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How is this a win? Can't the rock move to E1 (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by a_new_sad_me@lemmy.world to c/chessbeginners@discuss.tchncs.de

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This is from the chess master app. That's the solution of the puzzle (to win).

It's level 3, puzzle 18

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[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (3 children)

am I missing why you wouldn't move the king up? there seems to be a few paths for white to block and subsequently attack.

[–] a_new_sad_me@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That's what I don't understand. 🥺 How this is a win. It was a move that gained me a horse for free, but not winning the game.

[–] KimjongTOOILL@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

If it says "checkmate in 3" its an actual checkmate, idk why but "winning" in puzzles means just "a big advantage"

EDIT: Yeah, I just downloaded and went through all the puzzles. Its the first one that isn't a checkmate, you just win a big trade. Typically the harder puzzles aren't about finding a mate always, sometimes it's winning a piece or just getting a good fork/pin/position.

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

ahh thank you. that makes way more sense. I stared a bit longer than I should have. lol