The coach said, in french “Vous avez manqué une occasion de faire échec et mat”. In English, that's roughly equivalent to "You missed an opportunity to checkmate". But all the king has to do is take the rook and he escapes checkmate. Or maybe I'm missing something. Perhaps there's an error in the translation.
Where is the chekcmate ?
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Fighter-71_FR
Feb 4, 2026
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Feb 4, 2026
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#2
in that position, before you move the bishop Re8 would’ve been checkmate
Feb 4, 2026
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Eph_320 wrote:
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Feb 4, 2026
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#6
Ah ok. I understand. I got confused. The arrow meant that I should have done Re8 instead of Bd6. Sorry for creating a thread for nothing. I think we can delete the thread, since it's not a bug..
Feb 5, 2026
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Fighter-71_FR wrote:
The coach said, in french “Vous avez manqué une occasion de faire échec et mat”. In English, that's roughly equivalent to "You missed an opportunity to checkmate". But all the king has to do is take the rook and he escapes checkmate. Or maybe I'm missing something. Perhaps there's an error in the translation. no your not missing anything thats defenetily a bug a huge one too
Feb 5, 2026
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#9
but if you take the move before when you didnt move the bishop it was mate but it dosent make sense that the coach said that after
Feb 5, 2026
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#10
If you moved your rook to E1 and left your bishop at B4 it would’ve been checkmate because the bishop would protect the rook preventing the king from capturing the rook.
Feb 5, 2026
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#11
Don't forget that I was playing black. Some people say Re8 (myself included), but it's Re1. And as for the bishop, I should have left it on b4 instead of moving it to d6. The coach was right, the bishop on b4 protects the rook on e1.
Feb 5, 2026
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#14
I found a website called ShareChess.com. Being curious, I took a look to see what it was all about. I came across this chessboard, which I find soothing to the eyes. So I took the opportunity to look at the pieces. I chose a theme, but apparently it's not very visible. If I have to take more screenshots, I'll use default themes.
Feb 5, 2026
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#15
QueenSlider wrote:
in that position, before you move the bishop Re8 would’ve been checkmate
Yes, because the bishop protects the rook
