The tutorial says Pe3 is wrong, and I should take white's f pawn. If I do that, then I only advance one pawn, and probably blunder my way into a stalemate. It's a tutorial for beginners, after all.
Not the best advice for a beginner
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dave031299
Jun 20, 2025
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Wrong and it’s not Pe3 it’s e3
Jun 20, 2025
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Chess2408Master wrote:
Wrong and it’s not Pe3 it’s e3
Very helpful. Thank you.
Both are winning, but taking the f pawn in passing reduces the number of pawns on the board so you don't have to worry about the promotion threat. You will still force a promotion as g must take your f pawn or allow it to pass, but if it takes then the g pawn promotes. Also, on a largely open board with king and queen vs queen has very little stalemate chance. However 100% that endgame is worth practicing, so you know how to avoid that. Most common stalemate is queen on the third rank and the king sitting on the first rank between the vertical and diagonal influence of the queen. Next is being caught in the corner the same way. For example their King on e1 your queen on f3 and king on e3 is a stalemate.
What tutorial is this?
Clearly it's wrong and it should be reported.
Jun 21, 2025
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magipi wrote:
What tutorial is this?
Clearly it's wrong and it should be reported.
One of the passed pawn tuts.
By the way, are you completely sure that you got the position right? Isn't the white king on b4 instead of a4?
Jun 21, 2025
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magipi wrote:
By the way, are you completely sure that you got the position right? Isn't the white king on b4 instead of a4?
It's a screenshot, so pretty sure. 
the correct move in this position would be en pessant. it would eliminate whites f pawn and open up your g pawn to queen in 2 moves, easily checkmating the white king after that
sethslye wrote:
the correct move in this position would be en pessant. it would eliminate whites f pawn and open up your g pawn to queen in 2 moves, easily checkmating the white king after that
Why would that be "the" correct move? You can play e3 instead, and that also leads to basically the same queen-up endgame.
i mean it would prolly be fine to just push the pawn but you would queen with the white pawn on the 7th rank and the engine might have seen some way for white to get out of a perpetual check and queen. ur prolly fine just pushing the pawn but en pessant would be a lot safer and would queen faster
sethslye wrote:
i mean it would prolly be fine to just push the pawn but you would queen with the white pawn on the 7th rank and the engine might have seen some way for white to get out of a perpetual check and queen. ur prolly fine just pushing the pawn but en pessant would be a lot safer and would queen faster
What are you talking about? Perpetual check? White to win? You are probably looking at the wrong puzzle.
yes you are right both ways win, but the engine still says that en pessant is a “better” move. while both moves still win, this particular tutorial was probably going over en pessant in endgames, or going over getting rid of an opponents passed pawn. it is weird that it would label just pushing the pawn as a “wrong” move as it is just fine. it would be better labeled as a good move but not the move they are looking for. who knows. i lowk just enjoy doing en pessant bc it looks goofy