Hard Chess Puzzle # 0025

Solve this hard chess puzzle and improve your chess games through improvement of your chess strategies and chess tactics. This hard puzzle is a subset of kids games.

Puzzle No : 0025

Difficulty level : hard

Description : Avoid checkmate in 2 moves

Next Move : White

Player level : Advanced

Short URL for puzzle : https://gbud.in/gh79rn3

Hard chess puzzle 0025

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Solution to hard chess puzzle 0025

At this puzzle, next move is by White. The objective of the puzzle is to avoid checkmate in 2 moves.

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Solution 1

Initial board position

This is the initial board position of hard chess puzzle 0025.

Move 1

Move by white

Qb8+ - This sacrifice of the queen is necessary to avoid a checkmate

Move 2

Move by black

Bxb8 - Opponent is forced to capture the rook. This is called suicide sacrifice

Move 3

Move by white

Rxb8+ - You have no pieces other than the king after this sacrifice. The queen is forced to capture the rook. Stalemate is unavoidable and this will avoid a loss

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Right moves for the solution to the hard chess puzzle 0025

Based on the objective of the puzzle, you have to make the right moves. Following are the right moves

Qb8+, Rxb8+

Explanation for the moves

Qb8+ - This sacrifice of the queen is necessary to avoid a checkmate
Rxb8+ - You have no pieces other than the king after this sacrifice. The queen is forced to capture the rook. Stalemate is unavoidable and this will avoid a loss
Bxb8 - Opponent is forced to capture the rook. This is called suicide sacrifice
For right move - Suicide sacrifice is the only way to avoid checkmate. You made clever moves to avoid a loss
For wrong move - You have lost your game which could have been avoidable. You can sacrifice your pieces and avoid losing the game. Now either the rook or queen will move to h1 and end the game