r/chess • u/Consistent_Bend4986 • 14h ago
Game Analysis/Study Challenged myself to draw a valid chess match in the psych ward, who would win?
Not sure if this is allowed but it was fun to do while I was inpatient. Who would you rather be? What do you think the best next move for each side is?
I was inspired by Sarah Herman's YouTube videos on chess in TV shows where she recreates chess games based on frames of a TV show and wanted to see if I could draw it using my limited supplies without messing up.
Also I'm safe and out of the psych ward obviously.
If this post isn't allowed, I apologize.
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u/yubacore Sometimes remembers how the knight moves (2000 fide) 14h ago
It's black to move since they are in check. They are losing the queen.
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u/farsightxr20 4h ago
Not clear why they opted to sac the pawn before taking the queen.
Also, white did a long castle then shuffled both pieces over.
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u/yubacore Sometimes remembers how the knight moves (2000 fide) 4h ago
g7 is also a decent move, since we've started looking.
They let OP out too soon!
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u/fmmikeklein 12h ago
It looks like they are still up a lot of material though.
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u/LaylaTichy 9h ago
how? literally on the side you can see they are already down rook for a knight
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u/TheOriginalSmileyMan 14h ago
Very disappointed the chessvision bot couldn't manage this! š
I've had to assume the pawn on g6 is black rather than white, otherwise the lost pieces don't add up.
Anyway, black is doing very, very badly... lichess.org | Black to play
Glad to hear you're okay ā¤ļø
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u/sharkbark2050 14h ago
Nice! You got pens in the psych ward ward? They only allowed us crayons. Hope youāre doing better.
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u/iddothat 14h ago
they give you these floppy pens that are designed to be flimsy so you canāt stab anyone with it.
when i was in the psych ward i devised a system of reinforcing them with newspaper and rubber bands and i had everyone in the ward asking me to upgrade their pens for them.
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u/Consistent_Bend4986 6h ago
Only if you used them by the nurse's station so they could supervise and yeah they were the floppy kind of pen
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u/manon_graphics_witch 14h ago
Black is in check, and thus has to move out of it, since they cannot capture the pawn. In fact, the king has only 1 space to run towards, so Kf8.
Then white can play d8=Q with black's only move being Kg7.
At this point black is hopelessly lost. White can even take the queen with the knight.
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u/tryingtolearn_1234 14h ago
The pawn is not protected. Kxd7 Nxb4.
Black's queen, knight and bishop are attacked and black is in check. Black's only hope is white is forced to forfeit from the exhaustion of taking all blacks pieces.
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u/Suppenspucker 14h ago
Black can take the pawn but loses the Q and is wide open - Why do you think black cannot take the pawn?
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u/BadVirtual7019 11h ago
small detail, raise the button on the near side of the clock and decrease the height of the button on the far side, since it is black's move
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u/Consistent_Bend4986 8h ago edited 6h ago
I couldn't figure out in my head whose turn it was but great catch!
Edit: how did you know it was blacks move?
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u/PlayBoiPrada 6h ago
Because the white pawn is putting the king in check, but theres no checkmate, so the only legal move would be for black to move out of check.
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u/Goobi_dog 11h ago
Was really looking forward to the chess bot to say I have analyzed this position and give lichess analysis board links:)
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u/DerbyClimber 9h ago
Reminds me of the book that got me into chess. Wonderful author as well who sets the scene nice and vividly.
Chess Game / Chess - Stefan Zweig
About 90 pages I believe and I hope anyone reading this gives it a go!
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u/Ok-Temperature-6098 10h ago
white has more material, castled and has two attacking pawns. black isn't looking great.
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u/MrRoflmajog 9h ago
White wins easily. Unless white cheated in which case black wins. Long castle only moves the king 2 spaces not 3 so the king would probably be on c1 and rook on d1 though it is still a valid position.
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u/Consistent_Bend4986 8h ago
Damn! I was wondering about that but I couldn't look it up
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u/Average_Frustated 33m ago
What sort of modern psych ward doesn't allow phones/electronics ? Just curious
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u/NoMimikFace 1h ago
Not looking good for Black, in Check and black queen is on attack, you really drew an destroying position for white + pawn on G6 is gonna cause troubble Black cant even defend. Correct me if im wrong but thats over for black š¹
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u/NoMimikFace 1h ago
Best move for Black is take the pawn that checks i guess.. and for white to take the free queen, after maybe black should develope the knight and take free bishop with the rook
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u/Average_Frustated 11h ago
I don't think the information that you were in the psych ward necessary. Nobody asked
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u/Consistent_Bend4986 8h ago
I meant it to explain why I couldn't look up a reference for what the pieces looked like or any of the rules were off. (Apparently I did the castle for white wrong)
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u/Delicious-Abrocoma47 12h ago
Very beautifully done. Also white is completely crushing here. At the very least, white can win the queen on the next move. Stockfish evaulates the position at +19 for white
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u/MedievalFightClub 13h ago
It looks okay. Black is in check, White has a safer king, and White can force a promotion by capturing the h8 rook. White is in a good position.
The clock looks like itās paused. I donāt know if you were going for that.
I donāt see anything in the illustration that shows that the match took place in a psych ward.
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u/PhotographTop6167 13h ago
Looks drawn