I cant tell you how many times I say "why doesnt he just take..." and then later I see that i missed something obvious. So Im going "Isnt the Queen just mate? Why isnt that mate??"
It's complicated, but basically Kc3 the queen is forced to slide down to b4 and then Ra4 traps it. Engine also shows that first you need to trade the knight on e5 for the bishop on g6 for it to work or else you'd lose bishop knight and rook for the queen, instead of just rook and bishop for the queen
If he takes bishop at 1:24 there is Nc3 forcing the queen to b4, and Ra4 traps the queen. Overall that position slightly favors white at about +1 evaluation
Why does knight c6 not win a queen? And what is the other game he was referring to, when he said it almost worked a second time? I imagine he wanted the queen to go the other way, but then?
C6 does not win a queen because the rook who would attack the queen is pinned. And about the second game thing, he tried to do a bait. it seems like he hung his bishop, but if the opponent captures the bishop, he would trap the queen with horse c3. This probably happened in another game that day, not in this one tho
@@Jemchwastakenno it does win a queen you don't need the rook. after nc6+, if the king moves to c7 or c8, you win the queen with nd4 discovered check. if the king moves to a8 its checkmate and if the king moves to b7 you have rook b4 check forcing the opponent to move to kc8, after nd4 discovered check, they go kd7 guarding the queen because if you take the queen they take the rook on e1 with check, you go kd2 and they will take the knight with the king, so sacrificing both their queen and their rook somehow lets them survive a couple more moves but black is lost after nc6. so you don't take the queen yet and play rook b7 check first to force the king back to d8 or e8, if they go kd8 you go nxe6 check forcing them to go ke8 then qe7 is checkmate. if ke8 you play rook e7 check, if queen takes you take back with the queen its mate, if they don't take kd8 is m1 and kf8 is m2. its hard to see this with 40 seconds left so he also saw the rook is pinned and rejected nc6.
@@cuki5530 The rook is pinned yes, but that's not what I wanted to use to win the queen; The king is in check. If he takes your knight with the queen, then obviously, you win the queen. If he does not take it, then he has to move the king; If he moves to a8, checkmate in 1. If he moves to b7, you check him with the rook, and it's checkmate in 4. If he moves to c7 or c8, you move the knight to d4 (checking the king with your queen AND threatening the queen with your knight), and he has no way to save the queen. Even if he blocks the check with his queen you still take it. He will take your rook afterward, but you got his queen.
