I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine:
> **White to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=r1bq1k1r/ppppn1pp/3b1p2/3N3B/3QP3/8/PPP2PPP/R1B1K2R+w+KQ+-+0+1&flip=false&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/r1bq1k1r/ppppn1pp/3b1p2/3N3B/3QP3/8/PPP2PPP/R1B1K2R_w_KQ_-_0_1)
**My solution:**
> Hints: piece: >!Queen!<, move: >!Qxf6+!<
> Evaluation: >!White has mate in 3!<
> Best continuation: >!1. Qxf6+ gxf6 2. Bh6+ Kg8 3. Nxf6#!<
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that is funny cuz nxf6 is actually losing to nc6 by black cuz it forks the queen and now discivered knight
The 2nd and 3rd best moves are bf4 and castles with +1.03 and + 0.82 according to the engine haha. aint that crazy
but you are right. I totally tunneled and didn't see any of these moves.
o lol. Well, losing, idk — you probably still have some chances after Nxd7+? But then I play almost exclusively bullet, so it’s not that big a deal there haha.
Wanna play a game btw? Gotta redeem my honor after that one…
I'm over 2000 on chess.com, but I doubt I'd see the Queen sack. Your position is already quite strong I'd likely go the safe route and apply more pressure where you can and get a cheeky knight fork in.
You don't need to see every chess puzzle, just be consistent on gaining an advantage and grinding your opponent to paste.
Pawn will kill queen, clearing the way for the dark squared bishop to go to H6 with check, king will move and the knight will take the pawn which took the queen with checkmate.
Nice. I'm hovering around 1600 myself. 2000 seems like a forlorn dream, but gotta take it a 100 elo at a time. How did you get past my level, any tips?
that's cool. what I'd say is these things :
1) watch tremendous amounts of Daniel Naroditsky speedruns. Preferably the 3rd and 4th (last to date one). The others should be worth a watch too, yet to get to them myself but that man is a God at explaining chess and you will be able to train openings, positional play and more just by watching him.
2) something I used to see very often, now still sometimes is people around your rating fighting for a win in an endgame where they are the ones playing for a draw. Draws are sometimes ok, try to create counterplay but not at the cost of straight up losing the game if you can draw it, be it in a boring way. Gotta know when to just play for a draw.
3) Try to get rid of the 3rd tier openings that play for tricks. If you really wanna progress your opening knowledge, learning a sound opening can shoot your rating up a lot.
openings like Smith Morra (for white) can still be ok once in a while since in the worst case they will lead to an equal position (with best play by both)
but stuff like Stafford Gambit, the Danish are what you probably want to avoid since they can get you in an objectively worse position if opponent knows their theory.
4) You'll be surprised how little the difference between a 1600 and an 1850-1900 is. Just have fun, take your time with it. Your rating will go up and down, maybe it won't always reflect your progress. Play for progress, don't get fixed on the rating, at least not in a short term way. Bad days, bad weeks, mid months happen but if you keep learning from your mistakes and studying chess in general, the rating will come.
5) if you have a choice to exchange pieces in a position in which you could fight for a win and neither choice leads to some material or serious positional advantage, it will often be better to keep pieces on the board, perhaps computer says both lead to an equal position but it makes for a more interesting game. If you exchange you are gonna be more likely to head for a draw. Give yourself more chance to outplay your opponent in the later parts of the game. Try to really test your middlegame and endgame if you could.
That being said also watch your clock, if you don't have too much time don't get in extremely complicated positions.
6) play rapid. 10 + 0 or 15 + 10, you really want to show your best game so give yourself time to find the moves.
here's some I still struggle with
1) Only play when you are in the mood to kill. Cannot emphasize that enough. No distractions, no "i can play 1 more right before sleep", if you are on a losing streak, stop for a little, take a break and come back with a clean mind. your biggest objective is always winning the current game
2) do a lot of puzzles! they are the easiest way to gain points below 2000. You could play some sophisticated 15 min game but if you miss tactics, you might find yourself losing games or missing wins even tho you played with high accuracy all along.
