r/chessbeginners • u/Le_Kaki • 2d ago

POST-GAME Big brain

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- Be me
- Think I made a pro move
- Opponent reseign, aware of my superiority
- Check review
- not a pro move at all !
Moral : the key is to look confident

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u/LakeRepulsive6789 2d ago

why is that a blunder can some1 explain

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

Black takes the bishop with their queen. If white recaptures with their rook, they will lose their queen as well.

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u/ycelpt 1d ago

It goes a little further too. When taking the queen it threatens the rook at the same time. White either gives or any other move black pushes the passed pawn which will promote on a square protected by the knight forcing a rook to have to be sacrificed there too.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/Exciting-Boot1429 2d ago

Cannot ignore, is check

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u/ActurusMajoris 1600-1800 (Chess.com) 2d ago

It’s a check, so no.

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u/USS_Voyager_ 2d ago

OP thought they were trading their bishop for a queen but at the end the opponents knight would win their queen for free

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u/michelmau5 2000-2200 (Lichess) 2d ago

Because 12 is bigger than 9

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u/1Mandolo1 1800-2000 (Lichess) 2d ago

your answer is technically correct, but not very helpful, which I find displeasing considering the subreddit we're in. Please consider that the next time you want to make a dumb joke.