The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agoIt can't be!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down15
arrow-up1188arrow-down1imageIt can't be!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squareLupie@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoI’m no chess player but I think the joke is white can checkmate black through en passant, which is exceptionally rare.
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 months agoKh6? edit : me dumbass, only thought about taking with the e pawn and not the g pawn. https://lichess.org/analysis/3R3r/5pbk/4p3/4P1P1/4B3/8/5PP1/6K1_b_-_-_0_1?color=white#1
minus-squareScratch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoDoesn’t that put the king in check? So the king can’t move there.
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoedit : me dumbass, only thought about taking with the e pawn and not the g pawn. https://lichess.org/analysis/3R3r/5pbk/4p3/4P1P1/4B3/8/5PP1/6K1_b_-_-_0_1?color=white#1
minus-squareZammy95@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThen RxH8+, but unless I’m missing something, king can still move to G5, right? So it’s not mate (yet)
minus-squareSparroHawc@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoBishop will be covering that square, because en passant would open up the bishop’s path.
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoedit : me dumbass, only thought about taking with the e pawn and not the g pawn. https://lichess.org/analysis/3R3r/5pbk/4p3/4P1P1/4B3/8/5PP1/6K1_b_-_-_0_1?color=white#1
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoh6 is a dark square, the white player’s bishop is a light square bishop.
minus-squareSparroHawc@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoSorry, I was commenting about one step earlier - checkmate happens the moment en passant is played, because black’s F pawn is gone and white’s E pawn is now at F6, leaving the path open for the bishop.
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months ago edit : me dumbass, only thought about taking with the e pawn and not the g pawn. https://lichess.org/analysis/3R3r/5pbk/4p3/4P1P1/4B3/8/5PP1/6K1_b_-_-_0_1?color=white#1
minus-squareRunningTowardTheVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSparroHawc is correct. En passant captures the opposing pawn, opening bishop’s path to G6.
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago edit : me dumbass, only thought about taking with the e pawn and not the g pawn. https://lichess.org/analysis/3R3r/5pbk/4p3/4P1P1/4B3/8/5PP1/6K1_b_-_-_0_1?color=white#1
I’m no chess player but I think the joke is white can checkmate black through en passant, which is exceptionally rare.
Kh6?
edit : me dumbass, only thought about taking with the e pawn and not the g pawn.
https://lichess.org/analysis/3R3r/5pbk/4p3/4P1P1/4B3/8/5PP1/6K1_b_-_-_0_1?color=white#1
Doesn’t that put the king in check? So the king can’t move there.
edit : me dumbass, only thought about taking with the e pawn and not the g pawn.
https://lichess.org/analysis/3R3r/5pbk/4p3/4P1P1/4B3/8/5PP1/6K1_b_-_-_0_1?color=white#1
Then RxH8+, but unless I’m missing something, king can still move to G5, right? So it’s not mate (yet)
Bishop will be covering that square, because en passant would open up the bishop’s path.
edit : me dumbass, only thought about taking with the e pawn and not the g pawn.
https://lichess.org/analysis/3R3r/5pbk/4p3/4P1P1/4B3/8/5PP1/6K1_b_-_-_0_1?color=white#1
h6 is a dark square, the white player’s bishop is a light square bishop.
Sorry, I was commenting about one step earlier - checkmate happens the moment en passant is played, because black’s F pawn is gone and white’s E pawn is now at F6, leaving the path open for the bishop.
SparroHawc is correct. En passant captures the opposing pawn, opening bishop’s path to G6.