Hint

The move equalizes the position.


Bigger hint

It's a seemingly crazy move.


Answer

44...be3!!

NikoTheodorou vs. royalfork56 | Analysis

It was a speed chess game that I just watched live. My brain told me black was toast but the eval bar said the position was equal. I couldn't believe it.

Black only had 11s and he must have decided it was hopeless so he resigned.

  • dannoffs [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    This seems like one of those stockfish even but not human even positions.

    • FumpyAer [any, comrade/them]
      ·
      8 months ago

      If it's late game and stockfish calls it perfectly even, that usually means one of the lines leads to a stale mate, in this case, by repetition. That does require both players to play "perfectly" and not make any huge blunders, but I wouldn't say it takes computer players to do that. If this wasn't speed chess, an IM and a GM would find it pretty quickly.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
      ·
      8 months ago

      I only have a free account so I had to click a few times to get the analysis board. I almost laughed when I saw the move.

      I wish it had been a far slower game and black still had many minutes left on his clock. I wonder if he would have found it.

      • dannoffs [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        I'm only 1100 so can't really comprehend what they were thinking but that just seems like a crazy line to see. I would have resigned like black did lol.