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  <p>Just take n moves, without threefold repetition, doing a king walk that goes back to g6 or h6. Then Qg7#. This will be your forced checkmate in n+1 moves.</p>
  <p>EDIT:</p>
  <pre><code>k1B5/r2rrrrr/R7/R7/R1N5/R7/R6B/K7 w - - 0 2
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Body: <p>I want to see if a puzzle could exist where you must avoid finding mate in 1 or 2 but just find the mate in 3 solution.</p>
  <p>This is not subjective it is a hard math problem to make a move that forces mate in 3 while avoiding other moves that force an earlier mate</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Maybe you can express this more elegantly: a puzzle where there is a mate in 1, and mate in 2 & a mate in 3?
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Comments.Text: Laska, Rewan, you simply could have linked to the relevant MatPlusForum thread :-) (Or do I misunderstand the intention of the author?) 8/3N1p2/8/2N2P2/p1Pk4/p2p1p2/B2PPPp1/6K1 HR, MPF May 10 2020
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Title: A puzzle where you must find the mate in 3 solution but avoid mate in 2 and mate in 1 solutions?
ThreadText: # A puzzle where you must find the mate in 3 solution but avoid mate in 2 and mate in 1 solutions?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-08-05)
  
  I want to see if a puzzle could exist where you must avoid finding mate in 1 or 2 but just find the mate in 3 solution.
  
  This is not subjective it is a hard math problem to make a move that forces mate in 3 while avoiding other moves that force an earlier mate
  
  **Tags:** problems, checkmate
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Maybe you can express this more elegantly: a puzzle where there is a mate in 1, and mate in 2 & a mate in 3?  
  > **username_2**: username_1, Rewan, you simply could have linked to the relevant MatPlusForum thread :-) (Or do I misunderstand the intention of the author?) 8/3N1p2/8/2N2P2/p1Pk4/p2p1p2/B2PPPp1/6K1 HR, MPF May 10 2020  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2023-08-05. Score: 1
  
  6k1/4Q3/6K1/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
  
  Just take n moves, without threefold repetition, doing a king walk that goes back to g6 or h6. Then Qg7#. This will be your forced checkmate in n+1 moves.
  EDIT:
  k1B5/r2rrrrr/R7/R7/R1N5/R7/R6B/K7 w - - 0 2
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: the solution is far from unique, though.  
  > **username_3**: @NoamD.Elkies The new position I added should be a unique mate in three  
  
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