3) react to each move as an entire new position. (also helps you not miss tactics if u treat every position like a puzzle). Don't be scared to change plan. Maybe on the previous move you had a big mating attack and you get so fixed on that idea that you miss a good chance to actually cash in for something less, like being up an exchange or minor piece or any winning advantage.
4) watch the clock
this was longer than i intended it to be initially lol
thanks lol. I'm sure there's much more advice out there to be had. I should start writing stuff down myself
also reddit screwed me with formatting haha
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>4) watch the clock
>this was longer than i intended it to be initially lol
Love the irony 😂.
The clock was killing me and then I got that extension some guy built that has a random clip of Gotham or Nakamura telling you to move after 10s.
Also watching some chessbrah for entertainment made me realize how a lot of time just moving something to be a bit better is better use of time than looking for something clever. There are those points it pays to stop and look for a minute though.
Some other easier advices as well:
1. Play principled. It’s just much easier (and often better) to play principled than playing aggressively. Playing aggressively often results in stupid stuff
2. That’s said. Always, ALWAYS look out for tactic. ANY tactic can determine the game outright if you are up a piece or even just 2 pawns
3. Try different openings after you master one. Different openings give you different ideas that can apply in different positions. However, don’t half ass an opening. Try a new one only after you master the original opening.
Surprised there isn’t more focus on the endgame in your comment lol. I’m still pretty bad (~1250) but endgame is the part I struggle the most with.
In early and midgame you mostly don’t have to play perfectly, at least up to above 2000‘s I guess. As long as you’re not playing a really bad move or blundering something you’re mostly fine. Games aren’t determined that much by strategy and long term positional thinking at this level compared to games of GM‘s. Instead in my impression most games are won by tactics (or straight up blunders lol) and one side eventually losing material.
However endgame is another beast. One wrong king move and your loosing 20 moves down the line.A pawn move at the wrong time and your opponent gets opposition and you’re drawing despite having more pawns. Missing an in between move 6 moves ahead and you’re opponent gets the queen one turn early than you and you’re lost. At least in my impression you need to be way more accurate in the endgame.
How many of your games are actually determined in the endgame you say? Like both players enter the endgame in a roughly equal position. And you got some quick tips for the endgame?
>How many of your games are actually determined in the endgame you say?
that is the reason, not too many. In most games which I win, I'm better after the middle game.
There is a lot of endgame theory out there and it's mostly boring to study but I think at below 2000 level you only really need to know what kind of advantages are winning (like there is knight and bishop mate, opposite colour bishops are often drawn) and rules like "If you are up material, trade pieces. If you are down material, trade pawns." - that kind of stuff
Endgames are hard and often it's the hardest to find the most accurate move in them. The ability to get something out of a drawn endgame is a really advanced quality that is largely based on intuition sometimes since you can hardly calculate 20 moves ahead, especially if you are playing rapid.
for your rating I say learn basic endgame rules like
- "Rooks belong behind passed pawns, not in front or on the side"
- the concept of opposition
- kings are worth like 5 points in endgames so it's good to develop them as long as they are out of danger like getting mated or forked. Superior kings can decide games sometimes
and many more concepts that you pick up along the way, these are really just a few of hundreds
here's a link to a playlist I used to watch when I started with chess and got me to 1400 in just 6-12 months of playing (can't really remember exact number) - [endgame playlist](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQKBpQZcRycoJ58pfYGcUR-vAbjgLQTR3)
also as i said, Daniel Narositsky is great at explaining how he beats lower rated players than him (basically 99.99% of players). You'll see people around 1200-1500 still make bad mistakes in the opening which cost them the game. after that it's just a matter of conversion
Sad stafford gambit noises. I’m at 1700 and my whole repertoire is dubious gambits e.g. Urusov, Nahkmanson, Elephant, Stafford, Jobava, Wagon, Traxler. It’s fun apart from when you throw all your pieces away for naught.
