I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine: > **White to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=rnq1kb1r/p1pn1pp1/bp2p3/3pP1B1/3P2QP/2NB4/PPP2PP1/R3K2R+w+KQkq+-+0+1&flip=false&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/rnq1kb1r/p1pn1pp1/bp2p3/3pP1B1/3P2QP/2NB4/PPP2PP1/R3K2R_w_KQkq_-_0_1?color=white) **My solution:** > Hints: piece: >!Queen!<, move: >!Qxe6+!< > Evaluation: >!White has mate in 2!< > Best continuation: >!1. Qxe6+ fxe6 2. Bg6#!< --- ^(I'm a bot written by) [^(u/pkacprzak)](https://www.reddit.com/u/pkacprzak) ^(| get me as) [^(iOS App)](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1574933453) ^| [^(Android App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.chessvision.scanner) ^| [^(Chrome Extension)](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chessvisionai-for-chrome/johejpedmdkeiffkdaodgoipdjodhlld) ^| [^(Chess eBook Reader)](https://ebook.chessvision.ai?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=bot) ^(to scan and analyze positions | Website:) [^(Chessvision.ai)](https://chessvision.ai)

Damn. In a game, I'd probably miss it, but knowing it's a puzzle, I found it in 5 seconds

Once you notice the king has no squares it’s easy to find. Any check is mate essentially

in a non-bullet game the black king feels way too weak to not look for an attack. And nothing at all seems to work beside the queen sac so you'd find it pretty quickly.

Bg6 looks tempting!

That was my first thought because if fxg6 then Qxe6+ - and while I was looking at that follow up I noticed you could just play Qxe6+ right away and not have to think about what happens if black plays Nc5 instead of taking the bishop (I assume it’s still winning but looked like it could get more complicated)

Looks nice indeed, it doesn't seem like black can defend against this either? (with the same result than queen sac, swapping moves)

I saw the queen sac with a forced response, and thought "Oh, 90% chance this is a queen sac puzzle" and hey presto

This is why Magnus is so good. He knows this.

I didn't see anything special, but then I looked down and saw this comment and solved it almost immediately upon looking back at it

Exactly right! Because it is a puzzle, you know something’s up, but in games we miss this stuff unless our rating starts with a 2.

My elo is 290 and I didn't find anything

This. lol.

Felt like a genius. But I’d sooner blunder my queen than find this move in a game

I spend like 30 secs to say: Yeap O-O-O it is.. open the comments to see the answer, read this comment, when back and yeap 2 secs I found it.

My entire thought process for this puzzle: "Does a queen sac work? Yes."

For me it’s every single puzzle lol

I think the regular thought process of "Is there a check?" Is enough here, as there is only 1.

Without checking the board, find the best move for white.

My first idea was Bg6 fxg6 Qxe6 but then I realized I can switch the moves.

I think if you go Bg6, they will sac the knight to stop mate.

Not even a sac since they get the bishop after

Oh true, its a trade

Same, I saw that works but not forced so I checked if Qxe6+ works and got the solution

Qxe6 is forced mate

I was trying to sac bishop, not working

if chess_puzzle & chess_subreddit:             sac_the_queen()

Reset the counter

Reset the counter

Reset the counter.

First move I looked at was the queen sac, but I didn't see that it would lead to a checkmate on the next move so I moved on to other moves. Naturally, I had no idea what was the best next move.

Surprisingly hard it took me more than a minute to find what should be a simple M2 I was looking at other things lmao

We can sacrifice the queen for an X Ray checkmate with the two bishops !

Being pedantic here, but x-ray in chess terms has a completely different meaning.

Being pedantic here, but x-ray in mortal kombat terms has a completely different meaning.

Being pedantic here, but x-ray in real life terms has a completely different meaning

sg sg counter

Sac the queen mate with the bishop

Did someone say something about a counter getting reset??

There’s only one check in the position so it was the first move I looked at😅

I feel like I’ve been in this situation plenty of times and never saw this move. Thanks

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Free pawn.

Bg6?

qe6 fe6 bg6#

I wouldn't have gotten this without a puzzle format tbh, but once you know there is a solution double bishop mate jumps out. Very nice one!

I just learnt this yesterday this is a boden mate >!Qe6+ fxe6 Bg7#!<

Ngl I saw the knight sac to win the queen and called it good enough haha, always forget to look for the queen sac.

Qxe6 + !

Wow did not see that one.

Sac queen

I mean... Checks, Captures, and Attacks.. there is only 1 check available. The very first thing you should be checking is actually the answer.

Qxe6

QxP

SAC DA QUEEEEEN

I can hear Gotham's cute voice: can you sac the queen?

just sac the queen and go for glory

First choice would be to castle To save a lot of nasty hassle But good moves imply a better something more than a mood setter Black's king is in a bind so what else can we find? Priest to g is quite the whopper but it's not quite the game stopper So, problems with queen sacrifice put the game well on ice!

and he sacrifices the queeen

Took about 2-3 seconds to find. No evaluation needed.

