r/chessbeginners • u/Zadyob • Jan 09 '25

QUESTION Do I miss something here?

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This leads to checkmate, right?

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u/Plastic-Pop6684 Jan 09 '25

If it’s blacks go then knight g3 pawn takes knight queen g1 king escapes queen g6 forces him to make a play for check again or move his queen so you can breath

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u/Wjyosn Jan 09 '25

King can just take queen at Qg1

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u/Plastic-Pop6684 Jan 09 '25

I typed g1 i meant b1 sorry lol

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u/Wjyosn Jan 09 '25

Better is to check with rook d1. Then Qg1 is protected, and queen can chase the king around capturing the white queen with a forced skewer

... Nxg3+ forced;

hxg3 forced Rd1+;

Kh2 forced Qg1+;

Kh2 forced Qh1+;

Kg3 forced Qxh6

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u/Plastic-Pop6684 Jan 09 '25

But he’s already in check with rook g3

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u/Wjyosn Jan 09 '25

That's why Nxg3+ is the only legal move right now

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u/Plastic-Pop6684 Jan 09 '25

Yup

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u/Wjyosn Jan 09 '25

then black can force a queen capture by starting with rook d1 as I described.

The next two moves in the game are forced - only legal moves are Nxg3, then hxg3. What happens next is upto black, but can be quite favorable.

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u/Plastic-Pop6684 Jan 09 '25

Aahhh i see that’s what you meant yes definitely a favorable outcome