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What's white's best move? (hexbear.net)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by InevitableSwing@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net
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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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[–] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 22 points 5 months ago

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

[–] Emanuel 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Emanuel 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Obligatory: Google en passant.

[–] Emanuel 4 points 5 months ago

Holy hell!

[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

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

[–] eight@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months 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

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

Decolonise

[–] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

the only winning move is not to play

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

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

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

Need more chessposting

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months 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.

[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

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

[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

concede

[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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