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Lichess analysis board

FEN: 8/2p5/1kp5/p1q5/P7/8/5Q2/6K1 w - - 1 5

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[-] TechieDamien@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

Their queen is pinned to the king, so they either: move the king away and give you the queen, move the queen towards your queen and give away their queen, or take your queen and force stalemate. There are no other legal options.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Oh. Right. Sneaky little bugger.

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