Chess

[bleak fjord]

Let's talk Chess!

@frail light We can use here as well.

[frail light]

gotchu

[bleak fjord]

@crisp fulcrum @pulsar thorn Yo! New place to chat Chess.

@rancid grotto

@stoic swift Well earned

[crisp fulcrum]

Ah oki

[bleak fjord]

Also, we may need some testers for something.

[crisp fulcrum]

I may be available ^^

[bleak fjord]

@thin terrace Yo. You did well.

Also, those that have Chess dot com, drop that info here. I think I have a few of ya already..

[crisp fulcrum]

My chess.com user is Sway325

[bleak fjord]

@stoic swift Feel free to DM me that info And chat, fr. Get level 5

[rancid grotto]

yes sir

[pulsar thorn]

grimphilo

That be me user

[stoic spade]

SmacLac my username

[bleak fjord]

@thin kayak You said you had Chess, right?

[thin kayak]

I dabble yes

You mean chess.com

[bleak fjord]

Okies. Good. Wanna be a guinea pig?

[thin kayak]

I do

[thin kayak]

Sure why not

[bleak fjord]

For the record, my Chess.com is xgrindy

Very original

What's on everyone's agenda for August 2nd afternoon/evening?

[thin kayak]

Uh oh

Band camp

[bleak fjord]

😭

[thin kayak]

1-9pm pst😭

It’s the first day too

[bleak fjord]

Do you have travel associated with it?

And, how long is Camp for?

[thin kayak]

No it’s just I’m gone for 60% of the day

2 weeks

[crisp fulcrum]

Let me see

What time is it for ya Grindy?

[bleak fjord]

1:41pm. I run on Canada MST currently. I can accommodate a bit if needed.

[thin kayak]

this is the closest you'll be to my time unless you come to pst for some reason 😭

[crisp fulcrum]

I'll be unavailable between 10am and 12pm

So 2 hrs

[crisp fulcrum]

I'm on GMT

[pulsar thorn]

Nothin currently

[bleak fjord]

Bouldy has Chess?

[cyan fractal]

yes

am like 1400 to 1500 ELO rapid

depends on my mindstate when playing

[lucid pollen]

I'm 500 elo rapid

[crisp fulcrum]

Me 800 elo rapid

[bleak fjord]

If Wednesday don't work, how does tomorrow sound?

[lucid pollen]

depends

afternoon/evening for which timezone?

[bleak fjord]

Mine.

[lucid pollen]

xd

[bleak fjord]

Like I said, I can try to accomodate.

[lucid pollen]

what was your timezone again?

[bleak fjord]

I just need help testing the Chess.com Tournament feature

Canada MST

[lucid pollen]

wait you can use that?

[lucid pollen]

4 pm mst is 3:30 am ist

👍

[bleak fjord]

As a recent Premium member, yes.

[lucid pollen]

oo i see

[bleak fjord]

We could push it to evening for us in NA if needed.

[crisp fulcrum]

tomorrow i can do

wednesday i can too but unavailable between 10am and 12pm

[bleak fjord]

Works for me. That's 3-5am for me.

[crisp fulcrum]

ik lol

[bleak fjord]

I'd like to remain asleep for those hours. xD

[crisp fulcrum]

wait a sec

[crisp fulcrum]

this is already in your time...

5pm -> 7pm my time

[bleak fjord]

Oh

[pulsar thorn]

WQA is a good starting movement option, or good for beating 200s and 300s

[bleak fjord]

@marsh bramble

[marsh bramble]

Yuss

Finally

[bleak fjord]

Read up on the Forum.

Also expect DM

[bleak fjord]

@pulsar thorn I hate Zuggy pattern

[thin kayak]

tomorrow is good

If you're still on that

[rancid grotto]

E

Yo grindy is op o.o

[bleak fjord]

Yush

[uneven remnant]

Chess I hear?

[cyan fractal]

https://tenor.com/view/en-passant-gif-23851651

[lucid pollen]

who gets in a position like that 💀

[cyan fractal]

good question honestly

but en passant nonetheless

[lucid pollen]

yes

en passant > checkmate

[cyan fractal]

indeed

[bleak fjord]

https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/game-gifs/90px/green/neo/0/cc/0/0/bUMhVGZPWE9sQjVRY1YyVmJzOTJndjZYdktRS3NKVEpCSzJUQ0pWTktUTkZrQUZ4bkQzTmp6PzNvRVhRSlFPR3pIV09FTUd5SFBaSk1VMEtQWDM_VTI_OTJfNDZYX0tDNWJKQiFnT0dkckJ0QUlDdXJYN1JETFJwWFk2N1lEdW1lbG1fbHN0bFFZbF9JUWRaaXE5P1lfWldRWXB3c0FlUzY1eHBnY3dxWV9ORmhkcF81amhnam5GeG5meHA2SXBfZGU3NERZZyFZMTg3MTJxeFQxeXExX1M4OVRocDJFcWliSEd5YWJpX2JqYWJqb3lxb2dxaUhHcGpHcXgzSUo3NkpkaV9nb2o1b242WVRWYlhBdFlacXM4MHRsYU9MVFpSVDEhVTFfT1FWaFUhc2s1NmVDM0Y5djAxdkRGN0NCUjBsZVhZZHQwOEVkITJ0bDFaRENaMENtUVNCdFlaaGdXWXRxPzlxYTIxYWJTVWdoVSFoZw,,.gif

[lucid pollen]

nah wth

im hoping this was staged

whosoever played that

youre tryna get rooks?

[bleak fjord]

It was defo staged

And yes

[lucid pollen]

thank god

when i saw the opening, i was like, "nah wth is this"

[bleak fjord]

https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/game-gifs/90px/green/neo/0/cc/0/1/YnMzTnNiMk1iczFMc2IwS2JzWkpzYllJYnNYSHNiV0dic05Gb0VGd3NiTUVwRkV4YnNLQ25EQ3ZzYkxEbUNEdWJzSkJzYjZMa0FCc2dtSUFsQkF0bWdHeWp6eXJnbUh6aXl6cW1nTDY,.gif

[lucid pollen]

"even the worst opening in chess is better than this"

[bleak fjord]

Happy Enpassent!

