If we could truly hear, and follow what Our Lord God speaks to us, then how much could we see or do???
I’ve recently started trying to learn how to play chess again, properly.
I learned the basics as a child. But I never really got past the beginner level. It’s been through watching YouTube videos, that I’ve come to realise how little I actually knew.
As I’ve been learning, a thought once occured to me. “How different would my gameplay be, if I had a GM (Grand Master) speaking in my ear, as I was playing?”
Now please, don’t misunderstood me, I’m not talking about a GM telling me what to do, and then me just following it, as that would just be the GM playing a game, through me. (Although, that doesn’t sound too bad in itself. 🙂 )
But, what I’m talking about, is if a GM, could point out certain things, as I was playing. Things like, “You could try to do this or that.” Or more importantly, “Are you sure, you want to do that, there’s a bit of danger here.”
As a Christian, we do have a connection to the Ultimate Grand Master!
He is Our Lord God Almighty, King of Kings and Lord of Lords!
One of the best bits about this connection, we have with Him, is that He wants to speak to us, in our situations where we are.
Our Lord God would like to lead and guide us, in the way/s that will be best for us to go.
(No, that’s not a typing error. Sometimes we can have one way that is the best choice to take, such as following Him. Then we can have several good choices to choose from, such as, where shall we eat today. (Sometimes, the answer is Anywhere! To that one 🙂 ))
So, if we could actually train ourselves to hear His thoughts that much better, then just what could He achieve, through our, following His prompts???
It makes me think, a little bit.
Well, the game of chess that I’ve just had, could possibly be a small glimpse into an answer of that very question.
I’ve just had the most ridiculous finishing position for a game of chess, that I couldn’t even imagine!
I don’t think that such a position could ever have come from me.
Even if I were to ever to just try to manufacture such a position.
It’s the picture in this post. Six Queen’s and a King, to cover every single square on the board, to deliver the most ridiculous checkmate, that I’ve ever seen! 🙂
Chess players may see the fun and beauty in the finishing position that much easier than non chess players.
For the non chess players, having too many queen’s on the board, can be a problem, in itself. The risk of having a stalemate increases as the multiple queens can leave your opponents king with no legal moves to make, whilst not being in check, on it’s current square. If it’s your opponents move, and they can’t make a legal move, then that’s a stalemate, and the game is a draw.
This can be highly annoying, if you are in a winning position, and should be winning the game. (Such as having multiple queens.)
As I look at the final finishing position, I’m just left thinking, “How did that actually happen???”
Every single square on the board is covered by either one of the six Queens, or the King. To top it all off, every single Queen was used to give a check, to push the white King up the board to the final Checkmate position.
(I’ll leave a copy of the scorecard game play at the end of this post, for any who want to see how the game played out.)
I know that I played this game, and that it is genuine, but I’ve still got a measure of disbelief about it.
I know how ridiculous it is, and yet, it happened… ??? …
Just one question, …. HOW???
The only answer that I can come up with for that question, is the title to this post, “The Beauty that can Come, from Listening to The Ultimate Grand Master”.
It’s the only explanation that I can come up with!
It was just a normal game of chess against the computer, when I realised that I’d won. But rather than just go for the simple checkmate, I had a small thought to try and promote all my remaining pawns, into Queens.
Why not have a little fun. I’d tried it in the past, to then just end up with the dreaded stalemate, but the thought was still just there.
So I had a go, then what happened, happened, and then I was left looking at the most ridiculous checkmate position… ???
I’m just left thinking, is it a picture of what could happen, if we do hear, and then follow, Our Heavenly Father’s thoughts and promptings?
So, when all is said and done, will we all endeavour to hear what Our Heavenly Father is speaking to us, and then will we follow, where He leads for us to go?
Just what could the end results be, if we do???
A Beauty that makes no sense, and leaves you with such a disbelief of, “Did that just happen”, as you view, such a result???
If you don’t already have access to your Heavenly Father, because you haven’t asked for Him to enter into your life, well, you can.
For a starting point, you could simply ask, “Heavenly Father, please come into my heart and life, so that I too, can have access to Your words for me.”
Revelation 3:20
20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
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The above is the end of this week’s post, but for those who would like it, I’ll do a small amount of game analysis. (As well as game score sheet.)
