"You're more likely to win King and Bishop versus King than king and Queen versus King." - Savielly Tartakower
King & Queen vs. King
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"Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when you have a lone king vs a king and queen"
- Tartakower
AndTheLittleOneSaid wrote:
"Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when you have a lone king vs a king and queen"
- Tartakower
You sure that wasn't Tipitover?
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/the-schmidlap-maneuver
AndTheLittleOneSaid wrote:
"Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when you have a lone king vs a king and queen"
- Tartakower
On tactics vs. strategy, I have to say that I do like this Tartakower quote:
"The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing." - V. Tartakower
ReasonableDoubt wrote:
baddogno wrote:
Come on Reasonable Doubt, every once in a while, you just have to admit you are wrong. Of course K+Q vs. K is a forced chechmate. Everyone except you knows that.
That's not true. Just because a lot of people might think the world is flat doesn't mean it's true. People on this site just don't get it... it's impossible to force checkmate with K+Q, everyone except you knows that.
What happens if you can't not force it within 50 moves?
TheGrobe wrote:
AndTheLittleOneSaid wrote:
"Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when you have a lone king vs a king and queen"
- Tartakower
You sure that wasn't Tipitover?
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/the-schmidlap-maneuver
Brilliant.
TheGrobe wrote:
On tactics vs. strategy, I have to say that I do like this Tartakower quote:
"The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing." - V. Tartakower
And yeah, that quote is the one I 'quoted' in my post, albeit worded differently.
And back to the initial post -- we shouldn't be providing advice, no matter how trivial or obvious, on an ongoing game.
rooperi wrote:
ReasonableDoubt wrote:
baddogno wrote:
Come on Reasonable Doubt, every once in a while, you just have to admit you are wrong. Of course K+Q vs. K is a forced chechmate. Everyone except you knows that.
That's not true. Just because a lot of people might think the world is flat doesn't mean it's true. People on this site just don't get it... it's impossible to force checkmate with K+Q, everyone except you knows that.
What happens if you can't not force it within 50 moves?
Then the game is a draw.
checkmateibeatu wrote:
rooperi wrote:
ReasonableDoubt wrote:
baddogno wrote:
Come on Reasonable Doubt, every once in a while, you just have to admit you are wrong. Of course K+Q vs. K is a forced chechmate. Everyone except you knows that.
That's not true. Just because a lot of people might think the world is flat doesn't mean it's true. People on this site just don't get it... it's impossible to force checkmate with K+Q, everyone except you knows that.
What happens if you can't not force it within 50 moves?
Then the game is a draw.
Not necessarily.
TheGrobe wrote:
checkmateibeatu wrote:
rooperi wrote:
ReasonableDoubt wrote:
baddogno wrote:
Come on Reasonable Doubt, every once in a while, you just have to admit you are wrong. Of course K+Q vs. K is a forced chechmate. Everyone except you knows that.
That's not true. Just because a lot of people might think the world is flat doesn't mean it's true. People on this site just don't get it... it's impossible to force checkmate with K+Q, everyone except you knows that.
What happens if you can't not force it within 50 moves?
Then the game is a draw.
Not necessarily.
Yes it is. One would expect that a 1950 would know the rules of chess.
checkmateibeatu wrote:
TheGrobe wrote:
checkmateibeatu wrote:
rooperi wrote:
ReasonableDoubt wrote:
baddogno wrote:
Come on Reasonable Doubt, every once in a while, you just have to admit you are wrong. Of course K+Q vs. K is a forced chechmate. Everyone except you knows that.
That's not true. Just because a lot of people might think the world is flat doesn't mean it's true. People on this site just don't get it... it's impossible to force checkmate with K+Q, everyone except you knows that.
What happens if you can't not force it within 50 moves?
Then the game is a draw.
Not necessarily.
Yes it is. One would expect that a 1950 would know the rules of chess.
Whoops.
This is the easiest way, but not the quickest:
Cry_Wolf wrote:
It's an easy draw... just run your king into the corner.
Just make sure it's not the same colour as the queen.
checkmateibeatu wrote:
TheGrobe wrote:
checkmateibeatu wrote:
rooperi wrote:
ReasonableDoubt wrote:
baddogno wrote:
Come on Reasonable Doubt, every once in a while, you just have to admit you are wrong. Of course K+Q vs. K is a forced chechmate. Everyone except you knows that.
That's not true. Just because a lot of people might think the world is flat doesn't mean it's true. People on this site just don't get it... it's impossible to force checkmate with K+Q, everyone except you knows that.
What happens if you can't not force it within 50 moves?
Then the game is a draw.
Not necessarily.
Yes it is. One would expect that a 1950 would know the rules of chess.
It's only a draw if one of the sides claims it as one. So as I said, not necessarily.
TheGrobe wrote:
checkmateibeatu wrote:
TheGrobe wrote:
checkmateibeatu wrote:
rooperi wrote:
ReasonableDoubt wrote:
baddogno wrote:
Come on Reasonable Doubt, every once in a while, you just have to admit you are wrong. Of course K+Q vs. K is a forced chechmate. Everyone except you knows that.
That's not true. Just because a lot of people might think the world is flat doesn't mean it's true. People on this site just don't get it... it's impossible to force checkmate with K+Q, everyone except you knows that.
What happens if you can't not force it within 50 moves?
Then the game is a draw.
Not necessarily.
Yes it is. One would expect that a 1950 would know the rules of chess.
It's only a draw if one of the sides claims it as one. So as I said, not necessarily.
You know what I mean.
Cry_Wolf wrote:
It's an easy draw... just run your king into the corner.
Even better, there's a shot at the win here: You just have to get your king to the other side, dued.
checkmateibeatu wrote:
You know what I mean.
Actually, I've learned never to assume.
-waller- wrote:
ReasonableDoubt is ranked over 2300 in Live Chess, so I think he knows what he's talking about somehow.
I don't care if he is rated 3300 i n live chess, i have been playing chess for longer then this guy has been alive and if you really think that K and Q vs. a lone king is a draw then i am sorry but you are an idiot.
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I can't believe the number of people that are actually thinking "hey, this high-rated player has made a mistake here!"
No, he is joking, trying to stir up trouble.
I know he's joking. I don't think he's intending to "stir up trouble" though, I think he's just being sardonic.