[lucid pollen]

damn

[bleak fjord]

Tato and I did like, 4 of these

Total

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/552953313914781699/1111499885921959976/board_5.gif

https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/game-gifs/90px/green/neo/0/cc/0/0/aXlXR2xCWkptQzBLcEYzTmFxNE9oeD9WZk82eGNWOXFicTVPZ3ghVmRFN01lZE1sZGw4N0VaN1pqcjJVb3dYUG5EWUl3RVBIcnpVTWtBMUx5SEd6SFB6clBYcmpFTE1ETFREdlQxdm5DSktCSlJCdDFeWlFYXlFQbHNuXlJaal5zcnRsWl5sXnhEVkxETkx1TlR1QUZOQXVOVmJzVjNzQzNeSUFyeUFzeXJza3J5a15xQVBJN1FjdDlaSUFUQ3RLPzF1TDE3TDBRV09ZQ0lkdUlYdUp5cWZ1cXlLUXlxSlBxanVManFMUnFqUjY1T1E1N1E2Ulc2QXRPSXR1UUs1UWpjUVdJT3VDS1EwITYwQ3QwSnRBSkQhMERT.gif

We did this over 2-4 days..

[lucid pollen]

damn

[bleak fjord]

It was fun.

Tato will tell you otherwise

[lucid pollen]

does look fun

probably gonna try with some friend someday

[lucid pollen]

lmao

whys that

[bleak fjord]

We both did this while brains weren’t functional

It all started with an IG reel.

[lucid pollen]

i see i see

makes sense

[lucid pollen]

ah

[lucid pollen]

got my first brilliant move

W

[bleak fjord]

W

[crisp fulcrum]

W

[pulsar thorn]

W

[fast tinsel]

e5 best mocd

move

[bleak fjord]

@pulsar thorn Ty

[pulsar thorn]

Np

[bleak fjord]

@sturdy cedar This is a good sign, right?

[sturdy cedar]

ZAMN

[bleak fjord]

+200 elo since I began @sturdy cedar

[sturdy cedar]

Noice

[bleak fjord]

My head hurts from that

[sturdy cedar]

lmao

you haven’t seen 2300 puzzles

[bleak fjord]

Thankfully, most of those puzzles were back ranks

[crisp fulcrum]

Nice.

[bleak fjord]

I stopped at 700 so I didn’t ruin the elo

[crisp fulcrum]

Ah

[lucid pollen]

damn

im stuck at like 1350-1450

[bleak fjord]

I think that was just Puzzles. Idk cuz I was on mobile.

[pulsar thorn]

Im stuvk at 1150-1250

[rancid grotto]

E

[twilit crane]

Aight

So hemloe peeps

[bleak fjord]

@twilit crane HI

[twilit crane]

So basically im stuck 1190-1220

Kekw

[bleak fjord]

@nova yew Hai

[nova yew]

Oh

[tardy perch]

I welcome myself.

[bleak fjord]

Welcome!

[fossil tapir]

i also welcome myself

[stoic spade]

Welcome, the person who doesn’t even have an account

[fossil tapir]

i created one

ChipoIsCool

[stoic spade]

Aight I’ll friend you

[lucid pollen]

got my second brilliant move, probably my second idk

[bleak fjord]

Nice!

[crisp fulcrum]

Nice.

[muted saddle]

Forgot me ok

In my total career in chess, i had like 16 brillant ish moves that I can name

Just went to 400 elo, don't bully me fr

[pulsar thorn]

3rd brilliant!

[fringe kayak]

hi

[crisp fulcrum]

W

[muted saddle]

I believe in some ways, you'll be up a knight

or could fork the queen if he's dumb

With a discovery check?

[lucid pollen]

unfortunately, i dont understand how thats a brilliant

like

i can see 1-2 things

like you winning a queen

but idk what happens if a move like king g7 is played

[pulsar thorn]

Knight caps bish, knight caps knight, king moves, W Queen caps B Queen

[cyan fractal]

Kg7 Nxe6+ wins the queen ig

Or smth

[lucid pollen]

oh right

that discovered check

missed that

[lucid pollen]

not knight e6 though, cause knight c7 takes

[cyan fractal]

Oh

I forked a knight with a knight

damn

[lucid pollen]

damn

that is possible though

[cyan fractal]

Oh no wait

Double check

Or wait

Or if

Kg7 Nh5+ Kg8 Bxh7+ Kh8 and he loses his queen @lucid pollen

Think that wins a free queen

Perhaps with mate

Yeah, queen takes queen, Kxh7 Qg7#

[lucid pollen]

hmm

[cyan fractal]

If he doesn't move to g8 here, he loses his queen anyways

If Kg8 (1st move after the brilliant), Bxh7+ Kf7 Bg6+ Kg8 Rh8+ has 2 paths:
-> Kxh8 leads to queen mate
-> Kg7 Nh5+ and he is forced to lose the queen (idek if it has mate, but taking queen is simpler)

(Taking the rook would be the same mate as before ig)

Kf6 loses queen with Knight check

Knight taking bishop also loses queen (just take with the knight)

If pawn takes, Nd5+ (discovered check with queen) has 3 paths:
-> Ke8 Nxc7+ wins the queen
-> Kg8 Rh8+ either wins queen or ends in mate
-> Kg7 Nxc7 ig (been looking for a while, idk if it gives a big advantage)

Wait

Pawn can't take

Bro

Even Kg8 is impossible

I thought the pawn on h7 was his

[pulsar thorn]

I played different moves

Damn it

Links arent allowed to chess games

chess.com / analysis/game/computer/84785857?tab=review&move=58

Had to do that

Should have links to sites be allowed in forums, depending on le forum

[fossil tapir]

@crisp fulcrum i’m less busy now and more able to play chess as i had just started my new chess acc

whenever u is available to teach, i will (hopefully not blow up computer) and watch stream then i stream

[pulsar thorn]

I could teach if of want

[fossil tapir]

alr. lmk schedule and i’ll tell mine to make sure that i is not busy with work/school

[pulsar thorn]

Will tell when no school for le rest of day

[bleak fjord]

I have until September 24, 2024 for Diamond Chess Membership.

