# Can someone explain this chess position to me? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 16, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-chess-position-to-me/851905 "2020-04-16T07:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-chess-position-to-me/851905/1 "2020-04-16T07:18:38Z")
At 4 minutes 41 seconds in this game, Alireza Firouzja moves his knight to G6. Why does Magnus Carlsen not just take Alireza’s rook at F6? I must be missing something obvious, which is par for the course with me and chess. Here is the link [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJtyQLkmRsU&t=4m41s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJtyQLkmRsU&t=4m41s) ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-chess-position-to-me/851905/2 "2020-04-16T07:43:24Z")
White currently has two defenses for Black’s king/queen fork Nf4+: Bxf4 and exf4. Bxf6 would remove both of them: the bishop would no longer control f4 and the e-pawn would then be pinned by Black’s rook, making exf4 illegal. ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-chess-position-to-me/851905/3 "2020-04-16T08:20:57Z")
Ah, thank you!