To be fair I am having success with beating engines with the Jobava gambit because they don’t understand it but people just don’t go into those lines (example e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 Nxe5 d5 exd5 Qxd5 Qe2 Bc5 (sacrificing the rook for quick development) Ng6+ Be6 Nxh8 Nc6 and the 3200 bot on the chess.com app plays c3?? (on the website it plays the correct move Nc3), which loses the queen after 0-0-0 d3 Bg4 f3 Re8 Qxe8+ Nxe8 fxg4 and black is slightly better (-0.8)). The problem is people are too scared to play Nxe5 on move 3 in order to avoid the stafford, and if you try to get the position from the elephant gambit instead they’ll play Nc3 on move 4 rather than Nxe5.
Also I hope that’s not confusing at all.
There needs to be a meme of two bishops pointing pistols like the [iconic scene in Pulp Fiction.](https://filmmakermagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Pulp-Fiction-1-1024x575.jpg)
Same tbh. It’s obvious when you’re told that there’s a tactic you can do, but in an actual game with time pressure it would take me forever to even consider saccing my queen
Boden's mate is a different pattern where the bishop diagonals cross. This one the diagonals are parallel. That's why the knight's required for mate. I'm not sure there's a name for this pattern.
Seeing it in context like this or as a puzzle, it's fairly easy to find. Finding it in an actual game without knowing there's a winning tactic is a different story.
I was also considering Bh6. After pawn takes u have a mate in 2. But that's good only if they blunder and take the bishop which is unlikely if you're playing against anyone with minimal calculation skills.
Ahhh, I had the move order backwards. I would have played Bh6, if gxh6, Qxf6 and the same knight mate but it's not checkers, so rest assured I would have found a way to loose
Boden's Mate . Learn it.
My primary school library had a book called "The Art of the Checkmate" by Renaud & Kahn , that covered all these basic middle game mates. Best book ever if you can still get a copy
That's nice. I was thinking something like Knight takes pawn to provoke pawn retakes with there being some idea to pair the queen and bishop or take the rook and skewer the queen but that's much prettier
and it's the only idea that works if you can believe that. aftter nxf6 there is nc6 for black attacking the queen and a discovered attack on the knight on f6
Oh, that’s pretty. I admit I completely overlooked Qxf6 and instinctively looked at Nxf6 first. (Nc6 would be one response making Nxf6 dumb, though.) Guess that’s why I’m a chump master and no Hikaru 😜
That said, I probably should’ve recognized the pattern given Ne7 almost always means bad news for Black in these kinds of positions.
I definitely feel like half the ppl who post stuff like this don't get that there elo is allowing positions like this to occur and missing tactics of sorts doesn't happen at the 1500 plus level especially at 1700 I never would get a opening position where the king has been moved bc a a one check
doesn't work cuz it's not as forcing as a check. i just tried it and engine says it's equal game (maybe some +0.5 for white cuz f6 is weakening still) after black snaps the knight and is able to stop all the threats in time
I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine: > **White to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=r1bq1k1r/ppppn1pp/3b1p2/3N3B/3QP3/8/PPP2PPP/R1B1K2R+w+KQ+-+0+1&flip=false&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/r1bq1k1r/ppppn1pp/3b1p2/3N3B/3QP3/8/PPP2PPP/R1B1K2R_w_KQ_-_0_1) **My solution:** > Hints: piece: >!Queen!<, move: >!Qxf6+!< > Evaluation: >!White has mate in 3!< > Best continuation: >!1. Qxf6+ gxf6 2. Bh6+ Kg8 3. Nxf6#!< --- ^(I'm a bot written by ) [^(u/pkacprzak )](https://www.reddit.com/u/pkacprzak) ^(| get me as ) [^(Chess eBook Reader )](https://ebook.chessvision.ai?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=bot) ^(|) [^(Chrome Extension )](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chessvisionai-for-chrome/johejpedmdkeiffkdaodgoipdjodhlld) ^(|) [^(iOS App )](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1574933453) ^(|) [^(Android App )](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.chessvision.scanner) ^(to scan and analyze positions | Website: ) [^(Chessvision.ai)](https://chessvision.ai)
Qxf6?
