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Originally posted by Caro Kann
Yes and your rating is 1100

Coincidence?
Your rating seems to have been high-1500s, 1400 and mid 1500s and now 1700.

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Originally posted by Freddie2006
Your rating seems to have been high-1500s, 1400 and mid 1500s and now 1700.
Yes I was talking about his rating + his statement about resigning.

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nice game lol, we all mistake caro lol

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Originally posted by Caro Kann
Yes I was talking about his rating + his statement about resigning.
Of course you were.

By the way, unless you didn't already know, only 139 shopping days until Christmas, better start growing that beard eh?

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Originally posted by Shinidoki
***I'm sure its even possible to create a position where white has even less material and still mates.

#13

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Originally posted by Caro Kann
No!
O.K Caro kann,

So in no way did you ask him to resign or say better players would have resigned by now?

🙄

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Originally posted by millerman
O.K Caro kann,

So in no way did you ask him to resign or say better players would have resigned by now?

🙄
Hahaha, wow that's funny. Wow...

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Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
[fen]8/8/8/1p6/1pp5/brpp4/1pprp2P/qnkbK3 w - - 0 1[/fen]
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How?

I've looked at it with both 5.h8=N and h8=Q and I still can't spot the win.

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Originally posted by Shinidoki
How?

I've looked at it with both 5.h8=N and h8=Q and I still can't spot the win.
It's in 13, see if Fritz can figure that one out 🙂.

EDIT: Neither can F9

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Originally posted by Shinidoki
How?
White wins.

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Originally posted by ThudanBlunder
White wins.
Well I tried it too, and can't find it.

In fact, prove it. PM me the line.

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Originally posted by ThudanBlunder
White wins.
....but how?

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Originally posted by Shinidoki
....but how?
...that is the question.

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1. h3 (white needs to drop a tempo) Qa2 2. h4 Qa1 3. h5 Qa2 4. h6 Qa1 5. h7 Qa2 6. h8=N Qa1 7. Nf7 Qa2 8. Nd6 Qa1 9. Nxb5 Qa2 10. Nd6 Qa1 11. Nxc4 Qa2 12. Na5 Qa1 12. Nxb3#

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Black's only piece he can move is the queen. White will queen his pawn and capture at d2 for the mate.

Edit: Whoops, missed the fact that black can recapture. DeepThought's line is probably right.

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