[crisp fulcrum]

Oki, I'm currently available until 6:30pm for me and tomorrow available anytime even tho it my bday

[muted saddle]

Mine ran out few days ago 😭

Wait 2024?

I bought a month only 😭

[crisp fulcrum]

Same

[cyan fractal]

Me when THE ROOOOOK

[stoic spade]

Why is there an arrow pointing to the horse queen takes bishop on next move is mate

Ohh if the opponent moves the king, you take horse and bishop can’t take rook because it’s pinned to the king

[bleak fjord]

Opponent has no choice but to move King. It’s in Check.

[pulsar thorn]

Bishop takes rook

That should be a blunder, not a brilliant

[bleak fjord]

Bishop is protected by the Queen

[cyan fractal]

That leads to Mate in 7

[pulsar thorn]

Mate in 2

[muted saddle]

Bishop c4

And then white queen takes bishop mate?

[tranquil horizon]

ayo

intermediate chess player check!!!!!

[lucid pollen]

bishop takes rook, queen takes bishop, since its check, kg8, bishop to c4 should be a mate

[lucid pollen]

bishop c4 first would allow king to sac pieces and avoid mate in some way

[cyan fractal]

Horse blocks

(And rook as well)

[lucid pollen]

oh

right

[cyan fractal]

I think rook f7 is best move in that scenario

[lucid pollen]

then yes, probably a m7

[cyan fractal]

This was a good day when it happened

[twilit crane]

Followed with a second brilliant

Nice

[stoic spade]

Why was the queen just there

Blacks queen

[tranquil horizon]

nice

[uneven remnant]

rook c7

[muted saddle]

Why dony you take the queen instead

Don't*

It's a checkmate anyways

Black in that position can also go f7?, if white queens try to mate white wouldn't win as it will be a winning position for black

That can't be a brillant move, if it is, then the bot is dumb

[muted saddle]

If it was black turn, the best move would prob be knight E2, sacrificing ladies and gentlemen, the KNIGHT, if bishop takes, black rook D4, 3 attackers on the knight pinning, which threatening the mate, except if queen doesnt see queen takes bishop H7, then black is winning

[muted saddle]

If bishop takes, queen takes back check and threat of winning a rook

[fringe kayak]

[pulsar thorn]

Set up for a fork

[fringe kayak]

Fork + Discovered attack from my queen

And I think this game ended with their queen taking my knight which was defended by my room on A1

no

They lost their queen

And resigned

[twilit crane]

Lynette-

But nice

Gained a better position

[twilit crane]

LESGOO

[muted saddle]

Nice

I started getting brillant moves nowadays @sturdy cedar

[sturdy cedar]

Sheeesh

[muted saddle]

Sacing the pieces for mate aswell

[muted saddle]

@sturdy cedar @bleak fjord @burnt marsh i saced the horse and though it was a brilliant, and it not bc of rook takes d6, I swear if my king was in the 8th rank that's an absolute gorgeous brilliant 😭

[sturdy cedar]

Zamn

[burnt marsh]

F

[tranquil horizon]

which one are u ?

whute r black?

[muted saddle]

Black

[stoic spade]

This was my first brilliant move

This happened back in May

[muted saddle]

Nice

[obtuse violet]

Chess :O

[twilit crane]

But isnt that just a typical smother

Oh wait right scores are based on elo

[tranquil horizon]

NICEEE

[stoic spade]

Wdym??

[twilit crane]

uhh the brilliancy and what not are based on elo iirc

[stoic spade]

Really?

I thought at any elo, people can get the same brilliant moves

[twilit crane]

nah i dont get the same brilliant

[junior osprey]

Chess is my fav lol

I unironically solo

[tranquil horizon]

nuh uh

[autumn vine]

I’m a 1600

[stoic spade]

Damn

Nice

[muted saddle]

@sturdy cedar @burnt marsh Random person: bro you gave the rook away no wonder your 200 rated.
Me:

[sturdy cedar]

[burnt marsh]

whar

oh

lol that's the most obvious rook sac ever did it actually work

[muted saddle]

Brilliant move aswell

It did

LOL

Bro did Rc8

Thinking it can stop it

But he couldn't stop my ROOK E1

If anything a mate

[burnt marsh]

yeah thats a forced mate

[muted saddle]

Yep

Missed mate in 1 but mated him after in 2 moves 💀

Thank god i didn't miss the mate in two 💀

[stoic spade]

Oh white queen takes black rook is mate

[autumn vine]

I sent u a friend request

Rae1 should’ve also been brilliant, fully sacing the queen

[bleak storm]

When's the last time anyone has sacrificed THE RUUUHK lately

[stoic spade]

I have never

Sad

Only ever sacced the queen

[pulsar thorn]

I blunder it

[muted saddle]

The last time was like else 3 months ago or 2 months ago

[stoic spade]

Nice

[crisp fulcrum]

1 hour ago

[stoic spade]

Yo nice

Did you end up getting a brilliant for it?

[crisp fulcrum]

ya

[stoic spade]

Nice nice

[twilit crane]

Sacrifices the KNIGHT

[lucid pollen]

W

[twilit crane]

W

[stoic spade]

W

[crisp fulcrum]

W

[twilit crane]

Another knight

[muted saddle]

I saced my rook and the bishop in a game

And didnt get the brilliant move badge

Scam

Did checkmate him after sacing em by 3 moves

That was hard to find

I got robbed...

