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47…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.
Sticking a knife in the board and having the Bishops investigated for sex crimes.
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
Can’t black respond with … b2? En passant, all memes aside
No en passant would only work if blacks pawn is on A4.
Ah, I thought you could capture with en passant from either square. Goes to show that I haven’t played chess in years
I was a little unsure at first too lol it’s a bit of a weird setup and not something seen super often.
damn that’s a good line. I only saw the Be4+ line that trades the rook for the queen
Same here
Decolonise
the only winning move is not to play
How about a nice AI simulation of The Torment Nexus? Beginning now.
Need more chessposting
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.
concede
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Bd5 to e4, then, after Kh5, Rf5+ then take the queen?
No.
I saw the Queen trap but assumed there was a mate.
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I was wrong lol, trying to win the queen by sacrificing the rook Be4+ Kh4 Rf4+ Kxh3 Rxc5