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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
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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
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        #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
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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.

              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
                wrote on last edited by
                #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

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                      jon-nyc
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                      #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-nyc
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                        #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
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                          #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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                            • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                              Doctor Phibes
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                              #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.

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                              I was only joking

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                              • MikM Away
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                                Mik
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                                #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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                                  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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                                  • KlausK Klaus

                                    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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                                    Doctor Phibes
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                                    #24

                                    @Klaus said in Great move:

                                    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?

                                    D3 just loses the Queen, and in compensation white has a totally lost position

                                    I was only joking

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                                      jon-nyc
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                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                        jon-nyc
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                                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                          @Klaus said in Great move:

                                          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?

                                          D3 just loses the Queen, and in compensation white has a totally lost position

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                                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Great move:

                                          @Klaus said in Great move:

                                          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?

                                          D3 just loses the Queen, and in compensation white has a totally lost position

                                          White Queen to F3.
                                          Still loses the Queen, but at least taking a black Bishop with it.

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