White to move. Checkmate in 2.
First to solve gets 21 sats.
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Q3d, Q8d
Good guess but that’s not it
That does work though…
After Q3d, black pawn could move to 5a, so Q8d would not be a checkmate
C4-c5, c5-c6
Good guess but the black A pawn can move on the 2nd move to make an escape square for the black king
Rb6, zugzwang!
Sorry Rb4 😄
Wow. I could not even figure it out after seeing your reply. Had to recreate it on lichess https://lichess.org/analysis/k7/p4p2/4pK2/1Rp2p2/2Q5/1P6/8/8_w_-_-_0_1?color=white
This one isn't actually too hard. The key point is black has essentially no moves. So you just have to consider what happens when he makes each of the pawn moves he has available. Each one opens up a square for the white queen to give a check (that are actually mate, because the king has no squares). a6, e4, d5, c8 if the rook is taken.
My little brain could not see it. Learned something today
Q f4, b8
Black E pawn moving to e5 blocks mate in 2
Right
In that case it's probably not possible in 2
Black can always move pawn on a7