Showed up in my feed on another site.

I’m assuming it’s expecting Qxb5, Nxc7+ with a royal fork. But what’s stopping c6 or Nc6 instead, keeping the black Queen in a position to protect c7?

  • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
    62·
    9 months ago

    ITT: Wrong

    Unless I’ve missed something big you are correct; it wins the pawn which is nice, but it’s hardly earth shattering as long as black doesn’t have a brain fart and take the bishop. According to a quick look with Stockfish:

    1. Bxb5 c6
    2. Ba4 Qb7
    3. c3 Nd7 and black has escaped serious consequences
    1. … c6
    2. Qc3 xB
    3. Nc7+ Kd8
    4. NxR Qb7
    5. O-O Nc6 is bad for white, black has two pieces for a rook and change, and most of white’s development has evaporated
    1. … Nc6 is worse for black though
    2. d4 Rb8
    3. Ba4 Ba6
    4. c3 Bb5
    5. BxB RxB
    6. O-O and the attack is over, but black had to scramble to defend and wound up down a pawn with a messed up position

    You can try yourself; go to lichess and click the little live-analysis toggle on the left side up above the move list. Stockfish isn’t perfect but it’s better than any of us here.

    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
      41·
      9 months ago

      Yeah, Stockfish doesn’t consider it a brilliant move at all. Evaluation swings from +2.6 to +1.6.

      Instead of Bb5, SF recommends grabbing the center with d4 or castling.

      • ZagorathOPEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Yeah, Stockfish doesn’t consider it a brilliant move at all

        Interesting. So was the screenshot that showed up in my feed faked, then?