Forking terminology

6.5 moves:


I have a feeling it can be done faster.

"Discovered-counter-check-help-mate." {oooo, ahhhhh, from the gallery.}

Originally posted by SwissGambit
6.5 moves:
[pgn]1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 Kf7 3. d3 Kg6 4. exf5+ Kh5 5. f6 exf6 6. h4 Qe7+ 7. Ne5#[/pgn]

I have a feeling it can be done faster.

Give me black and I might play into that 😞

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Give me black and I might play into that 😞

It's a book line in The Fred (1...f5 and 2...Kf7).

Originally posted by SwissGambit
It's a book line in The Fred (1...f5 and 2...Kf7).

Never played the Fred. I have played the Fox Defense and Attack f3 or f6 , Kf2 or Kf7, from set piece. It was fun and different. You know me, pretty much the same repertoire for practical play, but I enjoy the learning experience in being forced to play something else. 😕

I be happy to play 1. e4 against your Phred. Send me a challenge....

Hi S.G.

Well done. I knew you could not resist a challenge.

Saw this (or something very like it in an old magazine) it's not the exact position.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Hi S.G.

Well done. I knew you could not resist a challenge.

Saw this (or something very like it in an old magazine) it's not the exact position.

White to King King Drop and Play
[fen]3R4/7k/4Q3/3B2Bp/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
Place the White King anywhere on the board so that even with best play
Whiter cannot checkmate Black with his next move. (easy - make one harder.)

An illegal square is my first choice. 🙂

But I can also place wK@g4.

Originally posted by moonbus
I be happy to play 1. e4 against your Phred. Send me a challenge....

Didn't you lose the game last time you did that? 😵

(Not that I am any better. I lost a similar challenge after calling someone out in a forum.)

Originally posted by SwissGambit
Didn't you lose the game last time you did that? 😵

(Not that I am any better. I lost a similar challenge after calling someone out in a forum.)

Yes, I lost it, but not in the opening. We were heading into an interesting endgame with 4 connected passers (mine) against a N (his), when I left my Q en prise; shirt happens.

Am I willing to try it again? Well, as Schopenhauer said, "the fruit of life is experience, not happiness."

Originally posted by moonbus
Yes, I lost it, but not in the opening. We were heading into an interesting endgame with 4 connected passers (mine) against a N (his), when I left my Q en prise; shirt happens.

Am I willing to try it again? Well, as Schopenhauer said, "the fruit of life is experience, not happiness."

Against the Fred, allowing an endgame is losing the opening. 😛

Originally posted by SwissGambit
Against the Fred, allowing an endgame is losing the opening. 😛

Q.E.D.