I Created Three New Chess Puzzles

I made three puzzles for you to solve, in the shapes of an F, a D and a T.

Today I was driven to create three chess puzzles¹, in the shape of an F, a D and a T.

Here is the F, a mate in one.

F: White to Move and Mate in One

Answer in footnote².

Next up is the D. White To Mate in Three.

D: White to Move and Mate in Three

And finally, the T. ³White to Move and Mate in Two

T: White to Move and Mate in Two

Answer in footnote. ⁴

FDT.

Because while every legal chess position has kings, the United States of America will never have one.

1. I changed problem to puzzle in the article title because one of the stipulations doesn’t apply to chess problems.

2

1. dxe6#

3

1. Nc6! Kc5 2. b8=B! Kb6 3. Ba7#

4

1. d8=N+ Nxd8 2. Qd7#