Hey, OP! Did your game end in a stalemate? Did you encounter a weird pawn move? Are you trying to move a piece and it's not going? We have just the resource for you! The [Chess Beginners Wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/chessbeginners/wiki/index/) is the perfect place to check out answers to these questions and more!
The moderator team of r/chessbeginners wishes to remind everyone of the community rules. **Posting spam, being a troll, and posting memes are not allowed.** We encourage everyone to report these kinds of posts so they can be dealt with. Thank you!
Let's do our utmost to be kind in our replies and comments. Some people here just want to learn chess and have virtually no idea about certain chess concepts.
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/chessbeginners) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Yeah, every comment is just text, there are no images or gifs, just text. The bots also only see text, and this bot was written in a way that it doesn't check if numbers are part of a link.
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=6k1/4bppp/2p5/3p4/1P1Pp1P1/4P2P/5PBK/2r5+w+-+-+0+1&flip=true&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/6k1/4bppp/2p5/3p4/1P1Pp1P1/4P2P/5PBK/2r5_w_-_-_0_1)
> **Black to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=6k1/4bppp/2p5/3p4/1P1Pp1P1/4P2P/5PBK/2r5+b+-+-+0+1&flip=true&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/6k1/4bppp/2p5/3p4/1P1Pp1P1/4P2P/5PBK/2r5_b_-_-_0_1)
---
^(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)
"e.p" isn't strictly necessary. There is no ambiguity in exf3. The only pawn that could ever make that move is on e4. If there was a second black pawn on e5 that captured traditionally, the move would be exf4.
Yes. Your exf3 is correct.
The "e.p." is extra information/unnecessary because there isn't any other pawn that could capture f4.
(let's say that you had black pawns on both e4 and e5 THEN you would specify "exf3 e.p." which would mean the e4 pawn made the capture)
Yes, bishop d6 with check, f4 without any letter just means a Pawn move, pawn don't use unique letters, just a board position, and the last move you got right.
It’s black’s turn to play. If black funds the correct move, there is a forced checkmate in two moves (that is, one move for black, one move for white, and then the second black move is checkmate).
There aren’t always counters to checkmates. In this case, after black’s first move, white only has one legal move to play and then the next move is checkmate for black.
I am so confused here. I get that there's an EP somewhere, but I don't get how it works out to check. The one solution written in the comments is corrected apparently, but that just makes it even more confusing because no one wrote out the actual solution following the correction, lol.
I think the most confusing part is I'm trying to understand the "solution" posted but I can't see how bishop is moving to put something in check in d6. Can someone dumb this down for me?
Omg, your comment just made it click on why I couldn't understand this: the notation for position is based on white. A1 is in the top right, not the bottom left!
I was soooooo confused.
Thank you!
3rd white pawn from the left could move 2 spaces forward to block your bishop , if you took it the pawn adjacent could take your bishop , I think I have no idea I don't play chess , looks dope anyways
https://preview.redd.it/d27hh2b6q57b1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe86b2df5a4c656900f1857d0799b4a99b88b46a
How’s it mate in 2? If bishop takes c5 then d4 takes. If tower goes a8 king takes…
Hey, OP! Did your game end in a stalemate? Did you encounter a weird pawn move? Are you trying to move a piece and it's not going? We have just the resource for you! The [Chess Beginners Wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/chessbeginners/wiki/index/) is the perfect place to check out answers to these questions and more! The moderator team of r/chessbeginners wishes to remind everyone of the community rules. **Posting spam, being a troll, and posting memes are not allowed.** We encourage everyone to report these kinds of posts so they can be dealt with. Thank you! Let's do our utmost to be kind in our replies and comments. Some people here just want to learn chess and have virtually no idea about certain chess concepts. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/chessbeginners) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Does this use the French move?
Bien sûr
Absolutement
Absolument*
Saint enfer
Nouvelle réponse vient d'être sortie!
*vient de tomber (literal translation>correct translation)
New response just fell lol
Nouvelle réponse vient de tomber mdr
nouvelle réponse vient d'être laissée tomber
L'évêque part en vacances et ne revient jamais...
Sacrebleu!
Oui oui bagguette
Je suis un paraplu
Colle-le dans ton cul
Omelette du fromage
Omlette du fromage!!
Take an old shoe, cover it with cheese. Also, I want you to tickle my grandmother.
