stockfish mistake or am I just dumb

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so, in my game review I captured a queen, but it said that a better move was to fork the king and the rook?
game link: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/computer/126527081?tab=analysis&move=108
im white btw

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candonpatzke wrote:

so, in my game review I captured a queen, but it said that a better move was to fork the king and the rook?game link: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/computer/126527081?tab=analysis&move=108im white btw

Short answer: don't worry about it. Taking the queen is clearly winning.

Long answer: Sure, the computer is right to say that 26.Ng6+ is a faster checkmate. But this is a difference in a Mate-in-9 versus a Mate-in-10. So, refer to the short answer: taking the queen is clearly winning so don't worry about the nitpickings of the omniscient, all-powerful engine.

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Alramech wrote:
candonpatzke wrote:

so, in my game review I captured a queen, but it said that a better move was to fork the king and the rook?game link: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/computer/126527081?tab=analysis&move=108im white btw

Short answer: don't worry about it. Taking the queen is clearly winning.

Long answer: Sure, the computer is right to say that 26.Ng6+ is a faster checkmate. But this is a difference in a Mate-in-9 versus a Mate-in-10. So, refer to the short answer: taking the queen is clearly winning so don't worry about the nitpickings of the omniscient, all-powerful engine.

alright, thanks