[fen "3Q4/8/k7/5p2/q2p1Pp1/2p3P1/K1P5/3R4 w - - 0 1"]
I recently started playing chess and was doing some puzzles online. It says that this move is checkmate but I don't see why white can't move to b1. Can someone please explain?
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2It means that mate will happen not that it has already occured. See Phishmasters full answer below.– yobamamamaCommented Jan 2, 2020 at 18:24
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Maybe this puzzle shows the tower in the wrong color (that is, it should have been a black tower instead of a white one).– 01101001bCommented Jan 2, 2020 at 18:56
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No, the white king can still move to b1.
That said, Kb1 Qb4+; any Qb2 is mate.
[FEN "3Q4/8/k7/5p2/q2p1Pp1/2p3P1/K1P5/3R4 w - - 0 1"]
1. Kb1 Qb4+ 2. Ka2 Qb2#
answered Jan 2, 2020 at 18:19