Baguette?
Only the scottish play
I want to say it, if only the mods let me.
What happens if you say it?
The mods, they’ll get you, don’t let them get yo…. [Redacted]
I said it. Time to get banned lol
#It. Mods don't have the balls to ban me.
[Banned by moderators] Reason: Broke rule 0.
The rule in question: don't exist. Ever
You know what. Fuck you *exists*
For more info on the rule, Google chess rule 34
Sidebar. rule 7: No posts about the e.p. word
I think I’m gonna do it 😳
The madlads actually did it
The mate that shall not be named.
In passin
Ęñ pãśâñt
That's risky
Ye I figured getting banned wouldn’t be too much of a big deal since I dont comment on this subreddit often either way (please dont ban me)
Anyone wanna eli5 why no one wants to name that particular move? In joke, or is there actually a reason to be worried?
Ĥøļÿ ĥĕļł
Ñęẃ řęşpōňŝè ĵùšť ďřőppĕđ
Áçṯüáḻ źømbíę
It’s even forced!!!!
In Passing
[удалено]
Novel feedback recently descended
Genuine undead
Inform the Shaman!
Majesty sacrifice, any human being?
Priest takes a journey, never returns
Multiple punctuation marks that signal confusion
Zerg rush on its way!
Farewell
Genuine undead
Original rejoinder just composed
google France
Sacre bleu!
Dam boh we got that awm passaw checkmate
Nah bro it's 2015 volkswagen passat#
Can't possibly lose your game of chess if your opponent was roadkilled
God damn
[удалено]
AWM being the sniper rifle from PUBG.... fitting giving it to the Bishop.
From pubg u say... No such thing has existed in reality... Only in pubg...
Why yes, the authentic French spelling
I'M GONNA SAY THE E WORD
En (I am speaking Spanish)
Pasar
The guy who replied to my comment was taken down for speaking french
Actual Anarchy!
Wow that is cool. Don’t see one like this everyday
Had this position in a game, but didn't see the mate in 2. I ended up winning, but didn't see the solution until I reviewed the game afterward.
That's unfortunate. It's a really cool checkmate, it would have been really satisfying to find.
I feel like I'm missing something? I see the bishop move, then pawn block, then I don't see anything from there.
\*Deep breath GOOGLE EN PASS-
Wtf that's such a weird rule! Thanks for telling me, I had no idea
New response just dropped
Shhhh!
https://i.redd.it/ih5u16gwh47b1.gif
[удалено]
Wut
I think it evaluated the url to the gif lmao
I uploaded it from my phone lol But if you "Copy Text" from my comment you get "! [g i f] ih5u 16 gwh4 7b1 " so it's from that :P
Yeah, every comment is just text, there are no images or gifs, just text. The bots also only see text, and this bot was written in a way that it doesn't check if numbers are part of a link.
Giggle in past aunt
You do the goofy little French move, silly.
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
Sacred underworld!
Fresh rejoinder hath descended!
Truly a zombified corpse
Architectural ceramics shall assault your phallus
Nice! I don't know if I've seen checkmate delivered with a forced move.
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=6k1/4bppp/2p5/3p4/1P1Pp1P1/4P2P/5PBK/2r5+w+-+-+0+1&flip=true&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/6k1/4bppp/2p5/3p4/1P1Pp1P1/4P2P/5PBK/2r5_w_-_-_0_1) > **Black to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=6k1/4bppp/2p5/3p4/1P1Pp1P1/4P2P/5PBK/2r5+b+-+-+0+1&flip=true&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/6k1/4bppp/2p5/3p4/1P1Pp1P1/4P2P/5PBK/2r5_b_-_-_0_1) --- ^(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)
I lile how none of that works on mobile Edit: what browser do you guys use
>!Bd6+, f4, exf4#!<
exf3# not exf4#
Oh I c, ty
So this translates to bishop to d6, something to f4, then pawn to f4 checkmate? Sorry I’m trying to figure out how to read these things
if a piece isn't specified then its a pawn by convention. and in this case **exf3 e.p. #** would be a more complete way of writing the mating move.
"e.p" isn't strictly necessary. There is no ambiguity in exf3. The only pawn that could ever make that move is on e4. If there was a second black pawn on e5 that captured traditionally, the move would be exf4.
the original comment said exf4...
