Hard Chess Puzzle # 0116

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 : 0116

Difficulty level : hard

Description : Mate in 3 moves

Next Move : Black

Player level : Advanced

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Hard chess puzzle 0116

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Solution to hard chess puzzle 0116

At this puzzle, next move is by Black. 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 0116.

Move 1

Move by black

knight moves around to target e2 so that you can have a rook mate.

Move 2

Move by white

opponent moves their pawn. if they move their king to c1, you can have a rook mate by moving your rook to f1.

Move 3

Move by black

knight reached g1 and now targets e2. this will be useful in next move.

Move 4

Move by white

opponent advances their pawn.

Move 5

Move by black

your rook moves to f1 and checkmate. opponent’s king can’t come to second rank due to the attack from your knight and king. this is how you can mate in 3 moves.

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Right moves for the solution to the hard chess puzzle 0116

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

Nf3, Ng1, Rf1#

Explanation for the moves

Nf3 - Knight moves around to target e2 so that you can have a rook mate.
a4 - Opponent moves their pawn. If they move their king to c1, you can have a rook mate by moving your rook to f1.
Ng1 - Knight reached g1 and now targets e2. This will be useful in next move.
a5 - Opponent advances their pawn.
Rf1# - Your rook moves to f1 and checkmate. Opponent’s king can’t come to second rank due to the attack from your knight and king. This is how you can mate in 3 moves.
For right move - You figured it out. It was nice
For wrong move - You could have had a checkmate using the rook. Try again