[crisp fulcrum]

Ig I win a rook

They take knight, I take rook or they take queen, I take queen with check then take rook

[lucid pollen]

ok but what if, they take queen, then you gotta take queen too cause if you don't, you'd be losing a knight

im dumb

but heres what im thinking

oh wait

nevermind

i am dumb.

[sturdy cedar]

skull

royal fork and win rook if take queen

[crisp fulcrum]

Ik

[tranquil horizon]

anyone know queens gambit?

[cyan fractal]

Kinda, like 1. D4 D5 2. C4

[crisp fulcrum]

Ya

Another Knight brilliant

[crisp fulcrum]

Hm, what rook?

[lucid pollen]

ok how does the rating range work in games

cause i was a 787, getting a 985

[twilit crane]

The range is

200 below you - 200 above you

So your range would be like 587 - 987

[pulsar thorn]

If they were oblivious and played Re1, you have Kxf3+

[lucid pollen]

oh

ic

[crisp fulcrum]

King takes f3?

You mean Nxf3+

[pulsar thorn]

Yes

[pulsar thorn]

WHAT IN THE HELL WAS HE THINKING?

Man tried to divertme

A better move was TO NOT MOVE THE QUEEN TO D1

[nova yew]

you got mate in one cuz of that fr

[pulsar thorn]

I did

[pulsar thorn]

YET ANOTHER IDIOT

[tranquil horizon]

poggers

[crisp fulcrum]

Lol

Well

Thanks ig

[obtuse violet]

☠️how did 1k elo not see that coming

[twilit crane]

If you take rook i can see some ideas that could be annoying to deal with

[pulsar thorn]

2 forks in one match

Game was abandonned by other person unfortunately

[lucid pollen]

blud whats your elo

[burnt marsh]

650

Calling it

[pulsar thorn]

400 somethin

[burnt marsh]

[lucid pollen]

ic

so youre better than them

nice

[pulsar thorn]

Yep, they resigned tho, wish I could've checkmated them

Bro lost 11 points up, and he got pinned

[lucid pollen]

i blundered mate and bro within a second moves his queen back to f3

[bleak fjord]

@pulsar thorn Why does this move set remind me eerily of Wayward Queen?

[pulsar thorn]

Well, pawn+another piece

[bleak fjord]

So not Wayward Queen?

@rancid grotto Wanna chess later to see if I get this?

[rancid grotto]

get wha

[rancid grotto]

im free rn

[bleak fjord]

Later. Like, when I get off work + finish tidying entrance.

[rancid grotto]

oh ok

tell me when

[bleak fjord]

Well, 30m for sure until I leave work

[rancid grotto]

30 min?

[bleak fjord]

So, Let’s say in 90mins, I’ll be free.

[tranquil horizon]

did someone say my name?

[bleak fjord]

Nope 😛

[muted saddle]

I'm 750 rated 💀

I really went from 850 to 750

[crisp fulcrum]

I’m sorry, what?

[muted saddle]

I just realized that the queen was hanging, took me a min, and how did not see the bishop or the knight

Let me guess 1200 ?

Or 1000?

[crisp fulcrum]

1000

[lucid pollen]

put it on charger

[crisp fulcrum]

Is that all you noticed

[bleak fjord]

You had a 3 way fork from the looks of it. The forgot about the Queen being there, it seems.

[burnt marsh]

Simultaneously just hung a Queen and a Rook. Wild.

“This is gonna be a brilliant sacrifice!”

The ONLY idea i see there is after Nxe2 is Rxa7

[bleak fjord]

Yeah. Even then, the Queen is also guarding that pawn

OR, the Knight can continute to pose the Fork there.
Black Bishop takes Rook.

Cuz even if Bxa3 and Ra1xa3, then Qxa3

[burnt marsh]

They doubled their rooks. Its an attack on the queen is my point.

[lucid pollen]

i mean, other than the things in the game itself, yeah

[bleak fjord]

True.

So, Nxe2.
I can see Nxc4 happening too

[burnt marsh]

Either way white is just out of their elo

[crisp fulcrum]

Bro resigned

[crisp fulcrum]

I would likely sac queen

[burnt marsh]

…why

[crisp fulcrum]

Well 2 rooks against 1

If I did sac it’s actually still a good move

[bleak fjord]

Even if they take pawn, you could move your Queen to safety

[crisp fulcrum]

Ik

Sacrifice still works

[tranquil horizon]

indeed

[pulsar thorn]

Nxe2 Rxa7 Rxf2 Nxf2 Qg5 Ne4 Qh4 g3 Qxh3

[twilit crane]

Why g5 then h4

Just go to h4 instantly no?

[pulsar thorn]

Well... the we attack the g pawn, so they defend it by attack8ng the queen. Since the f pawn is gone, we then go to h4, attacking that square

[twilit crane]

Isnt the defense the king? By moving it to attack the g pawn and then moving it to attack the f square it's a waste of a turn? The f2 square would be guarded by the knight as well?

[pulsar thorn]

Exactly, the play is to try to lure the knight away from f2,so we can deliver checkmate on g1

[twilit crane]

My brain is so lagging rn i cant comprehend this

[twilit crane]

And lure it where exactly? I mean bishop exist that could work

Hold up i just saw something

[twilit crane]

After Nxf2 Bxf2

[crisp fulcrum]

How you a 1048

[crisp fulcrum]

Welll

Bro was a 1146

[pulsar thorn]

It doesnt just lead to losing a rook, it leads to checkmate

[crisp fulcrum]

Ik

[nova yew]

he cud of taken your knight w his knight

[crisp fulcrum]

Ik

[muted saddle]

Im gonna check if my Rizz is still good on chess

Gonna update y'all about what happens

[crisp fulcrum]

Alright XD

[crisp fulcrum]

Lol

I take queen, he takes rook, Qd1#

[fringe kayak]

... i didnt even realize one of my previous opponents probably cheated

yes my elo is low

[crisp fulcrum]

Dw

[pulsar thorn]

Higher than both my accs

[fringe kayak]

still didn’t know one of my previous opponents probably cheated

[tranquil horizon]

noice

[obtuse violet]

Higher than both my accs added

[fringe kayak]

[tranquil horizon]

fr?