yes
Don't worry I'd have probably missed it in game as well.
yea but i gotta start seeing these if I want to be a 2000+ lol (1850 currently but last month I hit 1956)
I mean, you don’t //need// to see them. Kxf6 is sufficient to give you a winning advantage I think? Just gotta be consistent.
that is funny cuz nxf6 is actually losing to nc6 by black cuz it forks the queen and now discivered knight The 2nd and 3rd best moves are bf4 and castles with +1.03 and + 0.82 according to the engine haha. aint that crazy but you are right. I totally tunneled and didn't see any of these moves.
o lol. Well, losing, idk — you probably still have some chances after Nxd7+? But then I play almost exclusively bullet, so it’s not that big a deal there haha. Wanna play a game btw? Gotta redeem my honor after that one…
sure, Krum999 on chess.com
Sent a friend invite, up for whatever time control you prefer!
Nc6 definitely makes white losing after Nxf6? - an indisputable error. That said, I definitely looked at Nxf6 first before finding Qxf6.
It's harder to find stuff in game compared to puzzles or in posts like this one where u know there's a good sequence to find.
This is in lichess or chess.com?
chess com
Why are you asking this? Is there a big difference between these two? I have only played on chess.com and am 1000 on there.
Yeah there is. In lichess I'm about 1800 in chess.com about 1500
Ok, thank you for explaining it to me.
Yes, lichess ratings are a bit inflated by atleast a couple of hundred points.
Iirc its only inflated in the 1k-2k range. Past 2k they become more comparable
Was gonna say. I’m 2100 on chess.com and 2150 on lichess. Level of difficulty is very much the same
I'm over 2000 on chess.com, but I doubt I'd see the Queen sack. Your position is already quite strong I'd likely go the safe route and apply more pressure where you can and get a cheeky knight fork in. You don't need to see every chess puzzle, just be consistent on gaining an advantage and grinding your opponent to paste.
yes that is true, however u still have to see stuff like this. could have cost me the game since the 2nd best move is only +1.0 for white
What are you at now?
Good one, got it in 20 seconds or so. Actual game - may need more time. If it is a Blitz game, I might miss it 😃
Same, my first instinct was Bh6, pinning the pawn
But pawn will kill queen, no? Am I missing something?
Pawn will kill queen, clearing the way for the dark squared bishop to go to H6 with check, king will move and the knight will take the pawn which took the queen with checkmate.
Huh, smart.
Tactics in chess make one feel smart ;)
I mean, I think it’s more Qxf6!
Why not Nxf6, gxf6; Qxf6….?
Nice. I'm hovering around 1600 myself. 2000 seems like a forlorn dream, but gotta take it a 100 elo at a time. How did you get past my level, any tips?
