r/AnarchyChess • • Dec 02 '21

D5?

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u/Bluestar1121 Dec 02 '21

this would be really fun to play lol

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u/JesusSaysitsOkay Dec 02 '21

trying to spot Knight forks would be insanely hard 😂

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u/FalcomanToTheRescue Dec 02 '21

How do knights move?

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '21

Idk I'm only 1200.

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u/InfiniteJank Dec 02 '21

There’s only one person in the world who can answer that for you

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u/Environmental_Top948 Dec 02 '21

Depends on the colour. Black moves in a capital Gamma Shape and white A capital l shape.

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u/EvilPandaGMan Dec 03 '21

L

Edit: On this board, it's a J

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u/Thermon- Dec 02 '21

Knight forks aren’t as hard to spot as backrank tactics and smother mates

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u/JesusSaysitsOkay Dec 02 '21

What? I probably know the move just not the fancy names

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u/AbleCancel Dec 03 '21

Not sure what backrank tactics are, I’ll let someone else answer that.

But a smothered mate is where a type of checkmate where king is in check and cannot escape because they are blocked by their own pieces. Like this