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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
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        #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

              Doctor PhibesD Offline
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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on last edited by
              #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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                          #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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                            Klaus
                            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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                            • 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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                                #25

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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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                                  #26

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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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                                    Axtremus
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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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                                      Copper
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                                      #28

                                      You guys might like this book.

                                      The problem on one page, the solution on the next x 1,000, simple.

                                      Open to any page and figure it out

                                      https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FPBLJL8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_351_o02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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                                        jon-nyc
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                                        #29

                                        Kasparov 1981. Mate in 3 if QxR. White avoids mate if QxN but still loses queen.

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                                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                                          jon-nyc
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                                          #30

                                          White to move. Mate in ?

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                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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