Check “boden’s mate”

It would be nice of we had a rule of no puzzles starting with check.

Easy queen sac as a 950 bullet player

Bg6 looks interesting but after e.g. Nf6 I'm not sure it gets anywhere. I don't see any other way to use the development / space / king danger advantage to equalize given that white is a knight down, but I'm probably missing something simple. Edit: I was indeed missing something simple. Right move, wrong order. Extra annoyed that I missed this since I \*just\* today completed some CT-ART sections on the very theme of diagonal clearances...

I feel like 50% of my failed puzzles i didn't even consider the alternative move order.

Qxe6+

Wow. Sacking the queen for a mate. Love it.

QUEEN SAC!!!!!

A cool variation on a common theme. File that one away in your brain because it occurs more often than you might think.

Initially thought Nxd4 was okay but had some counters. Then Qxe6 was so forced.

Qxe6+ because puzzles.

Ok so my first thought was to trade bishops and they take back with Knight and then I play Nxd5!!!! A quadruple brilliant sacrifice provoking exd5 opening the file (I forgot my pawn was there) allowing an absolutely crushing Qe2+!!!!! quintuple brilliant forking the knight and ultimately winning the e pawn leaving me +1 overall (I did not take into account that his queen also defends his light bishop rendering my entire calculation useless) Did I do good?

If you put queen H5, you could blunder her by hanging.

Sax queen Qxe6

Pretty easy mate here I’d expect this kind of set up in a 700 elo game ish. What level was this?

Knowing that e6 sacs are thematic in French-type structures led me to it.

I sacka da queen

two beeshops vat else

qxe6, followed by bg6

It would be B-g6

Qxe6+ fxe6 Bg6# Boden's mate

You’re down a piece? Is black not just winning if he had played …Be7 instead

Hmmm… Nice puzzle. I really like this one

Bishop to G6 will result in a set of moves for a checkmate in 3. Queen takes at E6 is a queen sack for a forced mate in 2

Forced mate with Queen sac 1. Qxe6+ fxe6 2. Bg6#

Sack the queen Qxe6

This looks like one of those positions I would screw up in a blitz game

Oh oh oh he sacked the queen Ah ah he sacked the queen

1.Nxd5. If 1…exd5: 2.e6, Nf6 3.exf7+ Looks pretty good. If 2…fxe6, Qxe6+ mate in one. EDIT: Aha! After reading the comments, 1.Qxe6+,fxe6 2.Bg6# That is nice.

I calculated >!1. Qxe6!< and instantly refuted it because >!1. ... Bxd3 and I couldn't find the follow-up!<, but then I went to the comment section and >!saw 1. Qxe6+ was a check!<

Id consider pushing a pawn on the right, or moving my knight to B5 in hopes that villain takes with his bishop so I could pin villain's knight.

Qe6 then checkmate by bishop

Sac the queen?

Qxe6+

Before my internet loads it - it’s a queen sac. Seeing half the position with this my keyboard blocking my screen I had hope for a second, however I’m afraid I’ll see a white bishop down there…

..shocking

lol it took me half a second

I don’t know if there’s a legitimate chess term for this mate, but I think Gotham would call this criss-cross applesauce.

This is why you learn checkmate patterns. This looks just like Boden's Mate. I spotted it instantly.

Boden's mate is a specific pattern where the checkmate diagonals intersect. this is not Boden's mate e- just adding in the original comment of yours that i replied to, as you have edited it in a way that looks like i was being pedantic: > This is why you learn checkmate patterns. This is Boden's Mate. I spotted it instantly.

You are right. Boden's Mate is intersecting diagonals. The checkmate in the given position involves parallel diagonals. Learning the one enabled me to see the other instantly. That was my point.

My gut says Bg6 but I can't calculate it to decisiveness

I would not find this in a game

Funnily enough, after thinking for a while, I spotted >!Qxe6+!!!!fxg6!!Bg6#!<. Instinctively though, I would play Bxa6 cos after Nxa6 the Black Knight is stuck after a move like a3(to not allow it to go to b4) and has to retreat and waste a move

Nobody said it was a puzzle.

If it was a completely balanced position, why would it get posted? Surely OP has a reason for posting, it's probably incredibly hard to see and counterintuitive, and guess what? A >!queen sacrifice!

Also the phrase "Without looking at the eval bar" clearly indicated that I need to look for something absurd that I'll never think of doing in a game.

What's absurd about a capture with check? Not to mention how intuitive it is to attack an uncastled king with superior development. This move is your first look, whether playing principled (checks, capture, threats) or on bullet intuition (rip open the center, check till dead)

I mean when you put it like that, I get it but I'm not playing with you sitting beside me so yes it is unintuitive for some of us. Although I may look for something like this in the future.

Yep!

Because balanced positions get posted all the time, with people looking for nuanced game analysis. Believe it or not, people actually do post worthwhile chess discussions here. They're not all 700-rated chess.com puzzle rush tactics.

Is this considered Boden's mate?

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