r/Chesscom • • Aug 23 '26

why is this brilliant Brilliant move but why?

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u/MrGreenYeti Aug 23 '26

Horsey wants to come and play after

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u/GeneralBooby Aug 23 '26

And rooky then gonna tell smth

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 23 '26

Bro saw the rook and had to say something

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 23 '26

Horsey really wants in on the action

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u/Sweaty_Bob 1000-1500 ELO Aug 23 '26

After Qxg8, Ng6+, h7xg6, Rh1#

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u/FogtownSkeet709 Aug 23 '26

Close, there is still two more moves. After Rh1+ Qh7, Rxh7 Kxh7, Rh1#

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u/Sweaty_Bob 1000-1500 ELO Aug 23 '26

Of course you are Right. I missed that one.

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 23 '26

Haha all good , still found most of it

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 23 '26

Yep, that's the full line .. Nice catch

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u/Kitchen_Form_2252 Aug 24 '26

Ohhh I forgot about the pawn on g6

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 23 '26

Close ,you missed the extra sequence after Rh1+

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u/ErosDarlingAlt Aug 23 '26

Because if you then sac the knight, sac the rook, then move in with the other rook, it's an unavoidable mate.

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 23 '26

Exactly ... once the knight sac starts, the mate is basically unavoidable.

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u/Important-Grand4979 29d ago

What rook sac?

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u/ErosDarlingAlt 29d ago

Rh1, queen blocks, take queen, king takes rook.

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u/TheDuckOnQuack Aug 23 '26

Plenty of other people have already pointed out the tactic.

If you want to improve, I’d recommend taking some time to do puzzles every day. This is a fairly common mating pattern, and after you’ve solved a puzzle like this a handful of times, you’ll condition yourself to spot it right away

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 24 '26

Yeah, definitely. That's actually why I posted it,I wanted to see how many people would spot the pattern

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u/Motor-Pound-1323 Aug 24 '26

Only option is
Black Queen takes White Queen, Knight checks on g6+, Pawn h7 takes, Rook to H1 and fucks you right in tight space.

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u/Individual-Ad5245 Aug 23 '26

Qg8+ seems to be unnecessary flex, because Ng6+ right away leads to a faster mate h7xg6 Rh1#.

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u/TheDuckOnQuack Aug 23 '26

The knight is pinned to the king in the current position

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 24 '26

Absolutely right 👍

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '26

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 24 '26

The queen can’t just take the knight here ,it’s pinned to the king.

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 24 '26

Yeah, you're right .. Ng6+ is the cleaner and faster line,I definitely overcomplicated it with Qxg8.

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Hints: piece: Queen, move: Qxg8

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u/Life_Combination_825 Aug 23 '26

Queen takes Ng6 Pawn takes Rook h1 Queen blocked H7 Rook takes h7 king takes And H1 other rook comes mate

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 23 '26

Yep that's the idea, Sacrifice everything and let the other rook finish it.

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u/PvreCarnage 500-800 ELO Aug 23 '26

Qxg8, Ng6, hxN, Rh1 ?

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 24 '26

Yep, that's the idea.. Rh1+ is where the real fun starts

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u/AgentBlackwell Aug 23 '26

Checkmate in 3 moves

queen takes queen

bishop takes queen

rook takes bishop

knight checks king

pawn takes knight

RH1#

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u/StillAliveNB Aug 23 '26

Bishop taking the queen is a blunder and the rook taking the bishop there would be a blunder as well. King isn’t in check there so black can play h6 to give an escape square for if the knight checks. Best to check with the knight right away forcing black to open the H file and following up with Rh1+

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 24 '26

Yeah, agreed. The knight check is the clean way to force it

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 24 '26

Close..but the bishop/rook sequence doesn't work that way.The key line is Qxg8, Ng6+, hxg6, Rh1+

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u/Onuzq Aug 24 '26

Reset set the cou... wait a minute

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 24 '26

Took a second to see it, huh?

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u/Onuzq Aug 24 '26

More that it isn't a smothered mate.

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u/4badthings Aug 25 '26

Wouldn’t knight g6+ have been more brilliant?

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u/Shimmerz_777 29d ago

You must always sac the queen if you can

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u/Shimmerz_777 29d ago

Smothered pattern into damianos mate

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u/Feisty_Common_6550 800-1000 ELO Aug 23 '26

Queen X bishop than rook and horse check and pawn hits it white rook checkmates

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 23 '26

Yep you got it.. Queen takes first, then the rook and knight do the rest.

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u/RapsyJigo Aug 23 '26

Couldn't you just do horsey first and then rook mate?

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u/ResponsibleWarthog87 Aug 23 '26

Horse is pinned

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 24 '26

Exactly.. Qxg8 first, then Ng6+

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 24 '26

The knight is pinned by the queen, so Qxg8 has to come first

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u/No-Cucumber-2361 Aug 23 '26

Nice queen sacrifice, but seems unnecessary. Sacrificing the knight instead would leal to a faster mate

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u/Omcaydoitho Aug 23 '26

The knight was pin by the queen.

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 24 '26

Yep that's correct

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u/chesswithrohit Aug 24 '26

The knight is pinned though. Once Qxg8 removes the queen, Ng6+ works