Basic Tsume for Beginners

I've had these tsume problems on my blog for a while now, and I feel they're good problems to kick this forum off with. Answers will be in the next post.

Mate in 1











Mate in 3

Here are the answers to the tsume:



One Move to Mate:
1) 1. G*5b
2) 1. S*1b or 1. S*2b
3) 1. N*2c
4) 1. B*4b
5) 1. S3c-2b=

Two Moves to Mate:
1) 1. N*3d 2. K-1b 3. G*2b or 2. K-3a 3. G*2b
2) 1. B*2b 2. Bx2b 3. N*2c
3) 1. R*2a 2. Kx2a 3. G*3b or 1. R*2a 2. Sx2a 3. G*2c
4) 1. G*1c 2. Kx1c 3. R-1d or 1. G*1c 2. Sx1c 3. Rx2a+
5) 1. +B-1b 2. Rx1b 3. N*2c