They both are cuz they’re playing a game with their friend
White in case you are curious.
I believe the pawn on e7 may be doing some heavy lifting to that calculation.
Also i am not sure the rook badger is holding is actually out of the game or simply being moved.
Both players seem to suck at chess and violated opening principles, left the king vulnerable but thats totally allright if they are both having fun.
But I can’t also help but notice that the over relying on pawns to do the dirty work with the nobel pieces mostly just doing fuck all about the chaos very much echoes real life. Is that a deliberate message?
White is currently moving the rook, a blunder, no matter where the rook is placed it brings the prediction to -4.x for Black.
It surprised me its still that bad given a couple of obvious moves actually tip the balance slightly into Blacks favour.
I interpreted it simply as “the badger is reaching to move” hence “white to move.”
To reach that board state and have had the rook captured would require some really unhinged play, and given the rook is tilted differently to the captured pieces I assumed it was being moved
Yeah, I totally see where you are coming from. For me, the rook was merely standing at the side of the board. You interpreted, that the badger actually holds it in their paw. Which is an absolutely valid assumption.
Whoever is the next to move. Rabbit has material advantage (a rook vs. a pawn), but if the badger is the next one to move they can capture the rabbit’s queen and promote the pawn. The promoted pawn will be short-lived, but now badger has the material advantage (a queen vs. a rook).
And reminder you don’t need to be good at chess to have fun with it. Those two got the right idea: get comfy with a friend and have fun.
I scrolled way to far for this. Lichess bs above had me questioning my sanity. If the Badger just lost that Rook, its only getting worse for them, otherwise…
That “pawn barrier” at the queens’ side hints badger lost the rook some time ago. I can picture how; they likely advanced it, moved it to column b, at the black pawn there. Eventually the black pawn from a advanced enough to eat it, but badger was distracted (or let it be on purpose).
I am just puzzled about how that pawn got to where it is at. Badger moved the pawn into double-check against the knights. Or, the pawn moved into check against one knight and rabbit moved the second knight after. But it’s chess, so a thousand other things could of happened, but still… That pawn was hauling ass and there probably wasn’t time for anything more complex.
I think the badger kept advancing that pawn because they’re new at the game, and the rabbit let it be because they’re teaching the badger how to play. I’m saying this because the rabbit is in a clearly better position, but it seems they’re holding back, the white pawn in 5a is also vulnerable and they seem to be ignoring it.
Might be the other way 'round with who is the grand master.
There had to be a ton of development with the pawns at the start of the game. That usually leads to every pawn getting jammed in the middle of the board which allows the players to move out their back rank.
Badger went full Leroy Jenkins with his rook, causing the collapse of the pawn defenses. (A pawn taking a rook might cascade the pawn defense destruction since rabbit was willing to sacrifice one or more pawns for that rook. I certainly would.)
An experienced player probably couldn’t resist walking the pawn down, because 1. He could and 2. YOLO. Plus, it’s a good lesson for rabbit, regardless. Pawns actually do mean something and creating chaos on the back rank with a single pawn is a lesson I wouldn’t ever forget.
Either way it’s cute to think one is teaching the other.
Totally. :)
The friendship.
whoa some serious nerdsniping here!
Does anyone know who the artist is? This is precious! :)
It’s Rose Skelton insta is coastal mouse I love her stuff
