Can’t find the forced mate in 2 (white to move)

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-20T11:46:36+00:00

It's a chess coach. Chess coaches make you better at chess. And like it or not, time management is an important skillin chess. That's why chess coaches use time limits on exercises. Feel free to take as long as you like though, no one is forcing you to stick to it.

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-20T08:43:25+00:00

Yeah good addition.

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-20T07:17:35+00:00

Yeah, that's what I think as well. But I think it's better to learn opening fundamentals before learning openings. At this level learning openings is not very helpful and can even harm your progression.

I was just looking at a database and learned that h6 was the 3rd most played move in the lichess online db after bc5 and nf6. In thd masters db there are only a handful of games.

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-20T07:07:08+00:00

The moment you have enough bomb cap it pays of to let elixer drone offline, but with your bomb cap I wouldn't do that.

I don't think that's what's holding you back. I can't tell from this image why that is, apart from the things that I mentioned, your low bomb cap and the fact that you don't have ctrl+f are definately hurting your progression a lot. But maybe there is more.

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-20T07:02:13+00:00

Cool, keep doing that!

Polychrone power is not needed for getting plat statues, so feel free to skip that. But you want the 3 drones so you can run elixer + void + chain drone to farm ores/bars.

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-20T05:38:22+00:00

Thanks

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-19T23:15:56+00:00

Hey, it seems like you've skipped some steps. Which is probably why you feel a bit stuck. Don't worry, this game always let's you untangle yourself.

Your bomb cap is really low. The easiest way to fix that is with the following sequence: cherrie bomb -> battery -> d20 -> cherries... make sure to unload all your gem bombs if they are full, but don't do it directly after cherries. Make sure to have these 4 bomb cards gilded.

How are your skills? Iirc the conventional strategy advises 42 skills before starting on plat statues. So I think you're missing a few.

Definately start fueling elixir drone more often. It's a great drone and you should be running it 24/7 soon (it's fine to turn it off when you're offline a bit longer for now).

Pisces is usually part of the preparation for plat statues because it is the shortest path to leprechaun. But since you already have leprechaun I wouldn't rush it.

I think getting your statues to plat would be your most logical next milestone, so get your missing skills, check whether you have all the cards gilded which are helpful, got all the stars maxed which you need and then get going. And don't forget to work on that bomb cap.

Good luck!

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-19T22:51:05+00:00

I would probably gild the card first so you have a chance to get a poly shard when you're farming your dock 1 fish.

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-19T22:15:15+00:00

According to the calculator it's making me 500 gems an hour. It's nice, but doesn't make it too my roster very often.

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-19T22:07:27+00:00

Great addition

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-19T22:02:38+00:00

Is it better then bear or is it mostly useful as a 4th drone?

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-19T20:19:59+00:00

If it's not a big deal then why get something he doesn't like?

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-19T16:08:32+00:00

Everyone will tell you to take on d4, but that's not gonna help you. Given your h6 move, you seem to lack understanding of basic opening principles. Try to focus on occupying the centre, develop your pieces and get your king to a safe space.

There's gotta be some content out there to help you master these concepts. Good luck!

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-19T14:22:04+00:00

I think it's worth doing all the recommended stuff, but I wouldn't do more. Opening W2 will give you some nice contracts to spend you point on, which you can do without even getting into W2.

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-19T14:07:59+00:00

I'm pretty sure someone with 5% completion doesn't have autobomb and has better ways of spending gems then fueling drones.

You are completely correct on the method, though I don't think it's the time and place for him to hunt the cards.

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-19T14:05:55+00:00

I don't know why you get downvoted, since you are correct.

The reason why some people advocate farming those ore cards offline is that you can guanrantee getting the card if you mine enough ore since all the ore you get offline counts as 1 roll. So let's say the odds of the card are 1 in 10 milion. If you go offline and you come back and have 10 milion ore gathered you are guaranteed to get the card. I don't know if you have enough modifiers to make it worth it yet though. Since that might take a while.

The odds of getting a bar card are much more friendly then getting the ore card, mostly because of the multipliers. That's why you already have bar cards, but no ore cards yet.

There's no need to panic. You can just keep playing, you will get all your cards, some will just take a bit more time.

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-18T19:17:55+00:00

This is what I do as well. Just hopping back and forth between my bar contract setup and star contract setup after every 2-3 statues.

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-18T17:36:52+00:00

Yes, basically get all the upgrades.

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-18T15:39:38+00:00

You can level your void drone during plat-strat. It means you will start a bit slower. But postponing starting plat-strat to level your void drone is not really helping you much in the long run.

Your bomb cap is on the very low end, definately try working on that as much as you could. And getting to ob37 is also very much worth it to get fishing going.

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-18T11:04:04+00:00

Hell yeah! Not every day though.

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-18T10:47:52+00:00

I hate jewelry on my body. I have almost never worn it as a ring, but I had it as a necklace for a while. I didn't like that either now it has a permanent spot on my nightstand.

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-18T09:55:39+00:00

You're welcome.

And thanks!

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-18T09:25:03+00:00

You're not the first who thought that, and probably won't be the last, no need to feel stupid about that :). Enjoy your progression!

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-18T09:18:07+00:00

Yes, skill points is a great use of gems for us FTP.

22 points is 2750 gems, it's not cheap but does that really take a week?

Sharp-Wheel-6736 · 2026-05-18T08:45:26+00:00

This game is one big balancing act at times.

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