Hey Squire, you're lucky to have such a good relationship with your Dad. Treasure it.

If you want to lose, move the knight above your pawns right infront of the queen, if you want to keep playing, move that same knight right to the left of your king, when the queen takes that, take it with your king, and the battle will continue!

 

What I find to be hilarious is when my dad puts me in checkmate, but doesn't realize it, we have a ten minute argument about how I'm in checkmate and not just check. Then he laughs at me once he realizes he won and we go play videogames.

Yep... Checkmate!

That's an incredibly sweeping statement, kevindubrow. If you mean something like 'beginners don't always see everything that a more experienced player might', surely that's the definition of a beginner?

The problem with beginners is that they lack foresight and don't think too hard. Study the board longer.

No, the queen couldn't have taken a pawn on b2, otherwise where did that pawn on a3 come from? The mystery deepens...

What I find interesting here is trying to work out how this position was arrived at. As far as I can see, the queen must have come from b2, in which case why didn't white protect against this move? Also, how did the queen get to b2 in the first place? Where did it come from? Why did it stop at b2? Did it take a pawn there, possibly? Maybe some of you can see another possible scenario? Colinh, I'd be interested to know where this puzzle came from, e.g. from a book or was it a position you found yourself in or what?

OMG is this person blind? Nd1 is painstakingly obvious! What happened during the real game? Did you resign on the spot?

This guy is 14 years old (just) and has a rating currently of 1170. He was just 13 when he posted this. GIVE HIM A BREAK YOU BULLIES!! Have none of you ever made a mistake in your lives??

I thought this site was supposed to be about learning, sharing and having fun. How would any of you like it if you were treated in the way you've treated him.

ARE THE KNIGHT INVISIBLE FOR YOU?

i can't see the problem on this games

its not checkmate because black still have move.

black still can move knight to d1 :)

wow

Nd1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is a normal game of chess, which means peices can move backwards!

it is really simple.

Nd1 dummy

" dude, KNIGHT TO D1! ITS NOT A CHECKMATE U FOOL!"  LOL!!  That's funnier than Dreyfus having a go at Cluesoe.
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Well White's pieces won't go very far in this game that's for sure, but it isn't check mate.

check, not mate.

dude, KNIGHT TO D1! ITS NOT A CHECKMATE U FOOL!

this is not a checkmate.

Nd1-Ba4, f4-Qxd1, Kf2-Qxd2, but Black Will Lose Anyway

dumb is right

White is still lost after Nd1. The lack of development is unbelievable.