I’d love to know what GothamChess would make of the game. I’ll be sending a copy of the the game his way, you never know, maybe, he will do a review of the game???
So, the game analysis, or partial analysis, from me.
The game was against the computer on the chess app, that I have on my phone. I don’t have an Elo rating. I’ve just increased the rating of the computer, until it’s at a point where I can win, if I’m playing well, but it’s not a push over. The computer was set at 1050. (I know, the screenshot says 1100, but the data download has it as 1050, maybe it’s a rounding up thing??)
I think that the game was mostly a slightly better one for me.
When I traded the original queens (yes, that makes it 7 Queens in total for me, in the game) it was because I thought it was my best option to do so, and not because I felt pressured to do it.
When our rooks were staring down at each other, I was happy to do so, thinking, “you can take me, rather than me take you. 🙂
When I first ran through the game, I thought that I missed a fork with my knight with the white rooks, but then I noticed that it was never really a fork, because of how the board was set up. It would have forced an exchange of rooks, instead of being an actual fork.
Pieces where exchanged at various points. At one point, I thought that the computer blundered a rook for a knight, until it took my rook with it’s bishop which was a surprise for me, as I’d missed where it’s bishop was, DOH!
But, I was then left me in a much better position. ???
I had a pawn, a couple of squares away from promoting, and white had no way to stop it.
(Actually it appears that I had two pawns approaching, on the A and C file. But I’d only noticed the A file pawn, the right pawn to move, as whites bishop had no chance to stop it. 🙂 )
So the first pawn was promoted.
I can remember thinking that I wanted to place all my remaining pawns onto dark squares, so that they would be safe from whites light squared bishop.
I fumbled this to a great extent, as white could have taken a couple of pawns, very easily. White could have done this with a check, then capture, but it didn’t???
Was whites chances of getting a stalemate, better with more pieces on the board?
Then I was too easily allowed to promote the 2nd pawn.
White’s bishop then decided to commit suicide, which I obliged it with??
I can only assume that the computer was trying to work for a stalemate? Either that, or I’d depressed the bishop so badily, as it was a light squared bishop, with nothing to even see, let alone capture?? 🙂
It was at this point, or near enough to it, that I realised that I’d effectively won, but rather than just go for the simplest checkmate, I just wondered if I could try for promoting the rest of the pawns, that I had left? After all, why not?
After a bit of to-ing and fro-ing, I was starting to get my pawns lined up for promotion with one Queen forming a barrier, to keep the white King away.
The 3rd pawn was easy to promote as a pawn prevented any stalemate risks. I fumbled my way to 3 pawns waiting, with my King, trying to make a safe zone, for the white King.
The 4th promotion was looking as if it should be ok, so was duly done. The 5th promotion was ok to do, with my King still standing strong, making a safe zone, for white.
This now left the final pawn to promote, without falling foul of a dreaded stalemate.
White helped me out, yet again, by seeking the safe zone, in line with my King!!??
My H1 Queen moved to G1, to make room for the final promotion, which duly happened, to make a full set of 6 Queens, and currently, no stalemate…??
Now, trying in a huge way, to not freak out over stalemate!!!
It’s safe to move my King, as that will create a check.
But the safe zone, moved with my King, which the white King then follows.
My King winds up on one end of the board next to my Queen’s (looking all neat and tidy), with the white King on the other side of the board.
Only One thought in my head, “Just Get a CHECK!!!”
(I had no board awarness at this point, just freaking out about the possibility of a stalemate, with six Queens on the board.)
(From after game reviewing, it appears that there is only one safe square for the white King on the board at this point, the one it’s on!
Fortunately for me, it was my turn, because if it was white’s turn, it would have been stalemate.)
I can remember thinking, that I’d like for the final checkmate to be so Epic and audacious, using as many Queens as possible, so that a a postion like it will never be seen again.
But I had to put that thought aside, and just concentrate on just not getting a stalemate.
So, look for a check. (I’ve not done a count of how many checks, or more to the point, checkmates there were. 🙂 )
Checking with the H file Queen, just seemed like a move to make.
So, just did that.
But still no Checkmate.. ???
