Medium Chess Puzzle # 0102

Solve this medium chess puzzle and improve your chess games through improvement of your chess strategies and chess tactics.

Puzzle No : 0102

Difficulty level : medium

Description : Mate in 2 moves

Next Move : Black

Player level : Intermediate

Medium chess puzzle 0102

At this puzzle, next move is by Black. The objective of the puzzle is to mate in 2 moves.

See the interactive solution at the puzzle page

This is the initial board position of medium chess puzzle 0102.

Move by white

opponent’s queen moves to f1 and blocks the check threat.

Move by black

your queen sacrifices itself to attract the king to h1 so that the support to their queen is removed

Move by white

this is a zugzwang move as this forces opponent’s king to respond. opponent’s king captures your queen.

Move by black

your rook captures opponent’s hanging queen and checkmate. opponent’s king can’t come to g2 due to the attack from your pawn.. this is how you can mate in 2 moves.

Ganesh

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

Qf1 - Opponent’s queen moves to f1 and blocks the check threat.
Qh1+ - Your queen sacrifices itself to attract the king to h1 so that the support to their queen is removed
Kxh1 - This is a zugzwang move as this forces opponent’s king to respond. Opponent’s king captures your queen.
Rxf1# - Your rook captures opponent’s hanging queen and checkmate. Opponent’s king can’t come to g2 due to the attack from your pawn.. This is how you can mate in 2 moves.
For right move - You have moved your queen and rook effectively to win the game. Those are good moves.
For wrong move - You could have sacrificed the queen to win the game. Keep trying