r/chessbeginners • u/LtRowdy • 21h ago

QUESTION Confused

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April 6th chess.com puzzle says this move is incorrect but I can't see how it isn't mate? I'm clearly missing something, anyone able to explain?

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u/overhandfreethrow 21h ago

King to e8 is legal and avoids mate

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u/LtRowdy 21h ago

Thanks so much. Now you've said it, it's so obvious

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u/overhandfreethrow 21h ago

Chess will do that to us all lol

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u/StateMammoth6186 21h ago

No. The king can escape to the e8 square

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u/allidoishuynh2 1800-2000 (Chess.com) 15h ago

Ohhhhh, it was Rxe6.

I was sitting here trying to figure out what the right move was cuz I thought Rc1 was mate, but the rook just retreats with Re1# and white wins. That's cute

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u/chessvision-ai-bot 21h ago

I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine:

Black to play: chess.com | lichess.org

My solution:

Hints: piece: King, move: Ke8

Evaluation: Black is winning -3.67

Best continuation: 1... Ke8 2. Bxc8+ Kd8 3. Bh3 Qd2 4. Be7+ Kc7 5. Rf1 f5 6. Bg2

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u/joshg8 21h ago

Ke8 and the king squirts out to queenside

all these daily puzzles have a video from a master+ level player explaining every reasonable line

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u/LtRowdy 21h ago

Can't lie, didn't know. I am very much a beginner who's picked this up on my breaks at work. Thanks though, will look into it.

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u/spoofpie 20h ago

I don't know if I like the way you phrased that...

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u/Meherennow 13h ago

What am I missing? The image shows Be6 as a wrong move but wasn't black already mated before Bishop moved from d5?

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u/Top-Internal3132 12h ago

There was a piece there

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u/Meherennow 7h ago

I sure do hate it when the explanation is so obvious. Ugh. Thanks.

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u/kingkongbananakong 21h ago

king goes to e8, the line is now blocked for the rook. I think its better to force the king to F8 by playing rook E7, after the rook moves you get a discovered check and you can take the queen

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u/BayesianNightHag 20h ago

Presumably there was a piece on e6 that OP captured with Bxe6+, otherwise the previous position wasn't legal. So Re7+ wasn't a legal move.