[obtuse violet]

Yes

☠️I just resign everytime I make a dumb move

[fringe kayak]

and i sacrifice the ROOOOOOOOOOOOOK!!!!!!!

[fringe kayak]

a queen sac for mate

[crisp fulcrum]

ggs bro

[sturdy cedar]

-M2 most/all ways 💀

[crisp fulcrum]

Ik

[lucid pollen]

queen takes bishop saves it ._.

i think

idk

[twilit crane]

Qh4 is possible no?

[lucid pollen]

yeah but will be a mate soon

i think

Qh4 Qg2

[fringe kayak]

just sacked a bishop for the way to checkmate

[fringe kayak]

no cause that’s losing a queen as the rook on e8 pins whites e3 bishop to the king

[crisp fulcrum]

Exactly!

Plus if he doesn’t take its M2

Qxe3+ Kd1 Qc1#
Qxe3+ Kf1 Qe1#

[fringe kayak]

yep

[fringe kayak]

did i say i sacked a bishop, yes

won a knight and a rook off that

then my opponent resigned cause of M1

[crisp fulcrum]

Well that’s dumb

[tranquil horizon]

lol

[fringe kayak]

imagine that was for no reason

[fringe kayak]

now this was good, left the fork alone and pushed my 2 outside passed pawns with one of them guaranteed to promote

my opponent played Nxa1 then it was b7 Rb8 a7 then it was Rxb7 and a8=Q+ forking king and rook
if rook moved anywhere on their back rank i would queen with the a or b pawn, they take the queen then i queen again taking the rook

if Nxc1 it would be Rxc1 then probably Rxa6 b7 with b8=Q+ being unstoppable

Bc8 blunders a fork of the rook and bishop however

if Bc8 then b7 Rb8 a7
if Rxb7 then a8=Q with a fork (Rook on c1 defends the c7 square if you were thinking Rc7 to defend the bishop as that gives away a rook)
and if Ra8 then bxa8=Q
if Rxa6 the b pawn is unstoppable as if b7 then Rb6 i can do Rc8+ giving up a rook. if Bxc8 then Qxc8+ and if Kh7 i would either do Rb8 or b8=Q and give up the queen to win the rook over a bishop and knight

after Nxa1 and b7, if Rxa6 then b8=Q+

[crisp fulcrum]

Bro thought he got a pin on my queen

[stoic spade]

what the hell

acc wait that seems like a mouse slip

[pulsar thorn]

You mean a skewer?

[tranquil horizon]

fr lol

[crisp fulcrum]

No

That’s higher to lower lol

Rook worth more than queen??

Never knew that

[crisp fulcrum]

It is

[nova yew]

💀

[stoic spade]

?

[muted saddle]

I was playing this guy in chess, 3/2 min, was gonna get 2 damn brilliants if he didn't bring his queen to a square, could've mated him before, but as we all know, " if you have mate in 1, look for mate in 5" - gothamchess

[crisp fulcrum]

Ha

[pallid void]

What’s chess

[bleak fjord]

Strategy Game. Also a great game to play if you don't wanna focus.

https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/game-gifs/90px/green/neo/0/cc/0/1/YnMzTnNiMk1iczFMc2IwS2JzWkpzYllJYnNYSHNiV0dic05Gb0VGd3NiTUVwRkV4YnNLQ25EQ3ZzYkxEbUNEdWJzSkJzYjZMa0FCc2dtSUFsQkF0bWdHeWp6eXJnbUh6aXl6cW1nTDY,.gif

^ Came from being mostly unfocused.

[sturdy cedar]

Don’t remind me

[bleak fjord]

I will

[fringe kayak]

lol, free rook right there

[crisp fulcrum]

Ik

Why do I get all the quite funni mates

Bro helpmated himself

[fringe kayak]

some people

[crisp fulcrum]

Ik

[tranquil horizon]

lol

[crisp fulcrum]

Free pawn- oh

[muted saddle]

A game, where you play it, you can either lose brain cells or not, depending on the enemy you're playing

You can give it a try

[muted saddle]

I hope I can play em, I only play tryharders, smh

[crisp fulcrum]

Lol

[fringe kayak]

I have a fair share of tryhards and these people

[tranquil horizon]

fr

[stoic spade]

real

[muted saddle]

@sturdy cedar 1700 puzzle rating and did the costume 2200 rated puzzles with no effort+ 2 consecutive brilliants on a brilliant game I had for a mate, sacking a bishop then a queen, it made the oppenement rage quit

Watch my brilliant game on my profile, the last game I had a game review on

I had to start looking up at the geography lessons but said to myself, " chess can be geography somewhere, it tells you stuff about places your pieces have to go"

And just started hitting the E4 course baby, the caro

[nova yew]

I've reached 1.9k puzzle rating

[pallid void]

meow

[crisp fulcrum]

Meow

[stoic spade]

meow

[tranquil horizon]

rawr

[crisp fulcrum]

THE ROOOOOK

[fringe kayak]

THE ROOOOOOOOOOK

[fringe kayak]

please tell me that got a double exclamation

[crisp fulcrum]

Nope

Great

[fringe kayak]

WHY

imo that’s a double exclamation

since you’re winning a queen for a rook

[crisp fulcrum]

Ik

[pulsar thorn]

A brilliant is Black, qb6, check and attacking the queen. ka8. White, rc1, c2, c3, a2, qf2 and kb1. Check an' a fork, if the black queen is taken, it's a stalemate

[fringe kayak]

… what are you seeing man

white rook sacked and is going to win the queen

[crisp fulcrum]

Queen pinned xd

And king in check

[pulsar thorn]

If talking about your game, yes. This situation, no. The queen is not pinned. The queens are on the same diagonal, and a pawn blocks the queen from covering the check. It's either a stalemate or you lose the queen

[crisp fulcrum]

Same diagonal??

