NickLearnsStuff
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Black to move. My opponent just moved his rook from f1 to e1, sensibly attacking my weak pawn on e5. Why is this a losing blunder?

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06:58 PM - May 16, 2023
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NickLearnsStuff
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ANSWER BELOW:

1... Rxf3 takes out the knight. In the game, white recaptured 2. gxf3 but checkmate quickly followed:
2... Qg5+ 3. Kf1 Qg2# where my knight covers both g2 and the e2 escape square.

Better to just lose the knight and fight on a piece down.
07:08 PM - May 16, 2023
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