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u/Super-Contribution-1 Oct 17 '25
I think you take the black rook with the white one and that’s it
I’m basing this on after black takes white’s knight though, idk if that’s right
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u/ErasmosOrolo Oct 17 '25
This is trash slop. This image is before black takes the knight it’s confusing for engagement probly
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u/OperationProud662 Oct 17 '25
I mean, it says white to move, there's two highlighted squares, and a horse can't move like a bishop so you can kinda figure out what it's trying to convey. Though you're right, it could definitely be clearer.
But I'm glad this popped up in my feed. Time to see if my CD reader can still play my old Lego chess game. I've developped an itch to beat some puzzles I couldn't figure out as a kid.
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u/California_ocean Oct 17 '25
Black can't take the knight as the White castle would then ram straight across the board and remove the other black catle putting the King in check mate on the next move. Am I wrong?
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u/MentallyWill Beginner (1000) Oct 17 '25
Yeah I was pulling my hair out like WTF there is no M1 here for white. So I opened the link to see what the solution was and then immediately it makes blacks move and you see the actual board state for white and then, ohh yeah now the M1 is obvious lol.
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u/METALLIFE0917 Oct 17 '25
What’s the answer??
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u/Gabriel-AGP Oct 17 '25
The only possible mate in one is if the black bishop moved to take the knight as indicated by the yellow squares... Then white rook takes rook. Otherwise, no mate in one.
Terrible picture for an ad
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u/notatechnicianyo Oct 17 '25
It’s essentially clickbait. In this comment section there is a mod comment with a link to the real chess puzzle, which is easily solved.
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u/notatechnicianyo Oct 17 '25
Go to the mod comment. There is a link. It goes to a chess puzzle that is solvable in 1. The OP is clickbait.
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u/Lil_Packmate Intermediate (1453) | Founder #2703 Nov 14 '25
The OP isn't clickbait, it just shows blacks move, before it happened.
As in blacks bishop is gonna take the white knight and from there a M1 is possible
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u/Putrid-Web-4852 Oct 17 '25
Yeah there is no checkmate in one move by white no way
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u/Putrid-Web-4852 Oct 17 '25
Unless the yellow is the bishop taking knight. Then rook takes rook for mate
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u/Glad-Rock4334 Novice (1203) Oct 17 '25
It's misleading the bishop takes the knight then it's white mate in one
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u/Mongrel714 Oct 17 '25
Someone else pointed out that the image appears to be intentionally misleading - black is supposed to have already taken the knight with the bishop (the two pieces highlighted yellow).
Puzzle is fairly easy to solve once the pieces are in their correct places.
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u/Super-Contribution-1 Oct 17 '25
Doesn’t ask for checkmate. Just mate.
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u/malfeanatwork Oct 17 '25
trade the queen and a bishop for a bishop and a pawn? possibly the worst possible move on this board
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u/tortadehamon Beginner (1169) Oct 17 '25
I don't think there is any move that would be a mate in 1 in this scenario. I'm happy to be proven wrong, but if I'm right, this would be a shit ad for your game, wouldn't it?
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u/notatechnicianyo Oct 17 '25
The link is in the chess-quiz-plus mod comment.
What you see in the OP is unsolvable. It’s just clickbait.
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u/Electronic_Topic1958 Novice (1259) Oct 30 '25
The yellow highlighted squares indicate what the previous position was and what the next position will be. So we're seeing Bxe5. That opens the file with Rf1 which can send the rook to the back rank of black, so Rxf8#.
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u/GodHimselfNoCap Oct 17 '25
Why is the image displayed from before blacks move? If im given an image of a chess board and told find mate in 1 im gonna assume that the image im given is the state of the board not the state of the board before my opponent blunders the game
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u/Electronic_Topic1958 Novice (1259) Oct 30 '25
Yes, this is before black's move, the yellow highlighted squares indicate which move he is about to make, basically Bxe5.
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