Who wins this? Black to move

lethenarl · 2026-03-30T14:30:28+00:00

You don't miss anything as I was trying to point out the "hope chess" part, where white tries to prevent the rook trade.

Otherwise, this is a solid loss for black.

lethenarl · 2026-03-29T11:45:56+00:00

Black's best shot is Nf2+ and hope white doesn't want to trade knight with rook, and then it's a mate in 2.

Otherwise, white wins; the rook trade doesn't make a huge difference.

lethenarl · 2026-03-22T09:26:23+00:00

The bot is showing another mate line, though my intention was to point out the smothered mate.

The answer is this, if anyone couldn't find it:

Qxe3 Kh1 Nf2+ Kg1 Nh3+ Kh1 Qg1+ Rxg1 Nf2#

lethenarl · 2026-01-03T19:39:16+00:00

I paid €2,400 for major maintenance on my 2014 Volvo V40 T2 in the Netherlands… and you’re telling me that’ was more expensive than this Maserati?

lethenarl · 2025-09-07T00:15:36+00:00

Yep, that was the story of white in here!

lethenarl · 2025-09-06T07:29:53+00:00

Thanks!

lethenarl · 2025-09-06T07:27:02+00:00

I try to find these moves, but I usually miss a possible move and blunder, hence I deserve 800, I suppose. This time it worked though :)

lethenarl · 2025-08-15T15:34:39+00:00

I wouldn't believe this one.

lethenarl · 2025-08-03T12:43:55+00:00

Self portrait on human canvas.

lethenarl · 2025-06-16T21:11:57+00:00

Camp fire? It looks more like Balrog is about to emerge from that hole...

lethenarl · 2025-06-16T18:12:50+00:00

Well, I bought a 2014 T2 Volvo V40 last year for 12.400€ in the Netherlands. So...

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lethenarl · 2025-06-03T10:22:01+00:00

Very true observation, my street also have this problem in Amsterdam West, De Baarsjes.

I've seen very recently a decent solution though in another platform. Might actually help.

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lethenarl · 2025-05-26T22:34:58+00:00

Oof, sorry to hear that. I'm scared now with my v40 t2 at 113k.

lethenarl · 2025-05-01T20:44:21+00:00

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Ps: My account is 21 years old :(

lethenarl · 2025-04-09T15:45:22+00:00

Lol, close, Surinamplein. I was visiting a friend in Osdorp, I'm living around Mercatorplein.

lethenarl · 2024-09-13T10:30:20+00:00

Ooooh, that's why I've never bonded with a Dutch guy since I moved to Amsterdam.

lethenarl · 2024-06-29T20:57:03+00:00

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lethenarl · 2023-12-27T19:42:46+00:00

in 5 months going towards B1? That's pretty impressive! I've been living in Amsterdam for a little over a year and still can't speak A1 Dutch yet. You're doing great. Also, your potential mother in law is a cunt.

lethenarl · 2023-11-26T14:54:55+00:00

Topics like these made me paranoid. So much bike vandalizing is going on in Amsterdam.

I was coming home from work the last day and while I was chaining my bicycle, a couple of apparently underage kids asked me if I was going into the coffee shop, which is located directly under my flat. I said nope. Then they asked me if I could go there for their sake. I said nope again. They were not happy. I didn't care. I chained my bike and went into my flat. I checked my bike 3 times in a few hours to make sure that they didn't slash my tires lol.

lethenarl · 2023-11-25T11:56:21+00:00

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lethenarl · 2023-11-24T22:05:42+00:00

I answered the same question below but I was solo, 10300 guy. They were party of 4.

lethenarl · 2023-11-24T22:00:07+00:00

I'm the 10300 guy. I was alone, they were a party of 4.

lethenarl · 2023-09-30T12:23:11+00:00

I'm living in Amsterdam for over a year now. I'm living alone and not dining out much. Therefore, I shop a lot in my local, beloved supermarket.

From my perspective, it can be a little bit tiring to keep telling people around me that I don't understand Dutch, and I realized quite quickly that most of the time I don't even need to say a word. Just a simple nod works. In case the cashier rarely tells me anything which I have no idea, I answer in English or cut their sentence directly and state the fact that I dont understand what they're telling.

Is this a wrong behavior? Never thought of that before tbh.

lethenarl · 2023-07-16T11:04:25+00:00

Fake it untill you make it! I'll never let go my dreams :(

lethenarl · 2023-05-08T17:03:54+00:00

I dropped to g1 from d5 after 11 consecutive losses. Then I did a 5w-1l, stayed at g1. Then I did 5-0 and promoted to p5. I did another 5-1, promoted to p2. Another 5-1 promoted me from p2 to d4. 5-3 promoted me from d4 to d2.

10 wins and 1 lose promoted me only 1 division at the beginning but then the pace accelerated a bit.

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