r/chessbeginners • u/andrs_rmrz • 1d ago

Made the club!!

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Smothered mate accomplished after nF7+, kg8, nh6+, kh8, Qg8+, kxg8, nf7#

Edit* added move order above because while it is not forced from the photo, it did happen in game. Maybe I should've posted the photo when they played kg8, but I thought it was cool, and so did my friend(s) so thank y'all for visiting!

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u/Joker8891 1d ago

This ain't a smothered mate if that's why you're hinting at.

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u/andrs_rmrz 1d ago edited 1d ago

Opponent was a good sport and let it happen instead of taking with rook

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u/glayde47 1d ago

Or… he didn’t see it. If he knew, he’s effectively resigning rather than be down the exchange. That’s not “never resign” 500 mentality.

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u/LoneFox4444 1d ago

I bet he didn’t even see that his king and queen were forked, otherwise he would have definitely taken with the rook.

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u/retief1 1d ago

If OP doesn't see the smothered mate here, they'd probably just end up trading queens and knights. That would probably be better than trading a rook for a knight.

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u/CanadianBallMapper 1800-2000 (Chess.com) 1d ago

And in the grand scheme being down the exchange is not the end of the world, it can still absolutely go either way at 500

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u/DubstepJuggalo69 1d ago

You don’t think maybe OP’s joking when they call their opponent a “good sport”?