Two Distinct Mating Patterns Decide this Sloppy Contest

 Norwegian Chess player Mark Fatty Thomas(markfattythomas) was in poor form lucky for me since he usually chews me up and spits me out Marvin Huckaby style.

The ICC blitz player when in for a piece sacrifice which was unsound owing to his ultra aggressive mood I suspect.

In the above diagrammed position White had a mate in two which is an enormous amount of information rendering this a trivial tactic to find. Problem in the game is the combatants HAVE TO KNOW IT IS A MATE IN 2 rather than sitting around on their couch in this Delta Mutation hell with a captioned position to work from.

White instinctively castled not noticing the forcing mate in 2 variation. The motif of two mating patterns simultaneously is what decides the game quickly

Monkey See Tactic, Monkey Play Tactic

 My Russian friends at ICC are among the most rational and concrete thinking guys I have ever known. However, Potoslonam must have been having trouble with family or girlfriend when he egregiously blundered with Knight captures d5 pawn in the following diagrammed position. 

His weak amateurish idea was to pray(I know most Russians are atheist) that Black captures the horse on d5 leaving his f5 Horse en prise. Black now wins easily with Qg1 threatening mates on g3 square and Qh1 mate. The White Queen cannot defend both threats so the Russian disconnected and lost.

Hockey fan Mark Scheig is also a talented chess player and a friend of the affable Russian expert of our beloved Royal Game.

Geneticist taking a break with some Online Chess

I could not help but reflect on the controversial work of a China Man geneticist named Dr. He Jiankui after beating somebody named Gene Doctor at ICC.  Not sure if the guy I beat is actually a doctor or just a big fan of the movie, but White actually wins after Black promotes his g2 pawn to a Queen if Black is careless where he places his Monarch after Nd7 check. Just a fascinating position!!! Note that Nd7 is a discovered check which also supports the Queening f8 square!!

The Guangdong doctor tried to modify genes to make the FrankenBabies immune to AIDS. The Chinese recognize this a illegal. No surprise this doctor wanted to become a proxy God after hanging out with the radical liberals in Berkeley California!!

Down with dem triangulating Queens!!

So my limited aging mind always thought the term triangulation was reserved for gaining the opposition in a strictly King and Pawn ending with the purpose of escorting a peon, I mean pawn to its queening square.

Well EXCUSE ME, the notion of triangulation also applies to Rook versus Queen endings, which many amateurs believe are easy wins. FALSE, weaker USCF players only draw these difficult endings not be able to mate in the 50 move limit!! Black can actually lure white into stalemates with naked pins by Rook on the Queen!!! Quite arousing in fact.  Chuck Dilbert thought that best state of mind for Caissia devotees was somewhere between relaxation and arousal. No Chuck, that is for the bath houses after the hard fought game.

However, armed with a little theoretical knowledge, club players can win out against even the staunchest defensive maneuvers.

In the diagram below, with White to move, The Queen gives the move back to Black forcing the once  comfortable b7 rook walk far away from the trepidating Black Monarch at b8.The squares b1 and h7 are the "safest" but the rook will fall to the common tactical theme of double attack combined with mating threats.

And no SANTIAGO WILLS, Americans did not forget about chess. How could they with such fascinating positions as this clever geometry technique applies to our beloved Royal Game!!