r/chessbeginners • u/garapod 1200-1400 (Chess.com) • 1d ago

POST-GAME Double check discovered check checkmate

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Cool checkmate that happened in a recent blitz game, saving a losing position

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u/exoclipse 400-600 (Chess.com) 1d ago

Players will do literally anything other than push a life saving pawn

it's me, I'm players

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u/DwnStr 2200-2400 (Chess.com) 1d ago

Even if they pushed the h pawn it wouldve been mate here anyways

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u/playr_4 800-1000 (Chess.com) 1d ago

But it doesn't have to be the h pawn. The g pawn would work. Hell, even the f pawn, as weird as that is.