Hard Chess Puzzle # 0089

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 : 0089

Difficulty level : hard

Description : Mate in 3 moves

Next Move : White

Player level : Advanced

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Hard chess puzzle 0089

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Solution to hard chess puzzle 0089

At this puzzle, next move is by White. The objective of the puzzle is to mate in 3 moves.

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Solution 1

Initial board position

This is the initial board position of hard chess puzzle 0089.

Move 1

Move by white

first rook is giving the check

Move 2

Move by black

king escapes from the check threat

Move 3

Move by white

though you have a option to gain the hanging rook, your next rook gives the check to drive the opponent’s king toward h file

Move 4

Move by black

king is forced to move to h file since g and f files are attacked by your rooks

Move 5

Move by white

this is called ladder mate.. this is how you can mate in 3 moves.

Ganesh

Right moves for the solution to the hard chess puzzle 0089

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

Rf1+, Rg2+, Rh1#

Explanation for the moves

Rf1+ - First rook is giving the check
Kg6 - King escapes from the check threat
Rg2+ - Though you have a option to gain the hanging rook, your next rook gives the check to drive the opponent’s king toward h file
Kh5 - King is forced to move to h file since g and f files are attacked by your rooks
Rh1# - This is called ladder mate.. This is how you can mate in 3 moves.
For right move - You had a perfect ladder mate. Good moves
For wrong move - You missed to have a ladder mate. Try again