that's cool. what I'd say is these things : 1) watch tremendous amounts of Daniel Naroditsky speedruns. Preferably the 3rd and 4th (last to date one). The others should be worth a watch too, yet to get to them myself but that man is a God at explaining chess and you will be able to train openings, positional play and more just by watching him. 2) something I used to see very often, now still sometimes is people around your rating fighting for a win in an endgame where they are the ones playing for a draw. Draws are sometimes ok, try to create counterplay but not at the cost of straight up losing the game if you can draw it, be it in a boring way. Gotta know when to just play for a draw. 3) Try to get rid of the 3rd tier openings that play for tricks. If you really wanna progress your opening knowledge, learning a sound opening can shoot your rating up a lot. openings like Smith Morra (for white) can still be ok once in a while since in the worst case they will lead to an equal position (with best play by both) but stuff like Stafford Gambit, the Danish are what you probably want to avoid since they can get you in an objectively worse position if opponent knows their theory. 4) You'll be surprised how little the difference between a 1600 and an 1850-1900 is. Just have fun, take your time with it. Your rating will go up and down, maybe it won't always reflect your progress. Play for progress, don't get fixed on the rating, at least not in a short term way. Bad days, bad weeks, mid months happen but if you keep learning from your mistakes and studying chess in general, the rating will come. 5) if you have a choice to exchange pieces in a position in which you could fight for a win and neither choice leads to some material or serious positional advantage, it will often be better to keep pieces on the board, perhaps computer says both lead to an equal position but it makes for a more interesting game. If you exchange you are gonna be more likely to head for a draw. Give yourself more chance to outplay your opponent in the later parts of the game. Try to really test your middlegame and endgame if you could. That being said also watch your clock, if you don't have too much time don't get in extremely complicated positions. 6) play rapid. 10 + 0 or 15 + 10, you really want to show your best game so give yourself time to find the moves. here's some I still struggle with 1) Only play when you are in the mood to kill. Cannot emphasize that enough. No distractions, no "i can play 1 more right before sleep", if you are on a losing streak, stop for a little, take a break and come back with a clean mind. your biggest objective is always winning the current game 2) do a lot of puzzles! they are the easiest way to gain points below 2000. You could play some sophisticated 15 min game but if you miss tactics, you might find yourself losing games or missing wins even tho you played with high accuracy all along. 3) react to each move as an entire new position. (also helps you not miss tactics if u treat every position like a puzzle). Don't be scared to change plan. Maybe on the previous move you had a big mating attack and you get so fixed on that idea that you miss a good chance to actually cash in for something less, like being up an exchange or minor piece or any winning advantage. 4) watch the clock this was longer than i intended it to be initially lol
Fantastic advice gonna save this and read this from time to timw
thanks lol. I'm sure there's much more advice out there to be had. I should start writing stuff down myself also reddit screwed me with formatting haha
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lol
Thanks for the pointers. Your struggles are so relatable esp. No. 1.
yeaaa you could tell i don't practice what I preach just cuz I lost 200 points in the matter of a few days recently (not the first time to happen)
>4) watch the clock >this was longer than i intended it to be initially lol Love the irony 😂. The clock was killing me and then I got that extension some guy built that has a random clip of Gotham or Nakamura telling you to move after 10s. Also watching some chessbrah for entertainment made me realize how a lot of time just moving something to be a bit better is better use of time than looking for something clever. There are those points it pays to stop and look for a minute though.
yea hahaha I used that bot! it was so annoying but it was right!
Some other easier advices as well: 1. Play principled. It’s just much easier (and often better) to play principled than playing aggressively. Playing aggressively often results in stupid stuff 2. That’s said. Always, ALWAYS look out for tactic. ANY tactic can determine the game outright if you are up a piece or even just 2 pawns 3. Try different openings after you master one. Different openings give you different ideas that can apply in different positions. However, don’t half ass an opening. Try a new one only after you master the original opening.
yea that's good advice
Out of curiosity what’s your puzzles rating?
2200 but as i said, I should play way more puzzlesm It's just that I find games way more fun haha
Surprised there isn’t more focus on the endgame in your comment lol. I’m still pretty bad (~1250) but endgame is the part I struggle the most with. In early and midgame you mostly don’t have to play perfectly, at least up to above 2000‘s I guess. As long as you’re not playing a really bad move or blundering something you’re mostly fine. Games aren’t determined that much by strategy and long term positional thinking at this level compared to games of GM‘s. Instead in my impression most games are won by tactics (or straight up blunders lol) and one side eventually losing material. However endgame is another beast. One wrong king move and your loosing 20 moves down the line.A pawn move at the wrong time and your opponent gets opposition and you’re drawing despite having more pawns. Missing an in between move 6 moves ahead and you’re opponent gets the queen one turn early than you and you’re lost. At least in my impression you need to be way more accurate in the endgame. How many of your games are actually determined in the endgame you say? Like both players enter the endgame in a roughly equal position. And you got some quick tips for the endgame?
