[Malkovich Chess] Kirby vs Krill

[Monadology]

I'm not sure what's going on here. The Queen can't stay there, thanks to this knight move. The Queen can't do any damage by attacking my castled king (without getting captured). Her position would be helpful if he could pull off a back-rank check with a rook (since the queen would be blocking my only escape square), but he can't pull that either. I'm not really sure waht to do in the bottom with my queen/knight, so at the very least, I can start advancing my other knight and threaten his queen in the process. This is a bit risky, as my knight is not guarded any more.

[Monadology]

@Mitsun:

I'm not entirely sure what the rules/etiquette of Malkovich threads are, but as the black player I would at least appreciate it if you spoiler tagged any move suggestions for black (I want to avoid seeing suggestions that could influence my thinking). Thanks!

[Kirby]

[Monadology]

Either this is some brilliant Queen sac, or he just overlooked that I could capture, or this is one final charge because he feels he has lost the game and is just doing what he can to put pressure on me.

[mitsun]

@Mitsun:

I'm not entirely sure what the rules/etiquette of Malkovich threads are, but as the black player I would at least appreciate it if you spoiler tagged any move suggestions for black (I want to avoid seeing suggestions that could influence my thinking). Thanks!

Oops, sorry, I meant to /hide/. Thanks Ed for fixing it.

[Kirby]

I resign the game. Thanks for playing against me. I was able to see how challenging chess can be

[Monadology]

Thanks for the game! I enjoyed it a lot, and you played very well!

[Monadology]

It was nice to be able to read through the comments. I totally missed the early check threat W had with the bishop when I took the first pawn. Only one comment puzzled me:

Wrong again!

Bill, would you mind explaining what I was wrong about? I might be able to figure out why I was wrong if I knew that much, but my only guess is I was wrong about being up another pawn? I don't see a way to get the pawn back for W, so I am clearly missing something if that's the case.

[emeraldemon]

I think Bill meant that he was wrong in predicting the next move

[Bill Spight]

Yes, I meant that I was wrong again. {sigh}

[Monadology]

Thanks for clarifying! I was so puzzled, this makes much more sense!