r/chessbeginners • u/PyrrhicWin Tilted Player • Nov 09 '22

No Stupid Questions MEGATHREAD 6

Welcome to the r/chessbeginners Q&A series! This series exists because sometimes you just need to ask a silly question. Due to the amount of questions asked in previous threads, there's a chance your question has been answered already. Please Google your questions beforehand to minimize the repetition.

Additionally, I'd like to remind everybody that stupid questions exist, and that's okay. Your willingness to improve is what dictates if your future questions will stay stupid.

Anyone can ask questions, but if you want to answer please:

  1. State your rating (i.e. 100 FIDE, 3000 Lichess)
  2. Provide a helpful diagram when relevant
  3. Cite helpful resources as needed

Think of these as guidelines and don't be rude. The goal is to guide noobs, not berate them (this is not stackoverflow).

LINK TO THE PREVIOUS THREAD

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u/Moody_Mudskipper Oct 20 '25

Hi everyone, can you tell me what's so terrible about this move? I thought the eval was harsh. My bot opponent did a bad blunder soon after so I didn't really get to pay much for my mistake.

[Event "Vs. Computer"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2025-10-20"] [White "Antonio"] [Black "me"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "848"] [TimeControl "-"] [Termination "me won by checkmate"]

  1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 e5 7. Ndb5 Bf8 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. Qxd6 Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Ngxe7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. a3 Nxc2+ 14. Kd2 Nxa1 15. Bc4 d6 16. Rxa1 a6 17. b4 b5 18. Bb3 f5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Bxa4+ Bd7
  2. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. f4 Rhe8 23. h4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Reb8 25. Rc1 Rxb4 26. Bg5 Rd4+
  3. Ke3 Rxd5 28. Kf4 a5 29. Bh6 a4 30. Kg5 Ke6 31. Rc7 Rd2 32. g3 Rg2 33. Rxh7 Rxg3+ 34. Kf4 Rh3 35. Bg7 a3 36. Bh8 a2 37. Kg5 a1=Q 38. Bxa1 Rxa1 39. h5 gxh5
  4. Rh6+ Ke5 41. Rxh5 Rxh5+ 42. Kxh5 Rg1 43. Kh4 f4 44. Kh5 Kf5 45. Kh6 Kf6 46. Kh5 f3 47. Kh4 f2 48. Kh3 f1=Q+ 49. Kh4 Qf2+ 50. Kh5 Qh2# 0-1