Answer
  1. Nf6+!!

It's checkmate in 2 in one of two ways.

47...Qxf6
48. Qg4#

47...Kh4
48. Qh3#

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/97535431411?tab=analysis

It's a speed chess game I just watched. Let me know if I screwed this up. I can't copy and paste from the site.

I was so fixated on how black was going to win - I didn't see the danger at all. I only knew black was toast due to the evaluation bar suddenly indicating mate in 2.

[Edit - I fixed a mistake]

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    6 months ago

    I've been studying anarchist. White should fein surrender, throwing sand in black's face, then 10 pawn goto b251

  • silent_water [she/her]
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    6 months ago

    hell yeah, I got it right.

    spoiler

    I wanted to make Nh6 work but it just doesn't. you just get mated first. you have to clear a path for the queen to deliver mate while checking so I looked at Nf6+ next.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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      6 months ago

      White only has three pawn moves. After any of them - the bishop on f1 is hanging which means it's unprotected so black can take the bishop with Rxf1.

      • f4. Black can take the knight with Qxg4.

      • h3.

      • h4. This attacks the Q on g5. But black can take the pawn with Qxh4.

      • MF_COOM [he/him]
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        6 months ago

        I think I'm not following. How would black take the Knight at Qxg4 if the Knight moved to f6?

              • MF_COOM [he/him]
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                6 months ago

                Fuck, pawns have a special notation that only they use? I thought I could just name the starting square and the square it finishes on and people would understand? How else am I supposed to answer without learning a special language?

                • Wakmrow [he/him]
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                  6 months ago

                  You name the piece and the square it moves to, you don't name the origin square, that's implied by the piece (unless there are multiple of the same piece that can move to the same square which you would then denote which rank or file differentiates the pieces)

                  Pawns do not have a symbol so if you were to say g6 you are saying a pawn is moving to g6.

                  N = knight

                  B = Bishop

                  R = rook

                  Q = Queen

                  K = King

                  To indicate a capture, use an x. So NxG6 means knight moves and captures whatever is on g6.

                  To indicate check, use a +. So NG6+ in this case.

                  To indicate mate, #. Ng6+, QxG6, Qg4#.

                  Sorry for being a nerd

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    6 months ago

    Huh interesting. The move I'd have made would've been Queen to B5. I am bad at chess and would lose.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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      6 months ago

      Fuck chess. I fucking hate chess

      I had that feeling a couple hours ago when I went 2-5 and the losses were crushing. They stomped on me.

        • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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          6 months ago

          Do you play endgames against an engine? That's what I do at chess.com. I leave the evaluation bar on so I can get immediate feedback. That's very lazy but it makes it more fun.

            • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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              6 months ago

              I could go back through my games.

              That's certainly an option. What I do is play though other people's games. For me personally - going through my own games is no fun at all. But whatever works and keeps it fun is key.

              Physical contests like MMA stamina is something that some fighters skimp on. I've always been kind of amazed how many fighters don't fully understand how important stamina is. I think of endgames being the "stamina" of chess.