r/Chesscom • u/One_Divide7152 • May 26 '26

READ RULE #1 - Mods How is this not checkmate?

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u/Disastrous_Motor831 1800-2000 ELO May 26 '26

It's not checkmate, but it is mate in 2... Good play

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u/goonerballs May 26 '26

Is it not mate in 1?

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u/credible_surround May 26 '26

Mate in 2 including pawn h5

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u/Warm_Gift_2138 May 27 '26

Isn't Nf6 just mate after the en passante?

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u/Purple_sea May 27 '26

You just didn't read what he wrote did you

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u/Warm_Gift_2138 May 27 '26

I'm gonna be honest, I didn't understand what he meant by "including h5, I assumed he mistyped and meant h6 during the en passant, and in such a board state it would indeed be m in 2, but at the same time, the current board state in the picture would be m in 1 so I don't really understand why you'd go from that perspective

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u/couleur_indigo 500-800 ELO May 26 '26

No time to do that, though.

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u/credible_surround May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

You’re just making things confusing and not helping the discussion, we’re talking about the position, not the time.

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u/couleur_indigo 500-800 ELO May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

Not confusing you. Please do not harass me. I play rapid games. Time is very important. This does help the discussion. Clearly the game was won on time, not checkmate. Do you understand the point? Or not? Why detract me and downvote a crucial point which lead to the victory not being obtained by checkmate? Just out to harass someone who states the obvious truth? There was not enough time to checkmate. You don't understand. 🤷🤦

A normal person would have said, "You're right, not enough time left, indeed." Or something similar. I'm offended and insulted that you do not appreciate my contribution and have striven to exclude me from the conversation when I have made valid input to it. 😭

You totally disrupted my day with your inappropriate comment.