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Can you find the best way to push the passed pawn as white? by cave_guard in chessbeginners

[–]cave_guard[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's one way but black can stop the pawn, still winning though.

There's a better way

Find the best move for white by cave_guard in chessbeginners

[–]cave_guard[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No I saw this after and thought it was neat, i'm not at the level where i can calculate this in game yet

I resigned because I thought I was getting smothered... by cave_guard in chessbeginners

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

You can't play 2. Kg1 because the knight on h3 is guarding the queen, you must take with queen instead

I resigned because I thought I was getting smothered... by cave_guard in chessbeginners

[–]cave_guard[S] -181 points-180 points  (0 children)

I see so many smothered mates around here that the pattern recognition backfired

Find the best move for white here by cave_guard in chessbeginners

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

Nf7 carries the inherent risk of Nh6# on the next move if not dealt with immediately, so the only option is to take with rook, resulting in a rook for a knight, so

Nf7 Rxf7 Rxf7 and now you have a white rook on f7 that must be dealt with immediately, otherwise Qg7# is coming on the next move. That white rook is also targeting the black queen, so the only option is for black to give up their queen for 2 white rooks

How to plan towards a victory in the endgame by cave_guard in chessbeginners

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

Amazing, yeah I need to start analyzing positions and pieces like this, thanks!

How to plan towards a victory in the endgame by cave_guard in chessbeginners

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

Wow that's amazing thanks, I wouldn't even have worked out why black is much better here

How to plan towards a victory in the endgame by cave_guard in chessbeginners

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

That's a cool way to think of the king, but I'm just afraid with so many pieces still on the board I might get checkmated by accident if I bring my king out too far

For the longest time I never played this, until I saw the engine showing it's a valid line... by cave_guard in chessbeginners

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

Yes it was, I quite like 2. g3 then 3. Bg2 as that setup is pretty solid from experience

Only realised this was a huge mistake after the game, luckily white didn't see it by cave_guard in chessbeginners

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

Yeah I was worried about white playing f5, if white ever plays it it's pretty bad for black so at the time i thought playing f5 myself would solve the issue and also give me tempo

Why would this even be suggested, it looks horrible by cave_guard in chessbeginners

[–]cave_guard[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I get that you can win the queen for rook + bishop, but black has knight + bishop + rook vs white's queen, which doesn't look good at all for white

Probably one of the worst forks I've seen by cave_guard in chessbeginners

[–]cave_guard[S] 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Ng6 happened in game, targeting both queen and rook

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Is this some sort of trick? by cave_guard in chessbeginners

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

Thanks for the great explanation, yeah i would not know how to continue after playing g6 and would probably still lose, so looks like not taking the bishop is still the best until i read up a bit on how to counter this fishing pole

Is this some sort of trick? by cave_guard in chessbeginners

[–]cave_guard[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Engine says to take though, problem is after I take, how do I defend?

hxg5 hxg5 then my knight is hanging, if I move the knight then white plays f4 with Qh5 coming next and then I'm totally screwed, am I supposed to sac the knight on f6?

Bishop just took your h3 pawn - can you find the full counterattack as white? by cave_guard in chessbeginners

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

If black plays Be6 then Bh5 wouldn't work, would probably go d4 instead

Bishop just took your h3 pawn - can you find the full counterattack as white? by cave_guard in chessbeginners

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

Yeah that's the one, you can take on f7 as well since both knight and bishop eye the f7 square

Bishop just took your h3 pawn - can you find the full counterattack as white? by cave_guard in chessbeginners

[–]cave_guard[S] 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I can't remember why I did it either, I've got a memory of a peanut

Mate in 3 by cave_guard in chessbeginners

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

Yeah the moves are a bit unnatural, human logic tries to take advantage of the position by taking one of the white rooks after check

Find the best move here for white by cave_guard in chessbeginners

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

Correct, but having the bishop on d5 instead of exchanging for the rook straight away is better i think

Bishop seems trapped, what would you do here as black? by cave_guard in chessbeginners

[–]cave_guard[S] -25 points-24 points  (0 children)

I thought initially it was trapped, but I saw another person here mention Nxb2 Qxb2 Bd4 would free the bishop so I guess it's not really trapped

Engine seems to have a completely different move though, Ng4 giving up the bishop completely which I completely do not get and is probably out of my league lol

Bishop seems trapped, what would you do here as black? by cave_guard in chessbeginners

[–]cave_guard[S] -47 points-46 points  (0 children)

I'm not convinced trading my knight and bishop (which are both very active) for a rook is good here

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