Chess Puzzle #1SmeJ — Intermediate, Black to move, middlegame

Rating 1313 · Intermediate · mate, mate in 1, middlegame, one move.

Position

White: king h1; queen c8; rooks f1/f8; bishop e3; pawns a2/b3/d4/g2. Black: king h7; queen g3; rooks d5/g7; bishop f7; pawns a5/e4/h5/h6. Material is balanced. Black to move.

Solution (1 move)

  1. Opponent setup: R8xf7 — rook f8→f7, captures bishop. Now Black to move.
  2. Best move: Qxg2# — queen g3→g2, captures pawn, delivers checkmate.

Tactical themes

mate, mate in 1, middlegame, one move. The combination ends with Qxg2# delivering checkmate.

Position data

FEN: 2Q2R2/5brk/7p/p2r3p/3Pp3/1P2B1q1/P5P1/5R1K w - - 5 39

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