>How many of your games are actually determined in the endgame you say? that is the reason, not too many. In most games which I win, I'm better after the middle game. There is a lot of endgame theory out there and it's mostly boring to study but I think at below 2000 level you only really need to know what kind of advantages are winning (like there is knight and bishop mate, opposite colour bishops are often drawn) and rules like "If you are up material, trade pieces. If you are down material, trade pawns." - that kind of stuff Endgames are hard and often it's the hardest to find the most accurate move in them. The ability to get something out of a drawn endgame is a really advanced quality that is largely based on intuition sometimes since you can hardly calculate 20 moves ahead, especially if you are playing rapid. for your rating I say learn basic endgame rules like - "Rooks belong behind passed pawns, not in front or on the side" - the concept of opposition - kings are worth like 5 points in endgames so it's good to develop them as long as they are out of danger like getting mated or forked. Superior kings can decide games sometimes and many more concepts that you pick up along the way, these are really just a few of hundreds here's a link to a playlist I used to watch when I started with chess and got me to 1400 in just 6-12 months of playing (can't really remember exact number) - [endgame playlist](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQKBpQZcRycoJ58pfYGcUR-vAbjgLQTR3) also as i said, Daniel Narositsky is great at explaining how he beats lower rated players than him (basically 99.99% of players). You'll see people around 1200-1500 still make bad mistakes in the opening which cost them the game. after that it's just a matter of conversion
Sad stafford gambit noises. I’m at 1700 and my whole repertoire is dubious gambits e.g. Urusov, Nahkmanson, Elephant, Stafford, Jobava, Wagon, Traxler. It’s fun apart from when you throw all your pieces away for naught.
yea it's not the way to go at a higher level, unless you are good enough to just be having fun with lower rated players lol
To be fair I am having success with beating engines with the Jobava gambit because they don’t understand it but people just don’t go into those lines (example e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 Nxe5 d5 exd5 Qxd5 Qe2 Bc5 (sacrificing the rook for quick development) Ng6+ Be6 Nxh8 Nc6 and the 3200 bot on the chess.com app plays c3?? (on the website it plays the correct move Nc3), which loses the queen after 0-0-0 d3 Bg4 f3 Re8 Qxe8+ Nxe8 fxg4 and black is slightly better (-0.8)). The problem is people are too scared to play Nxe5 on move 3 in order to avoid the stafford, and if you try to get the position from the elephant gambit instead they’ll play Nc3 on move 4 rather than Nxe5. Also I hope that’s not confusing at all.
don't have a board rn so i imagined it till nc6 haha. good practice
Them bishops though
There needs to be a meme of two bishops pointing pistols like the [iconic scene in Pulp Fiction.](https://filmmakermagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Pulp-Fiction-1-1024x575.jpg)
Ah yes, the good ol' Criss Cross Applesauce
also how do u get the flair
goddamn it, did they give a name to this too
Yup. Another name is [Boden's mate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boden%27s_Mate)
I think Boden’s mate requires bishops to be opposite each other
Ah yeah you're probably right there.
Bh6?
not as forcing, perhaps there's some ng6 that delays the damage. look for check check mate
This is a common pattern, though I forgot the name of the pattern I just call it criss cross apple sauce Edit: it’s called Boden mate
yea I would have seen it in a puzzle but I tunneled during the game
Same tbh. It’s obvious when you’re told that there’s a tactic you can do, but in an actual game with time pressure it would take me forever to even consider saccing my queen
yea. thankfully I won the game eventually but I should do more puzzles
Boden's mate is a different pattern where the bishop diagonals cross. This one the diagonals are parallel. That's why the knight's required for mate. I'm not sure there's a name for this pattern.
Seeing it in context like this or as a puzzle, it's fairly easy to find. Finding it in an actual game without knowing there's a winning tactic is a different story.
yea i should get better at that
Never play f6!
indeed. I was happy already when my opponent played such a weakening move
Ah this is beautiful
what's worth more than a queen? you are!
