The visual image thinker will first take a mental image of the position, and will find the checkmate by moving the pieces in his mind, move by move. The visual pattern thinker will look at the position, and recognize that if the white king was on the b6 or a6 squares followed by Nc7++ is checkmate, and if the white king was on c8 followed by Nb6++ is checkmate. The verbal thinker will have an internal conversation, and could ask, for example: how would Capablanca, and Fischer resolve this position? When we ask such questions, we force our brain to access short, and long term memory about these two players’ ways of thinking. Since I learned visual pattern thinking with Capablanca, the answer will be revealed that way.
Answer to the problem: 1. Kc6 Na5+ 2. Kb6 Nc4+ 3. Ka6 followed by 4. Nc7++ checkmate. 1. Kc6 Nc8+ 2. Kc7 Ne6+ 3. Kc8 followed by 4. Nb6++ checkmate. 1. Kc6 c4 2. Kb6 or 2. Kc7 followed by checkmate in next move.
Take a mental picture of the position, close your eyes, and resolve the position by moving the pieces in your mind.