THE KING IS ALSO IN CHECKKKK

[pulsar thorn]

And it's a queen. Meaning you can take. But that'd be a stale mate. If you don't, you lose the queen

[crisp fulcrum]

The rook is giving check

Queen legally cant move

[pulsar thorn]

I'm saying in my situation I gave.

[crisp fulcrum]

Where?

[pulsar thorn]

Right here

[tranquil horizon]

DA ROOK

[pulsar thorn]

Pawn mate

[lucid pollen]

the highest accuracy i ever got

[crisp fulcrum]

Nice

[pulsar thorn]

My highest is like, an 89-95

[nova yew]

woah

[lucid pollen]

the only time i be getting a brilliant nowdays is when i sac a knight 💀

[crisp fulcrum]

he took and i found M9

[muted saddle]

1.7k here

i still remember getting a brilliant once

lemme get it up real quick if i can

this one is romantic

white played Qxc4

[lucid pollen]

dawg how do people not see that 😭

[muted saddle]

no clue

but anyways, i actually got robbed alot of brilliants lately

just because of a piece of the other guy that i wished it wasnt there yk

[nova yew]

i got the 2k puzzle rating achievements

[muted saddle]

nice

[fringe kayak]

the ROOOOOOOOOOOOOK

[crisp fulcrum]

Nicee

[twilit crane]

2k here yet in actual gameplay im blundering so hard

[crisp fulcrum]

me frfr

[fringe kayak]

I hit up to 2.1K-2.2K but I keep missing a lot of the solutions so I’m down to 1862

[muted saddle]

i missed a brillant move in a game i just played

sacing the knight for a queen

and also forking the queen

[pulsar thorn]

And he sacrifices THE ROOK

This was in my (Black) longest game

[muted saddle]

it's an equal trade???

[pulsar thorn]

Yes, but no, I also win the other rook, and my pawn structure was better than the other person's

Not to mention he stalemated at the end

[lucid pollen]

MY PUZZLE RATING IS FINALLY 1816

ive been only 1700 range for like a month now

[nova yew]

i cant get over 2000 💀

[lucid pollen]

and he sacrifices the ROOOK

[muted saddle]

mate is close

queen takes after, only move c8

so kc8

but i have a thinking that bishop b7 is a brilliant

if he goes to a square but prob a blunder

[nova yew]

exd5, Qxd5, Kc8, Qxa8+, Kd7, Qxh8 so by a rook sac, more advantage is gained

if king doesn't move to Kc8 it'll eventually be mate

ke8, Bc5+, Qe7, Rxe7+, Kf8, Qxa8 mate

last brilliant i got

[sturdy cedar]

welp

something i’ll never get even if i try the move

[crisp fulcrum]

THE GREEK GIFTT

[sturdy cedar]

[pulsar thorn]

Oh. They got one move that avoids check

[sturdy cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/dirty-docks-shawty-triflin-shawty-triflin-she-gif-22455514

[muted saddle]

if it takes, Qd3, pawn block? Knight g5, then king g8 , same position but different pieces?

just slightly more advatange if the rook doesnt move or the pawn in the other file for escape

[crisp fulcrum]

did they tho

nah

[pulsar thorn]

Kh8

But they allowed for a knight or queen check by taking the bishop

[crisp fulcrum]

did they play it tho

[pulsar thorn]

They played the worst move possible

[crisp fulcrum]

im focusing on what happened

not what coulda happened

[sturdy cedar]

(i wanted funni number)

funni mate by a pawn

Wait I’m rated 1100 again now

🗣️🗣️🗣️

[crisp fulcrum]

NICEEE

[crisp fulcrum]

THE BRILLIANT ND6+ AGAINST @sturdy cedar

I found M3/M2 :3

[sturdy cedar]

ah yes

brilliant in an already winning position for you

average chess engine

[crisp fulcrum]

Win is better than winning

[tranquil horizon]

i disagree

[nova yew]

whats yall puzzle rating

[lucid pollen]

my acc got closed and on the second im at 700 omething

[autumn vine]

2500

[nova yew]

oh wow

im still going forward, 2200

[lucid pollen]

1000 elo

W

[sturdy cedar]

Yooo

Now sing ong

[tranquil horizon]

ong

[crisp fulcrum]

A royal blunder

M2 tho :)

[sturdy cedar]

[stoic spade]

what Ne2 and then Rxf1?

[tranquil horizon]

🤓

[crisp fulcrum]

ya

[marble hare]

I love chess

[crisp fulcrum]

Nice

[ripe canyon]

best opening?

[sturdy cedar]

any that you know how to use with tactics

there is no best opening suitable for everyone, just try some out and strategize from there, then you'll know which one is best for you

[crisp fulcrum]

Sadly you are wrong

[sturdy cedar]

if you bring up accelerated london-

[crisp fulcrum]

Some openings are better than others

[sturdy cedar]

in some way

but it depends on your playstyle

it’s not a matter of which one is superior unless you know what you’re doing

[crisp fulcrum]

But you always should know what to play against the accelerated London :3

[sturdy cedar]

Something that I fail to comprehend

:D

me dum

[bleak fjord]

The what now?

[sturdy cedar]

it’s like you do a gambit or whatever to move your queen out on the file that attacks the queenside knight pawn i think

i don rember

[crisp fulcrum]

I’ll send a ss of my usual opening as white

[bleak fjord]

Alrighty

[crisp fulcrum]

Plans on Qb3 Nd2 etc

I’ll stream a game against tato later

[bleak fjord]

I won't be able to watch.

