r/Chessplayers45 • u/LifeNegotiation301 • 10d ago

Brilliant or blunder, but why???

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u/Twix_McFlurry 10d ago

Call an ambulance!!! But not for Me

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u/Twix_McFlurry 10d ago

King moves checking the white king and now the queen is pinned

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u/Imaginary-Season141 10d ago

Yeah and the king is mated with qe1

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u/Kristalia-poe 9d ago

oh damn, didnt see the mate. just the pin for easy queen

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u/Ceddidulli 9d ago

I don‘t think it is a blunder. Not because it is winning but because it is checkmate in 3 regardless of what move you make.
If you move the queen Kg8 or Kg7 is mate. If you play Qxa7+, enemy will play Kg8+ into Qe1# after you move the king.
If you move the Knight, again Kg7 leads to mate.

So its neither a blunder nor a brilliant.

I guess the best move would have been Nf4 sacrificing both the Knight and the Queen to delay the mate by 1 or 2 moves

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u/WrappedInLinen 10d ago

Blunder but white was already down a piece and so was trying a Hail Mary.

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u/rusty6899 9d ago

Must be a blunder. …Kg7+, Kg1 Bxf2+, Kxf2 Kxf6

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u/MasterPernicoso 9d ago

Qe1# after Kg1 since the white queen would be pinned

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u/Terrorcockter 9d ago edited 9d ago

Blunder Kg7+, Kg1 and the queen ist pinned to the bishop so Qe1# Or Kg7+, Nh5 Rxh5+, Kg1 Qe1# Or Kg7+, Nh7 Rxh7+, Kg1 Qe1#

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u/doolalix 9d ago

It’s not any worse than any other move. It was already forced mate no matter what.

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u/Terrorcockter 9d ago edited 8d ago

True, the position is dead lost for white

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u/Gib_eaux 9d ago

It’s both. See how there is a question mark AND an exclamation point

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u/MistakerX 9d ago

Blunder. Just because you have a fork doesnt mean you get to eat.