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  • jon-nycJ Online
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    jon-nyc
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    #1

    Not sure I would have seen it. I don’t play much anymore.

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    Only non-witches get due process.

    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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    • AxtremusA Offline
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      Axtremus
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      #2

      Yeah, that works.

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      • LuFins DadL Offline
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        LuFins Dad
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        #3

        I’m an idiot, but why doesn’t the black rook at F7 take the white knight at E7? I don’t see where that move leaves black vulnerable?

        The Brad

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          #4

          Yeah, the black queen is then exposed by the rook moving to F1, but there are escapes…

          The Brad

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          • HoraceH Offline
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            Horace
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            #5

            2D chess is so 2015. We're in a new era now.

            Education is extremely important.

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            • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

              I’m an idiot, but why doesn’t the black rook at F7 take the white knight at E7? I don’t see where that move leaves black vulnerable?

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              jon-nyc
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              #6

              @LuFins-Dad said in Great move:

              I’m an idiot, but why doesn’t the black rook at F7 take the white knight at E7? I don’t see where that move leaves black vulnerable?

              RxE7 is forced. Then white moves his rook to D8. That forces KxD8. Then white rook goes to B8 which is check and mate.

              White reigns supreme.

              Only non-witches get due process.

              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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              • jon-nycJ Online
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                jon-nyc
                wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
                #7

                This wasn’t obvious to me at all at first. But it’s mate in 2 or 3.

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                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                • taiwan_girlT Offline
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                  #8

                  Hmmm,

                  Black castle takes white queen

                  Ahhh, then white horse moves to F7, correct?

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                  • HoraceH Offline
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                    Horace
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                    #9

                    I am sure there are millions of chess positions that have non-obvious best moves. I'm not sure we need to make threads about them, but I don't judge. I never judge.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                    • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                      Hmmm,

                      Black castle takes white queen

                      Ahhh, then white horse moves to F7, correct?

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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
                      #10

                      @taiwan_girl said in Great move:

                      Hmmm,

                      Black castle takes white queen

                      Ahhh, then white horse moves to F7, correct?

                      Also, King takes Queen, Bxh7 check, K-h8, N-g6 checkmate, which is very nice.

                      I was only joking

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                      • HoraceH Horace

                        I am sure there are millions of chess positions that have non-obvious best moves. I'm not sure we need to make threads about them, but I don't judge. I never judge.

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                        Doctor Phibes
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                        #11

                        @Horace said in Great move:

                        I am sure there are millions of chess positions that have non-obvious best moves. I'm not sure we need to make threads about them, but I don't judge. I never judge.

                        They're all non-obvious if you're shit at chess.

                        I was only joking

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                        • HoraceH Horace

                          I am sure there are millions of chess positions that have non-obvious best moves. I'm not sure we need to make threads about them, but I don't judge. I never judge.

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                          Aqua Letifer
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                          #12

                          @Horace said in Great move:

                          I am sure there are millions of chess positions that have non-obvious best moves. I'm not sure we need to make threads about them, but I don't judge. I never judge.

                          As opposed to what? What's better*?

                          *that we're capable of.

                          Please love yourself.

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                          • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                            @Horace said in Great move:

                            I am sure there are millions of chess positions that have non-obvious best moves. I'm not sure we need to make threads about them, but I don't judge. I never judge.

                            As opposed to what? What's better*?

                            *that we're capable of.

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                            Horace
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #13

                            @Aqua-Letifer said in Great move:

                            @Horace said in Great move:

                            I am sure there are millions of chess positions that have non-obvious best moves. I'm not sure we need to make threads about them, but I don't judge. I never judge.

                            As opposed to what? What's better*?

                            *that we're capable of.

                            Gratuitous posts about how fascinating a chess position is, might serve certain purposes other than to have interesting conversation about how fascinating a chess position is. But I don't judge. I like threads that are unambiguously about having interesting conversations, or at least the potential for them.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                            • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                              @Horace said in Great move:

                              I am sure there are millions of chess positions that have non-obvious best moves. I'm not sure we need to make threads about them, but I don't judge. I never judge.

                              They're all non-obvious if you're shit at chess.

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                              taiwan_girl
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                              #14

                              @Doctor-Phibes said in Great move:

                              They're all non-obvious if you're shit at chess.

                              👋

                              Thats me!!!

                              I have the Magnus Carlson app on my phone and one of the options is to play against him at various ages.

                              I think he beats me when he turns 7 years old. LOL

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                                Horace
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                                #15

                                I bought a bobby fisher biography many decades ago and it had a bunch of his games in an appendix. I would play them out on a chess board, to see genius in action. But I wasn't good enough at chess to appreciate any of the genius.

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                  @Doctor-Phibes said in Great move:

                                  They're all non-obvious if you're shit at chess.

                                  👋

                                  Thats me!!!

                                  I have the Magnus Carlson app on my phone and one of the options is to play against him at various ages.

                                  I think he beats me when he turns 7 years old. LOL

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                                  Doctor Phibes
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                                  #16

                                  @taiwan_girl said in Great move:

                                  @Doctor-Phibes said in Great move:

                                  They're all non-obvious if you're shit at chess.

                                  👋

                                  Thats me!!!

                                  I have the Magnus Carlson app on my phone and one of the options is to play against him at various ages.

                                  I think he beats me when he turns 7 years old. LOL

                                  In my twenties, I used to play for my town's chess club and read books about it and everything, and I regularly got beat by a kid who was about 10 years old. Of course, he didn't look so clever when I punched him in the face.

                                  I was only joking

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                                  • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Great move:

                                    They're all non-obvious if you're shit at chess.

                                    👋

                                    Thats me!!!

                                    I have the Magnus Carlson app on my phone and one of the options is to play against him at various ages.

                                    I think he beats me when he turns 7 years old. LOL

                                    jon-nycJ Online
                                    jon-nycJ Online
                                    jon-nyc
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #17

                                    @taiwan_girl said in Great move:

                                    I have the Magnus Carlson app on my phone and one of the options is to play against him at various ages.

                                    I think he beats me when he turns 7 years old. LOL

                                    I doubt anyone here would make it past 9 or 10. He was a grandmaster at 13.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

                                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                    • jon-nycJ Online
                                      jon-nycJ Online
                                      jon-nyc
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #18

                                      I think this site is racist. White is always beating black.

                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                      • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                        @taiwan_girl said in Great move:

                                        @Doctor-Phibes said in Great move:

                                        They're all non-obvious if you're shit at chess.

                                        👋

                                        Thats me!!!

                                        I have the Magnus Carlson app on my phone and one of the options is to play against him at various ages.

                                        I think he beats me when he turns 7 years old. LOL

                                        In my twenties, I used to play for my town's chess club and read books about it and everything, and I regularly got beat by a kid who was about 10 years old. Of course, he didn't look so clever when I punched him in the face.

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                                        taiwan_girl
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #19

                                        @Doctor-Phibes 😳 😂

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                                        • HoraceH Horace

                                          I bought a bobby fisher biography many decades ago and it had a bunch of his games in an appendix. I would play them out on a chess board, to see genius in action. But I wasn't good enough at chess to appreciate any of the genius.

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                                          Doctor Phibes
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                                          #20

                                          @Horace said in Great move:

                                          I bought a bobby fisher biography many decades ago and it had a bunch of his games in an appendix. I would play them out on a chess board, to see genius in action. But I wasn't good enough at chess to appreciate any of the genius.

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                                          I was only joking

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