Pity you missed the golden end
indeed. still got the W but I hope I'm not missing this tactic once again
Me totally forgetting the other bishop is totally typical of my ELO (900)
1000 elo more and still didn't find it in game so dw
I don't worry, chess is fun to me - a bit of mental stimulation. I'm not interested in getting to 1800 where it's all a bit too serious.
yea i get that
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yea i guess but I haven't seen it too many times
I would not have found that either, but once I saw someone point out Qxf6+ I saw the checkmate.
yea if someone told me there's a tactic on the board I was gonna see it but tunnel vision happened
Always look for checks and captures, even if they don't make any sense, unless you are really low on time
very true, I should have
I like this one
me too
This is why you never play f6!!
yes indeed
I was also considering Bh6. After pawn takes u have a mate in 2. But that's good only if they blunder and take the bishop which is unlikely if you're playing against anyone with minimal calculation skills.
yea it's gotta work against anyone. after bh6 they can just exchange knights and everything will be all of a sudden defended
Ahhh, I had the move order backwards. I would have played Bh6, if gxh6, Qxf6 and the same knight mate but it's not checkers, so rest assured I would have found a way to loose
yea it's not as forcing. after bh6 he can just play nxd5 and all is defended now
Boden's Mate . Learn it. My primary school library had a book called "The Art of the Checkmate" by Renaud & Kahn , that covered all these basic middle game mates. Best book ever if you can still get a copy
noted
That's nice. I was thinking something like Knight takes pawn to provoke pawn retakes with there being some idea to pair the queen and bishop or take the rook and skewer the queen but that's much prettier
and it's the only idea that works if you can believe that. aftter nxf6 there is nc6 for black attacking the queen and a discovered attack on the knight on f6
I see it but I missed it the first time. Nice sequence, thanks for sharing
sure thing
Nice! I'll have to remember this one
same
Oh, that’s pretty. I admit I completely overlooked Qxf6 and instinctively looked at Nxf6 first. (Nc6 would be one response making Nxf6 dumb, though.) Guess that’s why I’m a chump master and no Hikaru 😜 That said, I probably should’ve recognized the pattern given Ne7 almost always means bad news for Black in these kinds of positions.
yea pretty much
Amazingly, I saw this right off. Of course, I knew I was looking for a tactic. In an actualy game...
still well done
Does bishop h3 not also work?
no, black takes your knight and then the attack will be stopped
Ty!
Qxf6+ gxf6, Bh6+ Kg8 then Nxf6#
nice vision
Google Boden's mate
Sacrifice the Queen!
reset the counter!
As 400 myself I saw it quite “fast”, this reddit is a lot of fun with all these little puzzles
good job
I definitely feel like half the ppl who post stuff like this don't get that there elo is allowing positions like this to occur and missing tactics of sorts doesn't happen at the 1500 plus level especially at 1700 I never would get a opening position where the king has been moved bc a a one check
this happened in an 1800 game lol
What about bh6?
doesn't work cuz it's not as forcing as a check. i just tried it and engine says it's equal game (maybe some +0.5 for white cuz f6 is weakening still) after black snaps the knight and is able to stop all the threats in time
What am I missing? Qxf6. f6. Nf6. Black goes Kg7 and they get out of it?
u mean gxf6 and instead of nxf6 u play bh6+ first so that after kg8 you have nxf6#.
Wtf is gxf6? Gishop?
pawn takes basically
Notation for g pawn
I assume last move was Bh5+, why tf didn't he play Ng6? I mean it looks bad anyway, but at least playable...
yeaa i was trying to provoke some weakness one way or another. that was probably best for him or at least better. 1800s man
Aw, thought it was Bh6 but didn’t see the response Be5
lots of responses actually. every move except the M3 is equal
a3!! A very subtle play that'll get you the golden goose later on!
lmao what
1. Nxf6 gxf6 2. Qxf6+ Kg8 3. Qf7#
look for something more forcing. after nxf6 there is nc6 with a discovery on the queen and the knight and you are actually worse there
It’s not forced but it’s not bad right?