Why isn't this mate?

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Queen_of_Knight

 

Am I missing something here?  Bishop has the Queen pinned to the king, so...

What am I missing?  When one is mated in this game, (chessmaster on xbox), the game immediately stops and shows how much your rating decreased, plus, it'll say checkmate at the bottom, as opposed to check, like displayed.  I'm convinced this is a fluke, but I could just as easily be blind.

Anyone?

x-5058622868

One last move. Bg6.

Eris_Discordia

Bg6 delays mate.

Ben_Claxton

white can move his bishop to block the check from the rook.... 

Queen_of_Knight

Ahhh...

Thanks, guys. 

I looked at this for like, five minutes.  lol, blind again.

AndyClifton

Yeah.  After all, if you do announce it, you might get it wrong; and if you don't announce it, people will hopefully think you foresaw the whole thing anyway. Smile

kodeeak

white can block with bishop

Queen_of_Knight

I would've known this had I not sorta cheated my way out by exiting prematurely to prevent rating changes (this and I actually thought it was a fluke).

Actually, I probably would've lost on time prior to that...cause I was really, really blind here.

BlackBuzzard

B g6. Will you marry me?

fixxer2012

Also block with Queen, but only delaying mate by 1 move.

Chicken_Monster

Yeah, it's about to be mate. Read Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess and you will be able to spot lots of things that are useful (in addition to the "useless interpositions" mentioned above). Great book. Where is this from anyway? Some chess lecture?

kanelo72

la reina esta bloqueada por alfil negro fixxer2012