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  • LuFins DadL Offline
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    LuFins Dad
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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
      wrote on last edited by
      #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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        #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-nyc
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          #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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            taiwan_girl
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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
              wrote on last edited by
              #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?

                Doctor PhibesD Offline
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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.

                  Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                  Doctor Phibes
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #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
                    wrote on last edited by Aqua Letifer
                    #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.

                      HoraceH Offline
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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.

                        taiwan_girlT Offline
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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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                        • HoraceH Offline
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                          Horace
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #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

                            Doctor PhibesD Offline
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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
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                              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.

                                  taiwan_girlT Offline
                                  taiwan_girlT Offline
                                  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.

                                    Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                                    Doctor Phibes
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #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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                                    • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                                      Doctor Phibes
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #21

                                      OK, one last position for anybody who's interested, since I thought this was wonderful, and very unusual. White can take the Queen with check, but he gets mated.

                                      image.png

                                      I was only joking

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                                      • MikM Away
                                        MikM Away
                                        Mik
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #22

                                        White's only move is rook to E1.

                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #23

                                          Rook to E1 wouldn't help. After ..RE8 and RE2 and then RxE2 the situation would be worse than before.

                                          D3 might be a move, no?

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