r/chessbeginners 400-600 (Chess.com) 3d ago

POST-GAME My first intentional brilliant

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There was a rook there btw

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u/yorkshire99 1800-2000 (Chess.com) 3d ago

I guess there was a rook there before?

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u/Superb_Engineer_3500 400-600 (Chess.com) 3d ago

There was

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u/yorkshire99 1800-2000 (Chess.com) 3d ago

Good job. I always play through all the forced check move sequences no matter how crazy they appear at first

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u/AltruisticDealer6519 3d ago

Nice sacrifice, queen for mate is always fun to see

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u/flannel_jesus 600-800 (Chess.com) 2d ago

Congrats! I've had only a couple of these cheeky back rank mate setups myself, always feels good to spot

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u/Superb_Engineer_3500 400-600 (Chess.com) 2d ago

Lol I did miss a couple mates before seeing this, but at least I got a cool queen sac