whats wrong with queen e1?
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Um, Kxe1?
Mar 23, 2013
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TetsuoShima wrote:
whats wrong with queen e1?
Looks good to me, well spotted.
ok now i get it, man im blind
Doggy_Style wrote:
macer75 wrote:
Um, Kxe1?
1. Qe1+ Kxe1
2. Bb4+ Kd1
3. Re1#
but i overlooked that f1 isnt hanging after king f3
Mar 23, 2013
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#8
TetsuoShima wrote:
Doggy_Style wrote:
macer75 wrote:
Um, Kxe1?
1. Qe1+ Kxe1
2. Bb4+ Kd1
3. Re1#
but i overlooked that f1 isnt hanging after king f3
You've still got the fork Ne5+.
oops, looks like i missed it. I was ahead in material and my opponent wasn't posing any major threats, so I wasn't really thinking about checkmate yet.
Mar 23, 2013
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#10
macer75 wrote:
oops, looks like i missed it. I was ahead in material and my opponent wasn't posing any major threats, so I wasn't really thinking about checkmate yet.
Black's position is so strong that any sensible move wins.
This occurred in an actual correspondence game I played: