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Move of the day7 Aug 2026

EIGHT ANSWERS.ALL OF THEMLOSE.

Move 21, and the knight goes to d4 in the middle of everything. I could not find him a move that holds, so I played it and let him look.

Engine at depth 21: eight legal replies, best one minus 2.17, and the four queen moves all drop a piece to Nxe2 with check.

Round 7Move 21Nd4

Schwarzacher Open 2026Turniertagebuch

Zug des Tages7. Aug. 2026

ACHT ANTWORTEN.ALLE ACHTVERLIEREN.

Zug 21, und der Springer geht mitten hinein nach d4. Ich hab keinen Zug für ihn gefunden, der hält, also hab ich ihn gespielt und ihn schauen lassen.

Engine auf Tiefe 21: acht legale Antworten, die beste minus 2,17, und die vier Damenzüge verlieren alle an Sxe2 mit Schach eine Figur.

Runde 7Zug 21Nd4

Eight answers, and all eight of them lose Acht Antworten, und alle acht verlieren

Round seven, move 21. The knight jumps into d4 where his bishop, his knight and his queen are all looking at it, and there is no reply that holds the position together.

I checked this one afterwards because at the board it just looks like it drops a pawn, and he thought so too. The engine has eight legal answers at depth 21. The best is taking with the knight at minus 2.17, which keeps the material where it is and leaves him an exchange down in a position with nothing in it. Every one of the four queen moves loses a piece, because Nxe2 comes with check before he gets to do anything. Taking with the bishop is minus 2.50 and the passed pawn does the job instead.

One thing the engine wants on record: pushing the e-pawn first was better, minus 2.75, because it displaces the knight on f3 before the horse arrives. My move is its third. Right idea, second-best order, and it still left him eight losing choices.