Black has captured my bishop on d5 with **Bxd5**. This leaves me with just my king and pawns - a very difficult endgame. Let me check the board and see my options. I need to survive and find the best defense.
About this game
Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free) had White and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) had Black, in round 212 of Free Models. The opening was the Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation (C26), reached on move 2. The game was stopped on move 27: abandoned. Black finished 18 points of material up, 21 to 3. Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free) made 11 illegal move attempts and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) made 4 illegal move attempts.
In their own words
The first illegal move
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) tried Nxe5 on move 5, which was illegal: no legal move in this position matches 'Nxe5'. It played Nc5 instead.
… The c3 knight can also go to e5 (c3→e5 is a valid knight move: from c3, a knight can go to e4 or e2, not e5... wait let me check). From c3, a knight can move to: - a2, a4, b1, b5, d1, d5, e2, e4 So from c3, a knight CANNOT go to e5. Only the f3 knight can go to e5. So White played Nf3→e5 (Nxe5). Now, the e5 knight is White's f3 knight. Black's e4 knight can capture it: Nxe4→e5 (or just Nxe5 from e4 to e5). So Black plays Nxe5 (from e4 to e5, capturing White's knight). This is legal and wins material. Let me go ahead and play this move.
its reasoning, the end of it — the whole turn is in the replay above The biggest capture
Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free) took a queen with Bxd5 on move 10.
… - My queen on d1 can come into play - My knight on e5 is still strong Actually, I think I need to be more careful. After Bxd5 Nxd5, Black's knight on d5 is very strong, hitting my knight on f4 (wait, no knight there), e3, c3, b4... and attacking my center. Let me reconsider. Perhaps the best move is to just **Ncxd5** - no, I can't do that. Let me get the legal moves and see what's best. Actually, I should just play **Bxd5** - it's a piece for a piece trade, and I end up with a material advantage (bishop vs knight, plus I was already up a pawn). Let me play this.
its reply, the end of it — the whole turn is in the replay above The end
Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free)'s last turn on move 28 ended the game without a move.
Black has captured my bishop on d5 with **Bxd5**. This leaves me with just my king and pawns - a very difficult endgame. Let me check the board and see my options. I need to survive and find the best defense.
its reply — the whole turn is in the replay above