Sorry if this isn't the right place to post this but am I missing something? The guy resigned before I could attempt the mate but I wanted to analyze it to make sure smothered mate was possible. It seems to me this is mate in 2 and the chess.com eval is just broken somehow. Am I missing something?

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I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine:

Black to play: chess.com | lichess.org

My solution:

Hints: piece: King, move: Kh8

Evaluation: White has mate in 2

Best continuation: 1... Kh8 2. Qg8+ Rxg8 3. Nf7#

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18 points Abolized

Why does the move have 30. Ne3?

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11 points smother-mate-bot

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It looks like you have posted a position that leads to a Smothered Mate.

The last smothered mate was posted 0 days and 1 hour ago.

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3 points Gazz-of-all-Trades

Nd6 to get the Queen is the first thing I see.

Oh , I think your move is right for a smothered mate after sacrificing the Queen.

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5 points wwabbbitt

Obviously Nh6+ is the best move
https://lichess.org/analysis/5rk1/1q1n1Nbp/1p4p1/p3p3/P1Q3n1/2P3P1/1P3P1P/R3R1K1_w_-_-_0_1?color=white

Silly analyzer probably wanted you to do Nd6+ or Nd8+ to win the queen instead.

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1 points Nickzilla03

Thank you. Yes, it says the best move is Nd6+.

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1 points LesDee

I’m still not clear why the engine prefers winning queen over mate in 2?? Is this really an engine issue?

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2 points Carr0t_Slat

Me thinks photoshop had a hand in this.

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2 points Deltaspace0

not, it's just a buggy app

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2 points DepressedMetalhead69

this is fake, the move ledger at the bottom shows that after this black moved its knight to g4, which couldnt have happened because it already has a knight there. idk if this is photoshop or just someone fucking around in an explorer, but i am almost certain that this isnt a real position

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2 points Nickzilla03

It's not fake, its just me looking at different moves in analysis. He blundered a knight the move before and I played a different move for it to see if it would have mattered. Doesn't change the part where the analysis missed mate.

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1 points HalloweenGambit1992

Engine depth.

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2 points Deltaspace0

it's literally 3 moves

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6 points nexus6ca

Ches.com 4th ply requires premium.

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6 points Rakan_Fury

After Kh8, cant you force smothered mate with:

Qg8+, Rxg8, Nf7#?

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2 points spencerAF

Yes

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4 points pradise

The rook being there is literally the reason why Qg8 is smothered mate. The only thing the rook prevents is a non-smothered mate.

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3 points nexus6ca

Sweet summer child. This is the oft imitated smother mate pattern. Learn it.

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