Qc3+ Kg5 33. Rxc7 +−) ({+16.11} 28... Rd5 29. Rxc7 Rd8 30. h3 Ra8 31. Qc3 Rf8
32. Qe5 Ra8 33. Qf6 +−) 0-1

this puzzle has an alternative answer Rxe1+ instead of Qxe1+ with the same number of moves, both mating, I lost some puzzle rating frim this, this puzzle should be removed.

KeSetoKaiba

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fantomechess

Checked your puzzle history. https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/1431564/practice yea this does have multiple equal solutions and doesn't really fit with other chess.com puzzles.

Arisktotle

I suppose that explains the outrageous puzzle rating as well. Even strong players get it "wrong" 50% of the time.

100roundy

The puzzles like to be fancy all the time

ThrustSSC

[Event "?" ] [Site "?" ] [Date "????.??.??" ] [Round "?" ] [White "?" ] [Black "?" ] [Result "0-1" ] [SetUp "1" ] [FEN "8/4R3/P7/5p1k/R4Pp1/2P3K1/1P1r3p/8 w - - 0 48" ] 48. a7 h1=N# 0-1

h1=N# is somehow a BRILLIANT?!

its just a promotion checkmate

KeSetoKaiba
ThrustSSC wrote:

[Event "?" ] [Site "?" ] [Date "????.??.??" ] [Round "?" ] [White "?" ] [Black "?" ] [Result "0-1" ] [SetUp "1" ] [FEN "8/4R3/P7/5p1k/R4Pp1/2P3K1/1P1r3p/8 w - - 0 48" ] 48. a7 h1=N# 0-1

h1=N# is somehow a BRILLIANT?!

its just a promotion checkmate

Yeah, I looked at it. I wouldn't call that "Brilliant" either, but it is still kind of cool to get knight underpromotion checkmate. White's a7 move was pretty careless there. Just rook check for instance and white has a completely winning position and up lots of material.