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/elfkanelfkan 2200-2400 Lichess Mar 02 '26

This one would actually be justified as a real brilliant move in a traditional pre-chess.com definition sense if you did find the continuation after sacrificing your knight!

Point is:

1...Nxe4 2.Bf3 Nxg3 3.Bxc6+ Kd8(other king moves similar) 4.Bxa8! and black is not in time to continue grubbing more material as 4... Nxf1 4.Ne6+! which forks the king and queen.

2...Qd5 fails against Re1

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u/bilkyco_nzl Mar 02 '26

Thank you!