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> If it can get out of check by taking an unprotected queen then it is again not very interesting

I don’t see why that would be uninteresting. Before analyzing this, it isn’t clear that there is no way to place four black queens and a black bishop on the board in such a way that they attack all blank squares _and_ defend each other against capture.

If that were the case, the puzzle where you have to find a setup where you cannot place a king on the board without it being in check is easier than the one where you have to find a setup where you cannot place a king on the board without it being in checkmate.

Also, if you interpret the puzzle description in the latter way (and that, I think, is the most natural way to do it), it seems the puzzle doesn’t have a solution (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48129115)], so do you think this puzzle is not very interesting?