Hard Chess Puzzle # 0119

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 : 0119

Difficulty level : hard

Description : Mate in 3 moves

Next Move : Black

Player level : Advanced

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Hard chess puzzle 0119

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Solution to hard chess puzzle 0119

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 0119.

Move 1

Move by white

opponent wants to capture your queen and pawn. they try to sacrifice their rook to attract your queen.

Move 2

Move by black

your pawn advances to give support to queen.

Move 3

Move by white

opponent’s rook captures your queen and forms a battery of rooks.

Move 4

Move by black

pawn in f file is promoted to a queen after capturing the rook. it now forks opponent’s king and rook.

Move 5

Move by white

opponent’s rook captures your queen as this is the only legal move available.

Move 6

Move by black

your pawn captures the opponent’s rook, gets promoted to a queen and checkmate. opponent’s king can’t move due to the attack from your pawn. this is how you can mate in 3 moves.

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Right moves for the solution to the hard chess puzzle 0119

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

d2, fxe1=Q+, dxe1=Q#

Explanation for the moves

Rc1 - Opponent wants to capture your queen and pawn. They try to sacrifice their rook to attract your queen.
d2 - Your pawn advances to give support to queen.
Rfxe1 - Opponent’s rook captures your queen and forms a battery of rooks.
fxe1=Q+ - Pawn in f file is promoted to a queen after capturing the rook. It now forks opponent’s king and rook.
Rxe1 - Opponent’s rook captures your queen as this is the only legal move available.
dxe1=Q# - Your pawn captures the opponent’s rook, gets promoted to a queen and checkmate. Opponent’s king can’t move due to the attack from your pawn. This is how you can mate in 3 moves.
For right move - You utilised the promotion of pawn effectively and won the game. Good observation of the board
For wrong move - You could have won the game by series of promotion and sacrifice. Try again