Fetch Chess Club

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JulesR Jan 2021 11:33am, 27 Jan 2021 25,871 posts	0 JulesR Here’s the answer with the moves per the analysis line - the key move for me was Re1 winning his bishop at the end of the sequence. If he moves his king to b8 instead then the rook clears up his 7th rank via discovered checks.
JulesR Jan 2021 11:34am, 27 Jan 2021 25,872 posts	0 JulesR Kc8 not b8
bish Jan 2021 1:09pm, 27 Jan 2021 194 posts	0 bish Here's my first "brilliant" move from the draw against Chrisull - black to move - but what was the move?
JulesR Jan 2021 1:17pm, 27 Jan 2021 25,875 posts	0 JulesR Does Ne3 set you up for a fork if he takes your bish Bish?
bish Jan 2021 1:21pm, 27 Jan 2021 195 posts	0 bish That's the one!
JulesR Jan 2021 1:24pm, 27 Jan 2021 25,876 posts	0 JulesR Nice one, even brilliant;)
Chrisull Jan 2021 1:47pm, 27 Jan 2021 17,159 posts	0 Chrisull And I saw it , but didn't have much choice. I thought the d pawn for black combined with the rook and bishop and knight was going to cause too many problems for me. Computer saud re7 to re5 was a mistake - the better move was re7 to rf7 (and that's correct). Even following this it said the outcome was 0.00 (ie drawn) and even though I deliberately wandered into the fork, with the intention of playing g7, it made little difference and we ended up drawn...
Chrisull Jan 2021 1:48pm, 27 Jan 2021 17,160 posts	0 Chrisull So in other words, I could have immediately drawn the match pretty much, as opposed to dragging out the draw that little bit longer (with a not inconsiderable risk of losing).
simbil Jan 2021 2:29pm, 27 Jan 2021 9,179 posts	0 simbil I can't see the fork in Ne3 Rxf6 Ng4, or would it happen later ?
bish Jan 2021 2:40pm, 27 Jan 2021 196 posts	0 bish simbil - after Rxf6 white plays Rb1+ first to set up the fork.