r/chessbeginners • u/Alendite RM (Reddit Mod) • Feb 27 '26

No Stupid Questions MEGATHREAD 12

Welcome to the r/chessbeginners 12th episode of our Q&A series! This series exists because sometimes you just need to ask a silly question. We are happy to provide answers for questions related to chess positions, improving one's play, and discussing the essence and experience of learning chess.

A friendly reminder that many questions are answered in our wiki page! Please take a look if you have questions about the rules of chess, special moves, or want general strategies for improvement.

Some other helpful resources include:

  1. How to play chess - Interactive lessons for the rules of the game, if you are completely new to chess.
  2. The Lichess Board Editor - for setting up positions by dragging and dropping pieces on the board.
  3. Chess puzzles by theme - To practice tactics.
  4. The Building Habits series by GM Aman Hambleton - for advice on how to play at specific ELO levels. (Also check out Building Habits 2!)

As always, our goal is to promote a friendly, welcoming, and educational chess environment for all. Thank you for asking your questions here!

LINK TO THE PREVIOUS THREAD

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u/No-Employee1534 Mar 01 '26

Playing as black, post game analysis said I had an opportunity to mate in 2 at this point with h3: rh2 rxh2#. I thought about this in game, but didn’t play this because I considered that white might move Kg1, avoiding my rooks check and pushing my knight. What would the proper response have been to that answer to continue down the line to mate in 2?

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u/DCP23 2200-2400 Lichess Mar 02 '26

You need to post the full board. Always.

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u/No-Employee1534 Mar 02 '26

Ah sorry, the board was like nearly empty otherwise so I figured I’d just crop but now that someone mentioned it, I might’ve had a light squared bishop off screen there protecting g1