https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7-z0C9duTNY
Good advice from Filipino Champ and a fellow co-commentator regarding Marvel vs Capcom 2. Anakaris Curse v Junior Bata.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7-z0C9duTNY
Good advice from Filipino Champ and a fellow co-commentator regarding Marvel vs Capcom 2. Anakaris Curse v Junior Bata.
Bait and Switch.
This is essentially the Fool's Mate, only with incentive and camouflage thrown in.
1. b4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} e4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 5. Nd5 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 6. f3 {[%emt 0:0:10]} c6 {[%emt 0:0:32]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:0:23]} 8. g3 {[%emt 0:0:20]} Be7 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 9. gxh4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bxh4# {[%emt 0:0:3]Mate} 0-1
1. b4 e5
2. Bb2 e4
3. c4 Nh6
4. Nc3 Qe7
5. Nd5 Qd8
6. f3 c6
7. Nc3 Qh4+
8. g3 Be7
9. gxh4 Bxh4# Mate
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https://www.365chess.com/board_editor.php
Chess Analysis Board ...
Googling the above term(s) gives more of what I was looking for than "play chess against self" or "play chess offline against friend".
Link above is to one of the more notable hits.
This game has very easy-to-understand action/response movements.
1. b4 e5
Opening moves.
Gotta start SOMEWHERE on the board ...
2. Bb2 e4
White bishop attacks black pawn.
Black pawn moves the hell out the way.
3. c4 Nh6
Pawns need to be advanced to develop pieces.
Why SHOULDN'T White move one now?
4. Nc3 Qe7
White is attacking the black pawn with his knight.
Black Queen moves up to protect it.
Continuing; Bait and Switch game with action explained, 2 of 3.
5. Nd5 Qd8
White knight threatens the Black Queen.
This is a ruse. White doesn't expect to win the Queen; no chess player who knows ANYTHING about the relative value of the pieces would let a Queen get captured for a knight without SERIOUS compensation. No, White's REAL hope is that the Black Queen will retreat in such a way that the square c7 will be left unguarded, whereupon he'll fork the black King and rook.
Moving the Queen back to d8 prevents that.
6. f3 c6
White wants that black pawn somewhere else; preferably off the board.
Attacking White's knight, however, forces him to leave off that plan for a bit.
7. Nc3 Qh4+
White's moving his knight back to c3 not only gets his knight safely away, it puts a 2nd attacker on that annoying center-board black pawn. Black's Queen attacking White's King, however, puts every other plan on hold; the rules of chess say attacks on a King MUST be responded to.
8. g3 Be7
Pawn blocks the check and threatens the Black Queen with loss of life.
Black (me) moves his bishop?? Maybe he's distracted thinking of something else? Maybe his finger slipped? He can't possibly mean to leave his Queen, 2nd most valuable piece on the board, to get taken, can he?
Bait and Switch Chess game, action explained, part 3 of 3.
9. gxh4 Bxh4
Of course Black meant for his queen to be taken; it's only the SECOND most valuable piece on the board, not the first.
The first is White's King.
Which has just been checkmated.
Beginners, note that the White King, despite all the friendly comrades surrounding him, has no one with a move set that can actually guard him.
They can't shield him, and they can't remove the bishop as a threat. Nor can the White King move somewhere safe; he can't jump or displace his own men who unwittingly hem him in, and, unlike his powerful wife, the King cannot strike long range. He's under attack and without options to avoid capture. Check and mate.
Compare to the Fool's Mate on page 50402 .
Same principle, just with a sacrifice and piece substitution to make it work against a player with a reasonable working knowledge of the game.
