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What's white's best move? (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Spoiler47...b4 wins the queen. It has nowhere to run.

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/111604362507?tab=analysis&move=91

It was a speed chess game that I watched live. White had plenty of time but he got impatient and missed it. I totally missed it too. The eval bar showed white with a huge advantage but I was mystified. I was looking in the wrong place - on the upper right side of the board. I forgot all about the b pawn. And they were playing so quickly I had brand-new other things to try to figure out.

The game was sharp. That's a chess term that I define as pretty damn complicated and tricky. Trying to understand the positions in real time made my head hurt.

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[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

Sticking a knife in the board and having the Bishops investigated for sex crimes.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Can't black respond with … b2? En passant, all memes aside

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

No en passant would only work if blacks pawn is on A4.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ah, I thought you could capture with en passant from either square. Goes to show that I haven't played chess in years

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Obligatory: Google en passant.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Holy hell!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I was a little unsure at first too lol it’s a bit of a weird setup and not something seen super often.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

The best move would be the white pawns finding common ground with the black pawns and overthrowing the remaining aristocrats & clergy. Then together they can stop the endless cycle of pawns being sacrificed for the whims of the upper classes

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Decolonise

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

damn that's a good line. I only saw the Be4+ line that trades the rook for the queen

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Same here

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

the only winning move is not to play

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

How about a nice AI simulation of The Torment Nexus? Beginning now.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Need more chessposting

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

hmm I thought there was checkmate because the queen is all but trapped. h5 - king can either take or back up to h7, either way rg3 traps the king on the h file... and now I see the problem. if the king takes the pawn, it's not quite trapped because it can keep moving up and down the h file. ok, guess you do have to actually take the queen first.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I saw the Queen trap but assumed there was a mate.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

concede

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

spoilerBd5 to e4, then, after Kh5, Rf5+ then take the queen?
No.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

spoilerI was wrong lol, trying to win the queen by sacrificing the rook Be4+ Kh4 Rf4+ Kxh3 Rxc5

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