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[โ€“] jalda@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

spoilerOnly one move doesn't lose the game for white:

  1. Rxa8 Bxe2 2. Nd7 Qxc2 3. Nxf8+

White has to give up his queen to force a perpetual check.

[โ€“] Mauntra@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I spent so much time trying to figure out the solution, only to check the game to discover that white's actual play was to tank for 30 seconds and then resign.

[โ€“] jalda@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That doesn't mean that he should have resigned...

[โ€“] Mauntra@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe, but I'm going to assume the GM is better than I am lol. I didn't find a winning line for white after staring at it a lot longer than he did; just amusing that someone posted a puzzle with no solution.

[โ€“] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I straight gave up after staring for 2 mins

Move the king, then work with the knight and pawns. Hopefully get white queen out and pick off the black bishop to free things up a bit.

I suck at chess though

[โ€“] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do I send this board to lichess stockfish?

Also, someone please tell me the counters for this: White Qe4 check, then White Queen takes the c6 pawn, a few swaps and then white is up on material.

I'm missing something super obvious. (Ultra casual player)

[โ€“] jalda@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can use the browser extension for chessvision.ai, which uses the same technology as the Reddit bot. Anyway, this is the Lichess analysis board

After Qe4+, black can defend with f5, and white can't protect the queen and the rook at the same time.

[โ€“] ace_garp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the links.

...and thanks for the analysis, I managed to not consider the f file. :P

[โ€“] AdamantiteAdventurer@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Iโ€™m not very good at Chess, but my guess; white is in check, so the knight has to move down to block?

[โ€“] jalda@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe I have the symbol for king and queen mixed up. Isnโ€™t the crown with all the extra spikes the king?