We are up against a queen but still winning!!

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2 ай бұрын

White is down in material where the opponent has a queen against our rook + knight. Still, white can win this if he plays it right.
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@davidgriffith3938 2 ай бұрын

Forgot to explore the QxN scenario, where the rook can then skewer the Queen

@daboffey 2 ай бұрын

That is what I was about to comment.

@pierrecurie 2 ай бұрын

I was wondering about that, but realized white can pull a rook skewer. It's very similar to what happens in 3:15

@Infarlock 2 ай бұрын

Basically the queen gets checkmated

@Manish3177 2 ай бұрын

After kg5, you didn’t cover the most likely black move: qxb5. It doesn’t work because rc5 is a skewer I guess but still worth covering.

@Manish3177 2 ай бұрын

Sorry I meant rf5.

@mncdssctn9110 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, it doesn’t work but it’s probably still the best (or the least bad) move for black, since they at least take a knight in the fall 😂

@mythbusters866 2 ай бұрын

Stockfish is funny Start position (mate in 20) Rf1 (mate in 21) Ke5 (mate in 28) Kg5 (mate in 18) Kd5 (mate in 19) Nc7+ (mate in 19) Kd4 (mate in 40, next mate in 23) Nxa6 (mate in 37, next mate in 19)

@mncdssctn9110 2 ай бұрын

In the end position there Stockfish says it’s best to take the knight right away in order to at least take something with you in the fall 😂

@johnclark5859 2 ай бұрын

Why can’t the Queen take the knight

@mtzmechengr5781 2 ай бұрын

Rook will take queen with skewer check

@AbouTaim-Lille 2 ай бұрын

The first move was obvious. But the follow up with the king was risky as many people would think they could fall into a perpetual check.

@lukasaudir8 20 күн бұрын

No human could see the whole line in a real game

@alliyahtruesilver7052 2 ай бұрын

I didn't see the entire idea behind trapping the queen, but I did see both Rf1+ and Kg5. Very beautiful

@jamesmeehan8008 2 ай бұрын

Whole drawerful of forks.

@denisrho1019 2 ай бұрын

Impressive !!! as at first sight, one can not see all those moves. I like that.

@avshiloh2438 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your great content!

@user-pq2ed6yj4s 2 ай бұрын

I do not understand why the black queen does not take the knight on b5 after white king to g5?

@Jamess984 2 ай бұрын

The rook would go to f5 and at the next step would take the queen.

@user-pq2ed6yj4s 2 ай бұрын

Yes I see now how that works, thank you.@@Jamess984

@marco1908interfc 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful!

@ceejay0137 2 ай бұрын

This will (I hope) teach me to follow the analysis further! I found the rook check and Kg5, and realised Black had to move the queen, but I didn't analyse all the available moves in the way you showed (sigh).

@RamKumar-gy9nb 2 ай бұрын

Excellent... thank you very much, God bless you

@mmehul1 2 ай бұрын

Awesome 👌

@giovannicorno1247 2 ай бұрын

Poor Queen, dominated by the terrible Knight's forks😊

@igavinwood 2 ай бұрын

I've started to watch these hoping to learn a little and I'm enjoying the vids. On this one I'm confused though. What's happening @2:50 on Black' move? There is a circle on the White Knight. Would anyone be willing to explain why and is this stopping the queen taking the knight (I'm not saying that's a good move, just clarifying what I'm seeing on screen)?

@jasonsmith1950 2 ай бұрын

The circle indicates that the queen can capture the knight. He just forgot to go over that move as a possibility (but it's a skewer: rook to F5, forcing the king to move, leaving the queen to be taken by the rook)

@igavinwood 2 ай бұрын

@@jasonsmith1950Thank you for explaining. I appreciate you taking the time to answer.