What’s your next move w/ black?

[Horace]

Based on puzzleology, I guess Klaus' answer, while tempting, actually doesn't work, and even leads to a mate of black.

[jon-nyc]

@Horace said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

@Klaus said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

Knight to f2, then mate in the next round with Queen h1.

Seems like this should work. Maybe there's a catch.

What fucking knight is going to F2???

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

@Horace said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

@Klaus said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

Knight to f2, then mate in the next round with Queen h1.

Seems like this should work. Maybe there's a catch.

What fucking knight is going to F2???

There's exactly one thing he could reasonably mean.

[jon-nyc]

So then translate it into standard chess coordinates because I’m seriously confused

[Horace]

The knight advancing 2 and 1 to the right.

[mark]

@Klaus said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

Knight to f2, then mate in the next round with Queen h1.

+1 Black Rook protects the Knight.

[LuFins Dad]

@mark said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

@Klaus said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

Knight to f2, then mate in the next round with Queen h1.

+1 Black Rook protects the Knight.

But the white knight will block the black queen from putting white into checkmate.

[Doctor Phibes]

@jon-nyc said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

So then translate it into standard chess coordinates because I’m seriously confused

The board’s upside down. F2 is white’s KB2 in the old notation

[Doctor Phibes]

B-e3 wins. White has to give up the Queen. If Rxe3, then Q-h1 followed by Rxf1 mate.

I looked up the actual game online because I'm a saddo, and black actually played R-f2, which wasn't the best move, but black won anyway after white blundered with n-d3

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

Either Knight to Rook 2 or Bishop to King 3

Bishop to King 3 would have resulted in a slaughter…

[Doctor Phibes]

Presumably you two mean Bishop to King 6?

It's bad enough that you're using this antiquated system, but you're doing it wrong too!

[LuFins Dad]

@Doctor-Phibes said in What’s your next move w/ black?:

Presumably you two mean Bishop to King 6?

It's bad enough that you're using this antiquated system, but you're doing it wrong too!

Just using Mik’s format…

[jon-nyc]

Rxe1 seems to be a good move. You’d get the queen.