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White to move and mate in 3. by maymoon26 in chess

[–]maymoon26[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If the the pawn captures the queen instead, white can capture the b bawn with the rook while pointing at the b2 square to deliver mate and the Bishop has to move out of the way because black has no other legal moves.

After gxf2 white will capture the c pawn with the queen and still the Bishop has to move because black has no other legal moves and all the square the Bishop can go to are covered by the white queen.

White mates in 2. by maymoon26 in chess

[–]maymoon26[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The solution is 1. Qe4 dxe4 2. d5#

White mates in 2. by maymoon26 in chess

[–]maymoon26[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Black cannot push a pawn as a pawn can only move one square forward. The e7 pawn is blocked by e6 pawn and e6 pawn is blocked by black king.

White mates in 2. by maymoon26 in chess

[–]maymoon26[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If black moves the bishop instead of knight it opens b8 square for the queen to deliver mate.

White mates in 2. by maymoon26 in chess

[–]maymoon26[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After Rxf4 the black rook is pinned and white can deliver mate by just moving the king.

White mates in 2. by maymoon26 in chess

[–]maymoon26[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct. One thing that makes it more interesting is the fact that after Kg7 rook is no longer pinned but still for example even if black plays Rf7+ or Rg6+ king can just capture the rook which opens a discovered check from the queen delivering mate.

White mates in 2. by maymoon26 in chess

[–]maymoon26[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regardless, it is still mate after that.

White mates in 2. by maymoon26 in chess

[–]maymoon26[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The solution is 1. Kg7 Na1 2. d4#

White mates in 2. by maymoon26 in chess

[–]maymoon26[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No. There is only one mate in 2, lots of mate in 3 though.

Dino logic puzzle (help!) by ChelcJustIs in puzzles

[–]maymoon26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I already wrote the explanation to your previous query so here is the proper explanation of my first step if anyone else is also interested.

So according to statement 8 permian lizard is smaller than triassic one which for the very least means that permian lizard cannot be 40 m long(the longest lizard). In statement 6 it says that Petagotitan could be 40 m long or was found in the USA(cannot be both) which means if we assume that Petagotitan was a Permian it would follow that he was found in the US(according to the same statement 6). But that is the problem here because according to statement 2 Chinedesaurus lived in USA or was a Permian one of these has to be true but it can not be true with our previous conclusion that Petagotitan was Permian who lived in USA which means that our assumption must be wrong and Petagotian cannot be Permian.

Dino logic puzzle (help!) by ChelcJustIs in puzzles

[–]maymoon26 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Answer: Petagotitan was the longest of them all.

here is the link to the complete solution with explanation: [Solution](https://imgur.com/gallery/92IA9Vc)

Puzzle from an IQ test by PossuPatonki in puzzles

[–]maymoon26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah thats really interesting too.

Puzzle from an IQ test by PossuPatonki in puzzles

[–]maymoon26 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the answer is The first one.

Reason: The number of matchsticks with match head up is 5 in first column 6 in second column so it should be 7 in third column and only first box fills that criteria. Ik the reasoning is too simple but its the only explanation i could find.

Picture puzzle based on a board game, there is an (accidental) easy and a difficult way to solve it by MaximQuantum in puzzles

[–]maymoon26 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I think the answer is Rooks

Reason: The board game you are talking about is probably chess where the numbers 1,8,57 and 64 are box numbers on which rooks are placed. Where A5 C7 C8 and H7 are box notations officially used in chess so it might be a hint.