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minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agoBc6 Rb2 Trying to mate on g2 and defending. I’m not sure where to go from there, either bg2+ or nf4+ Either case I can’t find a forced mate in my head atleast
minus-squareBonifratz@feddit.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoGood start. You don’t have to calculate all the way to mate in that line, White gets an overwhelming advantage. But more interestingly: What do you do after Bc6 Rb1+?
minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year ago Bc6 Rb1+ Ke2 Rxh1 Bg2+ Kxg2 Nf4+ Kg1 Ke1 g2 Ne2
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoDoes it work if black declines to take the queen?
Bc6 Rb2 Trying to mate on g2 and defending.
I’m not sure where to go from there, either bg2+ or nf4+
Either case I can’t find a forced mate in my head atleast
Good start. You don’t have to calculate all the way to mate in that line, White gets an overwhelming advantage.
But more interestingly: What do you do after Bc6 Rb1+?
Bc6 Rb1+
Ke2 Rxh1
Bg2+ Kxg2
Nf4+ Kg1
Ke1 g2
Ne2
Perfect, you found it!
No way!
Does it work if black declines to take the queen?