[crisp fulcrum]

A nice little otb checkmate

[crisp fulcrum]

Leads to M9

[brazen elbow]

yo whats up brothers anyone want to play chess with me if so join dab gaming 1

anyone want to play chess with me

[crisp fulcrum]

…

What’s your elo?

[brazen elbow]

want to play chess

[crisp fulcrum]

What’s your elo..

[crisp fulcrum]

check above message

[brazen elbow]

what does elo mean

[crisp fulcrum]

rating

Done on second acc

[brazen elbow]

anyone want to play chess against me??

[crisp fulcrum]

Idm

[crisp fulcrum]

Give me a few minutes

[lucid pollen]

what if black doesnt take?

[crisp fulcrum]

Then I go, oohh free pawn

[crisp fulcrum]

Oh no, my knight :3

[marble hare]

I LOVE CHESS

[crisp fulcrum]

Nice :3

[maiden ore]

Uhm, yes I made edit of myself 😏

[crisp fulcrum]

Fairs

But is it stolen?

Jokes btw

[north dagger]

finally smthg i like

i will destroy u all wen i get the chance💀

[north dagger]

whats ur elo??

[crisp fulcrum]

1200

[north dagger]

alr

lol

[crisp fulcrum]

What’s yours?

[north dagger]

1600

[crisp fulcrum]

The ROOOOK

[north dagger]

bishop e4

[sturdy cedar]

Blocks with c6

Takes rook, obvious m1

Kd7 best/excellent move as sequence of checks bring it down to c6

[maiden ore]

No lol

[crisp fulcrum]

Hmmm

[maiden ore]

100% Not a game from Magnus Carlson

[crisp fulcrum]

Leave.

[maiden ore]

I was being sarcastic, just look at the amount of mistakes made 💀

[marble hare]

I love chess

[north dagger]

takes bishop sac

[north dagger]

it will allow queen to take charge and take down rook

it will be a queen sac the pawn gets to queen rook ded wen pawn moves forward and that is ultimate victory

[sturdy cedar]

Would still be down a queen

or a couple material

[crisp fulcrum]

It’s a forced m6 end of story

[north dagger]

nope

pawn becomes the queen

they r down a rook

basically equal

[crisp fulcrum]

^^

END OF STORYY

[north dagger]

NOO

[north dagger]

NEVAR

[crisp fulcrum]

Yes

[north dagger]

no

[north dagger]

and who r u?

[crisp fulcrum]

Why ya asking

[north dagger]

i nevar saw u here

??

[crisp fulcrum]

You have saw me here

[north dagger]

nah

who r u actually?

i havnt seen u anywhere in this server!

[crisp fulcrum]

Does Sway ring a bell?

[north dagger]

[north dagger]

?!

[crisp fulcrum]

I’m Sway..

[north dagger]

ur name isnt sway

💀

[crisp fulcrum]

I’m using my actual name💀

[north dagger]

u changed ur name?!!

[north dagger]

💀

[crisp fulcrum]

Click into my profile

[brazen elbow]

anyone want to play chess??

[crisp fulcrum]

No

Cause EVERYTIME you say this and I RESPOND you don’t actually play

[north dagger]

LOL

[lucid pollen]

do you wanna play chess

[crisp fulcrum]

I can’t atm

Spanish course go brrr

[lucid pollen]

im still waiting for your course to end

[crisp fulcrum]

I fell asleep for like 7 hours after my course yesterday 💀

Will do today

Wait like 7 hours

[crisp fulcrum]

Oki maybe longer 💀

[sturdy cedar]

european timezones go crazy

[crisp fulcrum]

Yeah

[lucid pollen]

ig i gotta wait more

[crisp fulcrum]

No

[crisp fulcrum]

@sturdy cedar

[sturdy cedar]

blank

:D

[tame thicket]

Knight to e7

[marble hare]

duke to z21

[crisp fulcrum]

Leave

[tame thicket]

Why

[crisp fulcrum]

Z21 is not a valid move

[sturdy cedar]

But this ratio is

[crisp fulcrum]

NOT AGAIN SWAY

[sturdy cedar]

Hehe~

[tame thicket]

Fun

[crisp fulcrum]

Teehee

[sturdy cedar]

Ayo

Something I still can’t get

[crisp fulcrum]

It was good the first time

So I had to do it twice

[lucid pollen]

what if queen moves

[crisp fulcrum]

Sadly it did

But they moved it to d6 smh

Actually moving to d6 is forced if you want to keep queen so no matter what I would win material

[crisp fulcrum]

Hehe

[crisp fulcrum]

Another sac but this time it’s the roooook!!!

[lucid pollen]

why is it so bright

[crisp fulcrum]

Cause why not

[crisp fulcrum]

She does what she does best

[tame thicket]

Let the black bishop take your knight, then take it with your king

Then move the queen two spaces to the right

But first before anything else move your bishop to the original space

Then with your queen in the corridor, find a way to move a rook to the space that is next to the king

Checkmate

[crisp fulcrum]

Bro he’s in check

Also I wasn’t going for mate

[tame thicket]

Why not

[crisp fulcrum]

That wasn’t really the whole idea

[tame thicket]

Ah

[proud imp]

U play Chess?

[crisp fulcrum]

Ya

[proud imp]

Which platform

[crisp fulcrum]

Website?

[proud imp]

Yeah

[crisp fulcrum]

It gets auto deleted here so dm me

[crisp fulcrum]

i dont see how that relates to chess smh

[north dagger]

sup

[crisp fulcrum]

You dont.

[sturdy cedar]

i think bro watched too many reels on chess edits

[crisp fulcrum]

U think

[north dagger]

bro def watched

im no sigma and yet im better than most of the ppl

[crisp fulcrum]

smh...

