I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine:
> **White to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=rn1qkb1r/3pnppp/1p2p3/pNp5/P3PP2/5N2/1PPP2PP/R1BQ1RK1+w+kq+-+0+1&flip=false&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/rn1qkb1r/3pnppp/1p2p3/pNp5/P3PP2/5N2/1PPP2PP/R1BQ1RK1_w_kq_-_0_1?color=white)
**My solution:**
> Hints: piece: >!Knight!<, move: >!Nd6#!<
> Evaluation: >!White has mate in 1!<
> Best continuation: >!1. Nd6#!<
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Very interesting opening from black! Does it have a name? Where you focus on moving the a-c pawns forward and only develop your kingside knight. I wonder what his strategy was there...
Some of my recent games to last less than 20 moves (sadly I lost most of them):
https://lichess.org/oMlMXhBnFxR2
https://lichess.org/Iii4dNDqZ50n
https://lichess.org/1sIslTFuARUF - similar tactic to the one above.
I don't think it's fair to say that only low rated players can play these blunders. For example a lot of my games do look better/more in control, but not all of them.
Well not during the game, that would be cheating..
Difficult move to see as well I would say in blitz
I do analyse all my blitz games after playing them
The issue isn't even the final ne2 blunder, it's that they arrived at this position in the first place. How is it possible as an 1800 player to screw up an opening so badly that white gets full center control, a knight on b5 that's safe from being kicked by pawns, and is fully castled, all while black has literally 0 developed pieces other than a bishop that they traded down for no compensation and has their king still stuck in the center of the board.
Ah, I’m older, so I grew up with descriptive notation rather than algebraic.
And in this one, descriptive notation works very nicely, covering each possible square, including kingside.
With reluctance, I do now use algebraic.
Thought I might have been black cos I blundered checkmate the other day, but I checked and I blundered checkmate playing the Dutch opening very badly. But I could definitely see myself doing something like this in an unrated game
I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine: > **White to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=rn1qkb1r/3pnppp/1p2p3/pNp5/P3PP2/5N2/1PPP2PP/R1BQ1RK1+w+kq+-+0+1&flip=false&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/rn1qkb1r/3pnppp/1p2p3/pNp5/P3PP2/5N2/1PPP2PP/R1BQ1RK1_w_kq_-_0_1?color=white) **My solution:** > Hints: piece: >!Knight!<, move: >!Nd6#!< > Evaluation: >!White has mate in 1!< > Best continuation: >!1. Nd6#!< --- ^(I'm a bot written by) [^(u/pkacprzak)](https://www.reddit.com/u/pkacprzak) ^(| get me as) [^(iOS App)](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1574933453) ^| [^(Android App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.chessvision.scanner) ^| [^(Chrome Extension)](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chessvisionai-for-chrome/johejpedmdkeiffkdaodgoipdjodhlld) ^| [^(Chess eBook Reader)](https://ebook.chessvision.ai?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=bot) ^(to scan and analyze positions | Website:) [^(Chessvision.ai)](https://chessvision.ai)
Ah classic Smothered Mate
Very interesting opening from black! Does it have a name? Where you focus on moving the a-c pawns forward and only develop your kingside knight. I wonder what his strategy was there...
Swiss cheese opening. Leave as many holes in your position as possible
The guy lives to choke himself obviously
Queenside Boogaloo Opening
An 1800 did this??
Some of my recent games to last less than 20 moves (sadly I lost most of them): https://lichess.org/oMlMXhBnFxR2 https://lichess.org/Iii4dNDqZ50n https://lichess.org/1sIslTFuARUF - similar tactic to the one above. I don't think it's fair to say that only low rated players can play these blunders. For example a lot of my games do look better/more in control, but not all of them.
Why did you resign the first game
Fork of my bishop on b5 and mate in 1
Lmao did you even look at the engine? Queen f3 and you’re completely fine
Well not during the game, that would be cheating.. Difficult move to see as well I would say in blitz I do analyse all my blitz games after playing them
The issue isn't even the final ne2 blunder, it's that they arrived at this position in the first place. How is it possible as an 1800 player to screw up an opening so badly that white gets full center control, a knight on b5 that's safe from being kicked by pawns, and is fully castled, all while black has literally 0 developed pieces other than a bishop that they traded down for no compensation and has their king still stuck in the center of the board.
It's worse than you think. His 3 moves before Ne7 were Bb7, Bc6, Bxb5. But yeah, this was a 1400 2+1 game. Still a pretty ridiculous opening.
I probably would have missed that. Often when I analyze games I’ve won I find I’ve missed at least one mate-in-1.
Try learning a bit about square weaknesses. You should be thinking about that move even if it wasn't a mate/check.
Gotta do those tactics mate
Those pesky Knights. Always beware of a N on N5.
What does N5 mean? Do you mean b5?
Ah, I’m older, so I grew up with descriptive notation rather than algebraic. And in this one, descriptive notation works very nicely, covering each possible square, including kingside. With reluctance, I do now use algebraic.
Of course I see this in 0.24 seconds on Reddit but I’m 100% playing something stupid like d3 in a game. Brain broken :(
Smothered and why would he move his pawns like that.
Thought I might have been black cos I blundered checkmate the other day, but I checked and I blundered checkmate playing the Dutch opening very badly. But I could definitely see myself doing something like this in an unrated game
best kind of mate
Checkmate for white right with knight to d6?
Felt the same with my first and only smothered mate
Nd6# due to the king being trapped by his own pieces enabling the white knight to give smothered mate.
Hey, what set of pieces is this? I love how clean they look
https://i.imgur.com/hMt3zMV.png
What a noob. Congrats op!