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ChessKy538

I played a game against Bala The Bold, the new chess toughest bot of February and I kept trying to win but I couldn't. One match, I got to this position:
As you can see, I'm getting destroyed, even though material is equal, but then it made a blunder on its turn (yes the position above is Black to move and I'm White)....... Nxa4??. I was easily able to win the game with a simple tactic. But the question is: CAN YOU FIND THE WINNING MOVE FOR WHITE AFTER THE BLUNDER? Let me know what you think in the comments!

Surf1k

Bro is so sus, just like this guy

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q3NjbY486UU

hrm16

Imagine the bot had to play a knight move...

Surf1k

It's Ke3 btw

ChessKy538
Legendowski wrote:

It's Ke3 btw

Correct!

Drummer_GD_Elijah

How is h5 best, and not Ke3? Why does it work after Nxa4?

ChessKy538
Drummer_Typist_Elijah wrote:

How is h5 best, and not Ke3? Why does it work after Nxa4?

Because If you play Ke3 now, then Ke5 is played and no material is won. If you play Ke3 after Nxa4, if they play Ke5 to defend the rook, they lose the knight and they can't take yours.

VictoryW10

Ke5 Nf3?

ChessKy538
VictoryW10 wrote:

Ke5 Nf3?

Just after Nxa4, play Ke3

VictoryW10

Ah Rd3

ChessKy538
VictoryW10 wrote:

Ah Rd3

After Nxa4, it's white to move, not black

VictoryW10

I know I was puzzling about why ke3 doesn’t work immediately

hrm16
VictoryW10 wrote:

I know I was puzzling about why ke3 doesn’t work immediately

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