[north dagger]

hmm

[north dagger]

happy b day

[twilit crane]

queen sac took a rook

[crisp fulcrum]

Wins a rook

W

[north dagger]

damn to think that in a limited time

[twilit crane]

it was vs bot

not timed

but still i spent just like 20 seconds

[lucid pollen]

probably my 2nd or 3rd brilliant, in chess

[crisp fulcrum]

Nice

Great move.

What where you originally thinking before you played it?

[lucid pollen]

"I messed up."

i spent 1 min thinking i cant get out of this situation

and tried to see if there was any possible checkmates if i moved my queen

then realized i could trade

[crisp fulcrum]

Ah

[zenith bloom]

is this a good move?

[lucid pollen]

yeah

from what i can think

[pulsar thorn]

Queen can't take because bishop, forking the king and rook, setting up another check.

Which then skewers the queen

[zenith bloom]

yeh ik

and if they move king its nxg2+ then Ke1 then its Bxd1 taking queen

and if queen takes knight bishop takes

so it guarantees a free queen

and a free rook

my places might be wrong alr

[dawn elk]

nah your correct

[dawn elk]

it would be nxg1+ tho

[crisp fulcrum]

Best move here would be to take knight as you're only losing a queen for Knight instead of a rook and queen for a bishop

[fluid barn]

hi peeps - https://discord.gg/ssundee?event=1384896433878208612

y'all love chess, so what wouldn't it not be to not register for this competition 🔥

[bleak fjord]

Yush yush. Y'all should sign up.

[bleak fjord]

@marsh bramble Wake up.

[cyan fractal]

oh, chess tournament I see...

[bleak fjord]

Yush. Join up.

[cyan fractal]

zamn

[crisp fulcrum]

Seems I should defend my crown

[bleak fjord]

That too

[crisp fulcrum]

well then

The chess grind begins

[fluid barn]

May the best chess champ win

[nova yew]

chess??

[pulsar thorn]

Chess.

[nova yew]

i forgot how to play man

[cyan fractal]

1.c4

[pulsar thorn]

e4 e5 frfr

[nova yew]

English opening

[nova yew]

ah reminds me, back in my days...

[cyan fractal]

it's peak

[nova yew]

after reaching 1.5k elo

I've stopped

learning

[cyan fractal]

that's where I currently stand

[nova yew]

now my skills dropped so much I've been losing to 1000s lol

[cyan fractal]

quite unfortunate

[nova yew]

certainly

[cyan fractal]

you can pick those skills back up again

you've been at that level once, you can do it again

[nova yew]

teach me

[cyan fractal]

I mean, to reach the 1500s

[nova yew]

true that

[cyan fractal]

it's mostly tactical vision

[nova yew]

reaching 1.5k was easy

had to win like 10 matches. from 900-1.5k

[cyan fractal]

ofc you need to know not to fall for the Englund Gambit and the like

[nova yew]

literally 10 matches

[cyan fractal]

gosh, I need like 13 matches to climb 100 ELO ;-;

[nova yew]

i got 250 from 2 matches

75 from next ones. and decreased well

[cyan fractal]

not even bullet grants me that

[nova yew]

i reached like 1.3k in 4-5 matches or so

[nova yew]

bullet gives me 15

blitz give 8

[cyan fractal]

I mean, I currently stand at 1650 rapids, all time peak of (literally) one match away from 1800

and this peak was in February this year

[nova yew]

imagine beating 1800 elo bots and just losing to 1000s lol

that's just so me

[cyan fractal]

sad

but you'll pick your pace again

[nova yew]

you've played well

[cyan fractal]

just remember: don't grind too hard on the same day, it won't end well

[cyan fractal]

I mean, if I were to be patient and do like 2 to 3 matches per day, I could get back there

[nova yew]

I'm afraid to play random online matches now. i just play with a group of people. unrated matches

afraid to lose everything i gained

[cyan fractal]

success comes from taking risks

you won't be getting very far in life if you aren't willing to leave your comfort zone

[nova yew]

it's a hard decision

i become nervous and anxious

[cyan fractal]

that's natural...

just relax, chess is merely a game after all

the stakes are as high as you set them

[nova yew]

it's more like a competition

when your aims are high

[cyan fractal]

I can agree on that

but if seeing it like that hinders your performance...

perhaps it would be more advisable to try to think of it as something smaller, less scary, less pressuring...

[nova yew]

then let's play a match

[cyan fractal]

chess . com?

[nova yew]

yes

I don't use lichess

[cyan fractal]

sent the link

@nova yew pick a time control ig

[nova yew]

okay

[cyan fractal]

@nova yew the position felt way more uncomfortable than it actually was

[nova yew]

technically if i pushed the pawn

[cyan fractal]

I thought I was losing, turns out, it was drawn for most of the match

[nova yew]

i was winning

you did a brilliant

[cyan fractal]

I did?

[nova yew]

yes

[cyan fractal]

the one in the opening, right?

[nova yew]

a knight sacrifice

[cyan fractal]

yeah, I actually look for that type of move every match

not as in, the brilliant

but that specific sacrifice

basically, when they pin your knight to the queen with their bishop and you cut the pin with a bishop in the middle of both pieces, if the bishop is in a position where, by taking one of their center pawns, their knight can't jump to protect it, the app will call the move a brilliant one

[nova yew]

it was going pretty well until i blundered at the end

[cyan fractal]

yeah

I had blundered the creation of the passed pawn

left me losing

-3 on the eval

[nova yew]

yeah i went from a winning position to a mate in 2 lol

[cyan fractal]

quite unfortunate

[nova yew]

always

[cyan fractal]

but you played well I must say

[nova yew]

thank you

[bleak fjord]

King go Boom

[crisp fulcrum]

King go boom

How about brils?

[crisp fulcrum]

THE ROOOOOK

[nova yew]

you got a knight for a rook?

[crisp fulcrum]

u dumb

jkjk

follow up is a fork

2 knights for rook

[nova yew]

oh so you took a knight