What’s your next move w/ black?

[LuFins Dad]

@bachophile said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

@LuFins-Dad no I think the knight has that square covered

The white knight blocks the queen at H2. She can’t get to H1. If she takes the knight at H2, it’s check but then she’s taken by the K at H2, safe from the knight.

[Horace]

Based on puzzleology, I guess Klaus' answer, while tempting, actually doesn't work, and even leads to a mate of black.

[jon-nyc]

@Horace said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

@Klaus said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

Knight to f2, then mate in the next round with Queen h1.

Seems like this should work. Maybe there's a catch.

What fucking knight is going to F2???

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

@Horace said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

@Klaus said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

Knight to f2, then mate in the next round with Queen h1.

Seems like this should work. Maybe there's a catch.

What fucking knight is going to F2???

There's exactly one thing he could reasonably mean.

[jon-nyc]

So then translate it into standard chess coordinates because I’m seriously confused

[Horace]

The knight advancing 2 and 1 to the right.

[mark]

@Klaus said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

Knight to f2, then mate in the next round with Queen h1.

+1 Black Rook protects the Knight.

[LuFins Dad]

@mark said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

@Klaus said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

Knight to f2, then mate in the next round with Queen h1.

+1 Black Rook protects the Knight.

But the white knight will block the black queen from putting white into checkmate.

[Doctor Phibes]

@jon-nyc said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

So then translate it into standard chess coordinates because I’m seriously confused

The board’s upside down. F2 is white’s KB2 in the old notation

[Doctor Phibes]

B-e3 wins. White has to give up the Queen. If Rxe3, then Q-h1 followed by Rxf1 mate.

I looked up the actual game online because I'm a saddo, and black actually played R-f2, which wasn't the best move, but black won anyway after white blundered with n-d3

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

Either Knight to Rook 2 or Bishop to King 3

Bishop to King 3 would have resulted in a slaughter…

[Doctor Phibes]

Presumably you two mean Bishop to King 6?

It's bad enough that you're using this antiquated system, but you're doing it wrong too!

[LuFins Dad]

@Doctor-Phibes said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

Presumably you two mean Bishop to King 6?

It's bad enough that you're using this antiquated system, but you're doing it wrong too!

Just using Mik’s format…

[jon-nyc]

Rxe1 seems to be a good move. You’d get the queen.