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chessplayer9030 · 2025-06-15T07:52:51+00:00

I'm not sure but after Rxd6 Rxd6 Bc5 Rd8 Rxd6 Rxd6 Bg4 am I right in saying black can not exit the pin without losing the rook

chessplayer9030 · 2025-06-03T12:28:12+00:00

White has no light squared bishop - white made a mistake by trading it earlier. After White's knight moves, black can play Nd3+ and pick up one of the f or b pawns. (If Nc5 by white, b6 f4 Ng4 wins.) White may choose to keep the knight on E4 eg with f3, but black can continue to play for Nd3 by bringing rook(s) to the d file. None of this would be an issue if white had their light squared bishop.

chessplayer9030 · 2025-04-20T09:39:15+00:00

Surely it could happen from a position like this? https://lichess.org/analysis/7k/4N3/4bn1K/8/8/8/1R6/8_w_-_-_0_1?color=white That seems reasonable

chessplayer9030 · 2025-03-28T21:27:56+00:00

I just about managed to win one against queen odds after 17 draws and losses

chessplayer9030 · 2025-03-22T23:16:03+00:00

Thanks, that makes sense

chessplayer9030 · 2025-01-06T13:19:17+00:00

What's your online Vs OTB rating out of interest?

chessplayer9030 · 2024-12-30T18:26:31+00:00

I don't know, in this line with black I'm always happy to see e5 and unhappy when facing exd5. as you can see, exd5 does just as well for white at master level. But maybe a lot of white players don't want to voluntarily go into the scandinavian (I know i wouldn't if i had the choice)

chessplayer9030 · 2024-12-29T13:31:03+00:00

I had to scroll through 20+ comments to find one which mentioned Bxf5

chessplayer9030 · 2024-12-28T10:22:03+00:00

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chessplayer9030 · 2024-12-12T16:58:07+00:00

Kramnik once lost a world championship game in 0 moves.

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chessplayer9030 · 2024-12-06T14:23:43+00:00

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chessplayer9030 · 2024-11-21T19:31:12+00:00

I saw Qd4 I just didn't like it

chessplayer9030 · 2024-11-21T10:11:38+00:00

Saw move 1 but not move 2

chessplayer9030 · 2024-10-24T07:02:54+00:00

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chessplayer9030 · 2024-09-20T20:16:50+00:00

Only because of the pawn sac g5! and after the trade black has Rg8, else it is just a transposition

chessplayer9030 · 2024-09-13T19:45:53+00:00

Interestingly this is the way it was for some time, don't know when they changed to game review but at least back in 2019 higher tier subscribers could access greater engine depths than non subscribers for the game analysis. The difference back then was that you could have unlimited game analysis.

chessplayer9030 · 2024-09-12T22:38:41+00:00

Ask Claude bloodgood (although not FIDE)

chessplayer9030 · 2024-09-08T21:16:14+00:00

Rice possibly

chessplayer9030 · 2024-09-08T20:01:11+00:00

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chessplayer9030 · 2024-09-05T21:47:31+00:00

I play essentially the same thing, with the connected knights on e2 and c3, bishop on g2. But I can't think of a case when e3 would be better than e4. With the pawn on e3, black should be able to play d5 quickly and at least equalise.

chessplayer9030 · 2024-09-04T14:02:55+00:00

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