https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/125812727963?tab=analysis&move=68

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Discovered Check - Chess Terms - Chess.com

I watched this speed chess game live and the move blew my mind.

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35.Qxg6+!!

Two exclams is a brilliant move. Discovered checks can be nasty and that's true here. The discovered checks of the bishop are devastating.

White's move blew my mind but after I saw that - I could easily see this very simple continuation: check, kill the bishop, check, kill the queen and it's effectively game over.

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Discovered Check - Chess Terms - Chess.com

Daniel Naroditsky is one of the best speed chess players in the world. And he's been on a roll recently.

  • ThermonuclearEgg [she/her, they/them]
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    2 hours ago

    After seeing this, I wonder how the game would have proceeded if Black had foreseen the move and accepted the rook's loss:

    1. ... Rxg4

    White could still do Qxg4 to take the rook but then the discovered check is averted and Black is free to move

  • Owl [he/him]
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    11 hours ago

    pawn g2 takes king g1; pawn h6 takes king h7

    the rules only exist to keep the monarchy in power, throw off your chains

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    11 hours ago

    Naroditsky is streaming right now - https://www.chess.com/member/danielnaroditsky

    There's a 15s ad in the intro and then it's ad-free. If he's doing well and he's in a good mood - he'll keep going. He might stream another ~4+ hours or it might be over soon. I have no idea.

  • miz [any, any]
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    12 hours ago
    I don't get it, I am bad at chess and maybe I'm misreading the notation

    if you take the black rook with the white queen can't the black king just take your queen? what prevents it

    • dannoffs [he/him]
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      12 hours ago
      Yes, but

      ___ then white takes the pawn at g7 and keeps the black king in perpetual checks while taking a pawn, the bishop and the queen. Black is left with no pieces and down a pawn.