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   Kernou (tharpa@hear-me.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Aug-2025 04:37:50 JST Kernou

   White to move.

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     Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Aug-2025 04:37:47 JST Steve's Place

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     @Tharpa @xinit White Q is unprotected if it takes the rook. It's not an exchange of Q's. I think Q-e4 or Q-c4 would tempt the exchange of Q's. At e4 it continues to protect white rook. Not sure that's important with such an advantage.

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     Kernou (tharpa@hear-me.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Aug-2025 04:37:48 JST Kernou

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     @xinit Correct. It forces trade of Queens, and white is clearly winning the resulting endgame. i.e QxR, QxQ, Rb8+

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     I AM BANKSY ☕ / 🗑‍🔥 (xinit@mastodon.coffee)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Aug-2025 04:37:50 JST I AM BANKSY ☕ / 🗑‍🔥

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     @Tharpa Assuming there's no checkmate move on the board that I'm missing, I'm thinking of taking a black rook with the white queen

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     Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Aug-2025 04:41:14 JST Steve's Place

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     @xinit @Tharpa I guess I just prolong the agony, lol.

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     I AM BANKSY ☕ / 🗑‍🔥 (xinit@mastodon.coffee)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Aug-2025 04:41:15 JST I AM BANKSY ☕ / 🗑‍🔥

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     I'd say it's a tempting sacrifice, but if black takes it, the Rook ends things. If they don't take the sacrifice, they can limp along a couple turns, but it's surely over for Black.
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     Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Aug-2025 04:53:35 JST Steve's Place

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     @Tharpa @xinit I see that. It makes sense.

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     Kernou (tharpa@hear-me.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Aug-2025 04:53:36 JST Kernou

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     @steter @xinit The point of QxR, is after the Qx, Rb8+ forces the exhange, so the material is equally traded, except white has two extra pieces, and an easy win. Not so easy when his Queen and Rook are still active. QxR solves that problem.