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Frudgey
Canada3367 Posts
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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/H4iH0Jm.png) Thank you based teut. I looked for some other attacks but it really does seem the queen sac is the best play here. | ||
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Eppa!
Sweden4641 Posts
On March 14 2014 02:51 mordek wrote: Dear chess gurus in this thread. I can trade queen for both rooks. That would leave us with both our knights, me with a rook and him with a bishop, even on pawns and similar structures. I'm a chess noob beyond tactics. Could probably get a shot of the board up if needed. I feel like queen for both rooks is the right choice but I hate to sac Q when I have one and he doesn't. It is generally the better choice as 2 rooks are about equal/slightly better than a queen. | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23442 Posts
(the king is stuck defending the knight and R-c2 is probably lethal) | ||
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Lord Tolkien
United States12084 Posts
On March 14 2014 01:29 Shelke14 wrote: With only a little bit of manly grunting noises. Want more nudity. I'll be seeing it today so we'll see. The last one was kinda lulzy in plot. On chess: trade it. Unless you are in imminent threat of checkmate or he's likely to promote, knight+rook is vastly superior endgame than bishop+knight. | ||
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Zess
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
On March 14 2014 02:06 jcarlsoniv wrote: Apparently I forgot to cancel my Amazon Prime trial. Hopefully I'll remember to do it next year l0l You can cancel it and they will give you a prorated refund (if its within 30 days and you haven't bought anything then you get the full refund) | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
On March 14 2014 03:11 Slayer91 wrote: qh4+ wins a knight and the king is stuck in the centre, potentially game winning attack (the king is stuck defending the knight and R-c2 is probably lethal) Holy crap I'm blind. Need more tactics  What does Rc2 do? | ||
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
On March 14 2014 03:14 xes wrote: You can cancel it and they will give you a prorated refund (if its within 30 days and you haven't bought anything then you get the full refund) It renewed in January =P Not a huge concern, I'll get use out of it. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
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Slayer91
Ireland23442 Posts
white really is in trouble here white can just move the knight but then you move into E3 again and you have rook and queen aimed at the bishop with mate threat once you get into c2 actually you can't play rc2 early cause of back rank mate LOL in that case going for Qe3 to prevent castling into Nc3 is still a hard to stop plan, and counter like Ne4 with F5 freeing backrank and gaining a tempo chasing the knight | ||
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ComaDose
Canada10357 Posts
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21247 Posts
On March 14 2014 03:17 jcarlsoniv wrote: It renewed in January =P Not a huge concern, I'll get use out of it. They're raising the price to 99 in April~ On March 14 2014 03:05 Frudgey wrote: Hey Anime fans, I got a question about Code Geass. + Show Spoiler [Code Geass Spoiler] + Also, if you're not into Code Geass I've got something for you anyways + Show Spoiler + Yes. | ||
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
On March 14 2014 03:20 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: They're raising the price to 99 in April~ That's why I noticed I even had a subscription. I won't be charged 99 until next Jan | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
On March 14 2014 03:18 Slayer91 wrote: after qh4+ g3 QxN the black threat is Rc2 Rd1 N-c3 winning more material so white has to move R-d1 straight away so you then go like N-c3 R-c1 Q-e3 threatening mate white really is in trouble here white can just move the knight but then you move into E3 again and you have rook and queen aimed at the bishop with mate threat once you get into c2 actually you can't play rc2 early cause of back rank mate LOL in that case going for Qe3 to prevent castling into Nc3 is still a hard to stop plan, and counter like Ne4 with F5 freeing backrank and gaining a tempo chasing the knight Yeah was gonna say I can't have the rook leave back rank until he moves files. I'm going to try to process what you wrote in between some work. Thanks again. I really need to get more feedback on why you do what you do. If I see a tactic or how to get a fork/skewer a few steps ahead it's one thing, but I'm really lacking in overall strategy. @soniv chess.com and yes of course you can see my tag on the pic | ||
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Crusnik
United States5378 Posts
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
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Alaric
France45622 Posts
Did a 1v4 at level 14 just to test a class combo, so if you can destroy stuff this early, think about lategame when all the AI has is balls of stats on bosses and doesn't scale nearly as well as you on all the rest... | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
For a beginner is there some a short read for basic chess strategies? | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23442 Posts
A check can be like a free card draw in a card game. Since you can only move one piece at a time forcing ineffectual king moves while moving around is often invaluable. Seeing that position I wouldn't have even considered the queen sacrifice, I would have simply realized there was a threat on the queen and an easy way to get out of it and displace him with qh4+, and then you see the knight is undefended. Even if qh4 wasn't on the table I'd go qf4. The black squares are completely undefended and his bishop is dead, all 3 of his pieces are potential targets as well as his king, and the rook is completely out of the game. at a glance I'd think there should be a winning position within 5 moves and no need to try to exchange off. A weakness is anything that he can't easily defend. The second thing you look for is his moves which are bothersome and look for ways to nullify them, moving pieces out of the way, or taking control of the square that they would be troublesome in. His only troublesome piece is his rook but you can force it on the defensive and knock it around pretty easily with your queen and knight threats. | ||
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