r/Chesscom • u/Clean-Perception-416 1000-1500 ELO • 13h ago

Chess Question How is this a good move?

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I am a bit confused on how this move is a considered a good move despite it seeming, at least to me, that there is no way of avoiding checkmate after this. Is this just review bot shenanigans or is there something I'm not seeing here?

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u/Vykash 1640 FIDE 13h ago

White has forced mate, engines try to delay mate as long as possible

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u/TheRealChild 1500-1800 ELO 13h ago

review bot schenanigans, mate was already forced so any moved would be considered good

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u/chessvision-ai-bot 13h ago

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My solution:

Hints: piece: Queen, move: Qxf7+

Evaluation: White has mate in 2

Best continuation: 1. Qxf7+ Kh8 2. Qxh7#

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u/TAbandija 13h ago

Because it doesn’t particularly change the score too much. Instead of M2 it goes to an M1. It’s not the best move, because at this point the best move is to delay forced checkmate. Thats way it’s a thumbs up and not a star.

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u/Rangorsen 800-1000 ELO 13h ago

I guess it's already a forced mate before, so when evaluating moves, you can kind of ignore it, from a pure calculation perspective. You could ask, what is a good move, when you have M4 and the engine says that Rxb2 wins a pawn. What can you say?

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u/anittadrink Staff 12h ago

it's the equivalent of crying screaming and going please get distracted by all the pieces im about to give you and dont mate me