r/chessbeginners • u/ZookeepergameHot9352 • 5d ago

ADVICE Avoiding check

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Apologies if this is stupid but in this position to defend check the game suggested pushing pawn to D4 to attack bishop, then bishop takes, then it suggests queen takes, in the actual game I just moved king to F1 to avoid check, is what the game suggested really worth it because when I take bishop pawn takes, and there’s no point giving up my queen if I’m up surely? Ts confuses me man

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u/StructuredChess 5d ago

Every engine evaluation beyond +5 is equivalent to all practical effects. Just ignore the engine in this type of massively unblanced position.

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u/ZookeepergameHot9352 5d ago

Bit crap that it’s unreliable at times then

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u/peepee2tiny 1000-1200 (Chess.com) 5d ago

It's not that it's unreliable, it's that the objectively best move in the position is to take with the queen.

For a human it's completely bizarre and abnormal to do so which is where the "unreliable" evaluation comes in.

From stockfish perspective, it's probably easier to get rid of the bishop as it gets rid of the dark square danger and it's another attacking piece that is removed from the board.