by arellis49

Question by thegoodeg: Chess question: Can king take queen?
I was playing a game on Chess.com. The opponent moved his queen right next to (g1), corning my king (at h1) without having any protection for her. In other words, as I understand it, my king could have taken his queen. Yet, the computer declared checkmate for my opponent. I looked and looked to make sure the enemy queen was unprotected and it was–bare naked.
Please advise. Thanks.

Best answer:

Answer by Ghfhfh Ghfhfghgf
you should have been able to take it as long as there wasn’t a rook night or a bishop in that path

What do you think? Answer below!

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I’m an 1857 rated player. Played since 5. I win alot with Sicilian but when patzers don’t follow book lines it can get a little dicey. e5 bores me, French is cramped. Queen’s Indian can be interesting. Any thoughts?

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by Ed Yourdon

Question by NostraBeaker_Son_of_Permission!: In Chess: can I win and avoid a stalemate with a King and Queen vs. a King and Queen?
Last night I was playing computer chess and somehow wound up with a King and Queen vs. a King and Queen situation! It was late, so I was tired and I gave up (i.e. the game did not seem to be going anywhere in regards to checkmate or stalemate). Any tactical suggestions for winning and avoiding a stalemate when the board has just these 4 pieces?

Best answer:

Answer by Aquarius35
This is probably a draw, especially if the pieces are close together.
Find an endgame manual, which will give you an analysis, plus any rare winning manoeuvres.

TDs? Do these people actually play chess?
Set the position up, and try and win.
Unless you can “skewer” the opposing king against the queen, it’s a draw.

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What the name of the opening:
W B
e4 d5
e4xd5 Nf6
Qf3
OK thanks. I am playing black. I like this reply as a lot of people move the queen out which is weak and risky, but that forward white pawn seems to cause me problems.

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My favorite opening is the Queen’s Gambit, but if black doesn’t go to D5 I don’t know what to do

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Right now I do eather the Queen’s Gambit or sometimes Anderssen’s Opening
Do most people have a personal coach?
I don’t play in tornumnets I just play for fun

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Typically, the first moves are 1. d4d5 2. Nc3Nc6 3. bf4Nf6
Then white moves Nb5 to set up a queen’s bishop’s pawn capture for a Rook-King fork, protected from the queen by the bishop.

I’ve been told it’s a variation of Fried Liver, but is there another name for it?

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I’ve been playing chess a little here, a little there since I was a kid (I’m 39 now), basically just well enough to get beaten by good players, and now I’m teaching my daughter how to play. I have this opening I like to use — simple, pins the opposing queen’s pawn in place, keeps the opposing king under threat — but I can’t find what the name of it is (if any). I thought it was a Ruy Lopez, but I looked up the Ruy Lopez online and found that I was wrong.

Here’s the opening (white):
1. P-K4
2. QKt-QB3 (so far, Vienna Game)
3. KB-QKt5

It works the same way in black (if whoever’s playing white lets you get away with it). My question is, is there a special name for this series of moves? Or is it just one of the gazillion variations on the Vienna Game? I tried looking it up on ChessOps’ online guide, and it wouldn’t even let me make the KB-QKt5 move, let alone tell me what it was called. Any ideas?

Thanks.

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Take opposing queen and subsequently lose a knight or would you take opposing rook and keep knight safe.

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also do you know any good queen traps? I have a hard time seeing ahead to make really good moves like forks and stuff like that.. Do you have any advice for me to get better with that>