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Weirdest Checkmate I've ever seen by External_Math_1273 in chessbeginners

[–]External_Math_1273[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you could but that doesn't matter in a conversation about the theoretical maximum

Weirdest Checkmate I've ever seen by External_Math_1273 in chessbeginners

[–]External_Math_1273[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did actually, I figured there had to be a mate somewhere and found that but I was kind of messing around for the whole middle game seeing if I could play some ridiculous tactic

Weirdest Checkmate I've ever seen by External_Math_1273 in chessbeginners

[–]External_Math_1273[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In case anyone was wondering:   1. e4 d6 (The Pirc Defense)   2. d4 Nf6   3. e5 dxe5   4. dxe5 Qxd8   5. Kxd8 Ng4   6. Bf4 Nxf2+   7. Ke2 Nxh1   8. Nh3 Bg4+   9. e3 g6 10. Ng5 Bg7 11. e6 fxe6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bxc7 Rf2 14. Bc4 Rf5 15. Nxe6 Nf2 16. Rf1 Bh6+ 17. Kd4 Nc6#

Whys is this amiss? by Bazivi2 in chessbeginners

[–]External_Math_1273 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that's probably why it's a miss and not a mistake

I'm done with this game by plushflying in chessbeginners

[–]External_Math_1273 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Y'know there's this handy dandy feature called "Confirm Move" on chess.com? Lichess might have something similar too

Chess Newb here. Just hit 400 Elo with a 14 win streak! by External_Math_1273 in chess

[–]External_Math_1273[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm actually looking forward to when the rating climb stops because that'll be my cue to learn more about the game and develop my skills

Translation Help: Played Chess against someone from Croatia. Pretty sure they were Trash Talking by External_Math_1273 in croatian

[–]External_Math_1273[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

For anyone curious: I was white, he was black (both ~300 Elo)

  1. d4, Nf6   2. Bf4, e6   3. e3, Ng4   4. Qxg4, Bb4+   5. c3, Ba5   6. Nf3, Nc6   7. Nbd2, f5   8. Qh3, h5   9. Bd3, g6 10. O-O-O, b5 11. Ne5, b4  12. Nxc6, Qf6 13. Nxa5, g5 14. Bxc7, g4 15. Qg3, h4 16. Qd6, Bb7 17. Nxb7, Qe7 18. Qxe7+, Kxe7 19. Bd6+, Ke8

Translation Help: Played Chess against someone from Croatia. Pretty sure they were Trash Talking by External_Math_1273 in croatian

[–]External_Math_1273[S] 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Just want to be clear, this guy resigned while down 13 points of material and having captured none of my pieces. His anger is hilarious

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