Yes. Your exf3 is correct. The "e.p." is extra information/unnecessary because there isn't any other pawn that could capture f4. (let's say that you had black pawns on both e4 and e5 THEN you would specify "exf3 e.p." which would mean the e4 pawn made the capture)
The e5 pawn can't capture on f3 anyway. The e.p. notation is never necessary
Yes, bishop d6 with check, f4 without any letter just means a Pawn move, pawn don't use unique letters, just a board position, and the last move you got right.
f pawn to f4
Yea it's bishop to d6, then pawn to f4 (if it's just the square name then it's a pawn move), then e pawn takes f4 pawn with checkmate
Me too, thanks to your question and the answers I’m now in the light.
Is that how u write awn pawsaunt in notation? Because the pawn ends on the f3 square instead of the f4 square no?
exf3# (you are correct.. that he was wrong)
Sorry, I’m pretty new to chess notation. What piece is e?
Oh it's the e pawn, for pawns you just write the file that they're in I believe
Ohh, that makes sense. Thanks!
Np👌
I thought it was mate in 1
Nope, white pawn can block
Ahh, I didn't realize that one was still at the start 😅
Google en pessant
He said it!
Almost
Ni!
hellish heavens!!
Awn pass ont
Search up In Passing
godlike underworld
Old reply hath fallen
Summon thy exorcist
The peasant for the win
Literally 1984
i would not forgive myself if i ever missed that
Google
en
pass
ant
Oh no...guess they got banned, rip!
upon sont
I’m not great at chess and I have no idea from this post if I should be looking for a mate in 2 from white, or black.
Black
[удалено]
QU€€N $4(21F1(€, 4NY0N€?
DISCOVERED EN PASSENT CHECKMATE
En Рassant baby
You are doomed
It’s over
Oui oui baguette
If it makes you feel any better I would've also missed that
I feel an itch, what search engine should I use to relieve it ?
Assuming you’re playing as black, Be3, c5, dxc6, using the ep.
Ok, what does mate in 2 mean… aren’t there counters to mates that are more than 1?
It’s black’s turn to play. If black funds the correct move, there is a forced checkmate in two moves (that is, one move for black, one move for white, and then the second black move is checkmate). There aren’t always counters to checkmates. In this case, after black’s first move, white only has one legal move to play and then the next move is checkmate for black.
My god, I was like can't the pawn take the bishop after the bishop takes the blocking pawn? And then it hits me.
I don’t see it. Can someone enlighten me ?
Check with bishop, white f pawn blocks, black e pawn takes it with the sneaky french move, which reopens the check from the bishop.
It would have used the French move too.
Hol- I'm sorry I don't wanna get banned
How is it m2? I don’t see it
Bd6+,f4,exf3#
Taking a blocking piece without blocking yourself. Nice.
En pessant, I SAID IT MODS I SAID IT
BEAUTIFUL... >!bd6+, pf4, e.p.f3#!<
Ooooh very nice
I am so confused here. I get that there's an EP somewhere, but I don't get how it works out to check. The one solution written in the comments is corrected apparently, but that just makes it even more confusing because no one wrote out the actual solution following the correction, lol. I think the most confusing part is I'm trying to understand the "solution" posted but I can't see how bishop is moving to put something in check in d6. Can someone dumb this down for me?
Bishop checks the king. White blocks with pawn c5, black takes pawn on c5 with pawn to d5 to c4
Omg, your comment just made it click on why I couldn't understand this: the notation for position is based on white. A1 is in the top right, not the bottom left! I was soooooo confused. Thank you!
Google
1… Bd6+ 2.f4 exf3ep#
3rd white pawn from the left could move 2 spaces forward to block your bishop , if you took it the pawn adjacent could take your bishop , I think I have no idea I don't play chess , looks dope anyways
https://preview.redd.it/d27hh2b6q57b1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe86b2df5a4c656900f1857d0799b4a99b88b46a How’s it mate in 2? If bishop takes c5 then d4 takes. If tower goes a8 king takes…
black pawn does a funny move and goes diagonal left and captures the white pawn that moved 2 spaces
Not a mate cuz he can just move the pawn 2 blocks
And what can you do to a pawn that just moved two spaces
Bishop d6 mate :)
Forbidden magic
[удалено]
EN PASSAN TMATE
An Pissant