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  • I’m really enjoying the course, but I think I caught a tiny bug: In Lesson 4.16: Interference at frame 1:38, isn’t white’s knight move impossible because it resolves an existing check for black?

    Seann, Bastian K and John
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    • John (edited)

      Hi Audrie!

      I haven’t gotten that far into the lesson yet but I jumped ahead to see your question. Is the move you’re referring to Nc6? That would be whites last move before Nelson says “What should black play?”. If that’s the case, the assumption is that black had a piece on the square prior to white making the Knight move. So you can pretend,…

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      • John is correct in that there was a piece on c6 that the knight captured.

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        • @ChessVibes Thank you! I relistened and did hear you say ‘takes’ the second time, thanks so much for confirming! P.S. I had one more issue where two chapters won’t mark themselves done, so is there a way I can manually do that? THANK YOU for everything you’ve done to make us better players!

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        • Deal! Thanks again!

        • I’m really enjoying the course a lot, and I’m practicing the Stonewall tonight. However, so far, my favorite part of where you show the board, and then say what each level player would see! That was totally amazing, and so true to real life! (i.e. Lesson 4.1: The Crucial Importance of Tactics) I am going to memorize that board set-up before…

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          Adel B, Wade and 2 others
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        • So excited to join this course with everyone! I’ve been playing online for 3 years (got serious during Covid lockdowns). I’ve also been trying to participate in quarterly tournaments for a little over 1 year (UR/beginner teams). I feel like I’m almost ready to make this happen, if I could just break though this plateau I seem to be on!…

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          Ryan, DanaDieska and 3 others
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