So, the G file Queen goes in for a check, followed by the F file Queen.
Starting to see a pattern form here, let’s just go with it. 🙂
(To me, it just looks like a case of, “Come on ladies, come and join the Party! Or sound the Trumpet, and Advance! 🙂 )
Until finally, Checkmate is achieved, in the most ridiculous fashion possible… ??? … 🙂
Not even Star Trek technology can help the white King now, he may be able to dematerialize from his current square, but where would he rematerialize to???
Another dimmension??? (That would be another chess board in the world of chess, and that would still be a loss, by abandonment of the board!!! 🙂 )
It’s only after the game, as I’ve analysed what was going on, that I realised what was happening.
The Queen that I was moving to check the King with, was also the Queen, that was watching the square, in front of the King.
So, as I was moving the Queens, the one safe square, was moving up the board, right in front of the King, until he met the squares that my King was watching.
Which finally led to the most ridiculous and beautiful Checkmate, that I’ve ever seen. 🙂
If you’re wondering, “Just How did this come about???” (I’ve done Plenty of that!!)
Well, after much wondering and head scratching myself, I can only come up with one answer to that one, which is to point you to the title of this post…
“The Beauty that can Come, from Listening to The Ultimate Grand Master”
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As time has gone by, and I’ve been pondering on what just happened in the game, I think that I’m starting to understand some of the mechanics of what happened, a little bit better.
For next weeks post, I’ll be including a section on some of the theory that has been going round my head, for how to try and achieve a multiple Queen checkmate, in the future???
With this knowledge, you too may be able to achieve a multiple Queen Checkmate???
Next week has now come, and the chess solution is included in the post. Link Here.
Further Update. I’ve now added another post about the 6 Queen game, which includes an extra time bit, with some of my thoughts as to why I think this game was a gift to me. Link Here.
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[Event “Game vs Computer”]
[Site “Checkmate Chess”]
[Date “2025.5.30”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Computer”]
[Black “Player”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “1050”]
[BlackElo “0”]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Bf5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Be3 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nh4 Bg6 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Rg1 a6 11. h3 b5 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. a3 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. g3 Nb6 16. Bg2 Nc4 17. Bd2 a5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. h4 Nxb2 22. Rb1 Qxd4 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. exd3 Nxd3+ 25. Ke2 Nxf4+ 26. gxf4 a4 27. Rgc1 Nh5 28. Rb7 Nxf4+ 29. Kf3 Nd3 30. Rcc7 Ne5+ 31. Kg3 Nc4 32. Ra7 Nxa3 33. Bf3 Nc4 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Rxc4 dxc4 36. Bxa8 a3 37. Kg2 a2 38. Bc6 a2a1Q 39. h5 gxh5 40. Be4 f6 41. Bf3 h4 42. Bg4 g5 43. Kh2 e5 44. Kg2 c3 45. Bf5 Kg7 46. Bg4 c2 47. Be2 c2c1Q 48. Bd1 Qxd1 49. Kh3 Qh1+ 50. Kg4 Qa4+ 51. f4 gxf4 52. Kh5 h3 53. Kg4 h2 54. Kh4 e4 55. Kh3 f3 56. Kg4 Kf7 57. Kf4 Ke6 58. Ke3 f5 59. Kf4 Qa5 60. Kg3 Kd5 61. Kf4 Kd4 62. Kg5 f2 63. Kf4 e3 64. Kg5 Ke4 65. Kf6 f4 66. Kg7 f3 67. Kf8 f2f1Q 68. Kf7 Qfe1 69. Kg7 f2 70. Kf8 Qd1 71. Kg7 e2 72. Kg6 Kf3 73. Kf6 e2e1Q 74. Kg7 f2f1Q 75. Kf8 Qhg1 76. Kf7 h2h1Q 77. Kf6 Qac3+ 78. Kf5 Qcc1 79. Kf6 Ke2+ 80. Ke6 Kd2+ 81. Kd7 Kc2+ 82. Kc7 Kb1+ 83. Kb8 Qh8+ 84. Kb7 Qgg7+ 85. Kb6 Qff6+ 86. Kb5 Qee5+ 87. Kb4 Qdd4+ 88. Kb3 Qcc3# 0-1
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