Chess

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Sun May 17, 2009 18:11:25

I'm white. Help me.

by **TenuredVulture** » Sun May 17, 2009 18:15:31

Is your closer available?

by **Slowhand** » Sun May 17, 2009 18:16:14

I'd say you got him right where you want him.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Sun May 17, 2009 18:19:45

Slowhand wrote:I'd say you got him right where you want him.

I know it's there but I can't find it

by **smitty** » Sun May 17, 2009 18:50:32

When in doubt, take a pawn.

Either that or use your rook and queen to trap his king.

Check mate in two moves.

by **CrashburnAlley** » Sun May 17, 2009 18:52:55

He doesn't have a queen.

I'd start by moving your king to D2. That will force him to move his rook without taking any of your pieces (unless he wants to swap a rook for a bishop). Then you can take his pawn with your bishop and force him to move his other rook.

Then you can use your bishop in tandem with your rook to attack his king.

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Sun May 17, 2009 19:31:28

Houshphandzadeh wrote:I'm white. Help me.

Out of context LOL

by **FTN** » Sun May 17, 2009 20:06:08

move your rook up one spot and put him in check

by **The Dude** » Sun May 17, 2009 20:09:14

Yeah, you have your bishop set up, so that would be it, right

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Sun May 17, 2009 20:11:04

Nah, it was tempting to move the rook up but that would only put his king in a stronger position. I used crashburn's suggestion and now his rook went from h5 to h3.

I mostly wanted to start a discussion about chess in this thread. Chess is awesome.

by **CrashburnAlley** » Sun May 17, 2009 20:11:42

All the king has to do is move to F7. Pointless check. Better to set up a move for later.

by **The Dude** » Sun May 17, 2009 20:12:34

The Dude wrote:Yeah, you have your bishop set up, so that would be it, right

yeah, i'm an idiot and just saw where the bishop was in relation to the king

by **FTN** » Sun May 17, 2009 20:56:36

CrashburnAlley wrote:All the king has to do is move to F7. Pointless check. Better to set up a move for later.

If im looking at the board correctly

he moves his rook back and puts him in check. Only way to get out of this check is to either move the king down one spot, or move the rook back to block. if the rook is moved back to block, he loses it. if he moves the king down one spot, the next move is to move your own rook over two spots, where it will be protected by his bishop.

from there, his king is out in the middle of the board and exposed. i think thats preferable.

by **Shore** » Sun May 17, 2009 20:59:59

Could have moved the bishop one space to threaten the knight. If he moves the knight, the white bishop takes his pawn, putting him in check, and the rook puts in in mate next move. If he trades, it's basicall the same thing, though he could move the king towards the rook out of check if there's no black bishop.

At least I think that's what I'd do.

by **Shore** » Sun May 17, 2009 21:01:01

of course, you have to move your king first. I'm at least half idiot.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Sun May 17, 2009 21:03:26

thanks everybody. chess.com if anyone feels like playing correspondence style. screen name is RyanMcN.

by **Woody** » Sun May 17, 2009 21:09:29

I have zero clue how to play chess. How is that possible

by **The Dude** » Sun May 17, 2009 21:24:23

Ok, if you use the rook to put him in check, he can only move to F7. Then your bishop at E2 can move to C4

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Sun May 17, 2009 21:26:50

His knight has C4 covered.

by **The Dude** » Sun May 17, 2009 21:29:16

damn it, it really is hard for me to see the whole board after not playing for a while

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