It means that after 1.Rxf8 Qxf8, if White then plays 2.Qd8+ trying for a back rank mate, it doesn't work for White, since Black can play 2...Qxd8 3.Rxd8 Rxd8.
(That is, after the first move by each side, both sides now have two pieces covering the important d8 square.)
It means that after 1.Rxf8 Qxf8, if White then plays 2.Qd8+ trying for a back rank mate, it doesn't work for White, since Black can play 2...Qxd8 3.Rxd8 Rxd8.
(That is, after the first move by each side, both sides now have two pieces covering the important d8 square.)
thank you that was really bothering me XD
Nice looking set btw.
Nice looking set btw.
thanks it used to belong to my brother XD he got it when me and the family went to krakow once the market there sells a load of good handmade chess sets and they are dead cheap too cheapest one i saw was about 30 zloty which is about 5 pounds =D
If you'd started from the beginning I think the context would have been obvious to you. I can't remember if all the puzzles are back rank themed, but a lot of them are.
If you didn't notice recapturing with the rook loses then the book would probably be really good for you :)
If you'd started from the beginning I think the context would have been obvious to you. I can't remember if all the puzzles are back rank themed, but a lot of them are.
If you didn't notice recapturing with the rook loses then the book would probably be really good for you :)
i was only looking through the book and flipped through to a random page to see what was in it i am not that good at chess so thats why i didnt see it i just needed a little bit of help =)
It was the first chess book I read IIRC. Nothing wrong with not seeing the mate. That's what the book is for :)
It starts with easier puzzles then slowly requires you to see a little more bit by bit. If you opened it in the middle it might be confusing ;)
It was the first chess book I read IIRC. Nothing wrong with not seeing the mate. That's what the book is for :)
It starts with easier puzzles then slowly requires you to see a little more bit by bit. If you opened it in the middle it might be confusing ;)
yeh thats basically what i did XD
Could someone help me out with this I was reading through bobby fischer teaches chess as you can no doubt see off to the side and I went to a random page and did a position and in this one when the white rook at f1 takes the black rook at f8 there is a question in the book I had to answer it said which piece should I recapture the white rook with the black rook at g8 or the queen at g7 I chose the queen and the answer on the next page said I was correct because it would still be two against two what does that mean ?