The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 5 days agoIt can't be!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down15
arrow-up1186arrow-down1imageIt can't be!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 5 days agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squareLupie@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·5 days 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-25 days 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-up2·5 days agoDoesn’t that put the king in check? So the king can’t move there.
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days 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·edit-25 days 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-up3·5 days agoBishop will be covering that square, because en passant would open up the bishop’s path.
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days 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-up1·5 days agoh6 is a dark square, the white player’s bishop is a light square bishop.
minus-squareSparroHawc@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days 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-up3·4 days 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-up1·5 days agoSparroHawc is correct. En passant captures the opposing pawn, opening bishop’s path to G6.
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days 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.