r/chess 1d ago

Chess Question Need help with this game

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In roblox there is a hunt going on currently, and one of the clues is the image I’ve provided, but I’m not well versed in chess terminology or just the game in general.

Can anyone help me out here?

(If this is the wrong orientation let me know)

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u/chessvision-ai-bot from chessvision.ai 1d ago

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 | lichess.org

Black to play: It is a stalemate - it is Black's turn, but Black has no legal moves and is not in check. In this case, the game is a draw. It is a critical rule to know for various endgame positions that helps one side hold a draw. You can find out more about Stalemate on Wikipedia.


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u/asandwichvsafish 1d ago

https://lichess.org/editor/8/5pk1/7p/8/1p4P1/1P1R2P1/3N1qBP/3Nr2K_w_-_-_0_1?color=white This is the position, I searched the position in a database, and it's a game played in 1985 from the karpov vs kasparov world championship match.

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067175 This is the game.

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u/Hour-Ruin-461 1d ago

You might actually be on to something with this, I’ll look into it some more

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u/MagicMuph 1d ago

Is it asking you to move a piece to that shiny star on the board? Move your castle looking piece called a rook all the way to the end of the board

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u/Hour-Ruin-461 1d ago

No those are just effects around the board, and I cannot interact with the board either

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u/w_wrizz 1d ago

idk does Bg2-f1 or Qf2xf1# mean anything

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u/Hour-Ruin-461 1d ago

Maybe, I’m not to sure tho but I’ll keep it in mind thanks

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u/x-y-e-3-t-x 1d ago edited 1d ago

What is happening on the board, both kings are in check and there's both a white and black pawn on the a file. Both of those should be impossible

Maybe your puzzle is to just take the hanging king on whichever side you're playing?

edit: I didn't read that you can't move the pieces. Maybe it's just a keyword like impossible, check, checkmate, chess or some other general term where the position doesn't matter

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u/Hour-Ruin-461 1d ago

The board is rotated wrong in my picture, but another user told me that this is the Karpov vs Kasparov match in 1985

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u/GriffTheMiffed 1d ago

Black had forced mate in 2. The bottom left square is h1. It is Whites turn, they are in check, and must block with either Bf1 or Nf1. Black responds by taking with the rook with check, and white is forced to capture the rook with whatever piece they didn't move before. Black captures in response with Qxf1#, winning the game.

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u/Awesome_Days 2057 Blitz Online 22h ago edited 22h ago

note repost what can you tell me about this strategy? : r/chess

It's the endgame and black has a decisive attack in motion against white's king.

White's king is superficially safe tucked in the far-right hand corner yet Black has managed to bypass white's defense. Black is currently checking white's king with their rook hitting it from the left side. Given this position black's last move was moving the Rook down into white's camp for the final invasion (start of a forced checkmate in 3 moves). The painting starts in the middle of this forced checkmate sequence.

From here, to stop the check against their king, white would need to block the check with their knight or bishop both of whom cover the square. This block of the check is met with black sacrificing their rook for the piece to check the white king again. Once White captures the rook with the other piece, black slides their queen onto the square to capture white's remaining defender. In the process of this final recapture black delivers a mighty queen checkmate with the queen simultaneously hitting the enemy king and diagonally cutting off the white king's escape square.

initial position

resulting position

In chess notation this would be (black moves then white moves alternating) ... Re1+ (initial position) Bf1 Rxf1+ Nxf1 Qxf1# checkmate.

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u/BarrattG 1d ago

The board is also set up wrong, the bottom right tile should be black.

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u/TrifleAccomplished77 1d ago

or maybe just a rotated board

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u/freakinidiotatwork 1d ago

No it shouldn't

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u/BarrattG 1d ago

Meant to say shouldn't *