White to play and mate in two moves.
Solution
- f8=B Kxf6
- Rf4#
White must promote to bishop! A queen results in stalemate, and rook or knight lets the black king escape to d6.
Bishop Wins the Day
White to play and mate in two moves.
White must promote to bishop! A queen results in stalemate, and rook or knight lets the black king escape to d6.
Just move the white pawn from f7 to f8 and hence got a queen. Game over.
That’s stalemate … hence draw
1.f7-f8 (bishop) …K*f6 2.Rf4#
f8=B Kxf6
Rf4#