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  • HoraceH Offline
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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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      #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
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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-nycJ Online
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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.

            taiwan_girlT Offline
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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.

              Doctor PhibesD Offline
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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
                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.

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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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                  • KlausK Offline
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                    #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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                      @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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                            @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.

                                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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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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