Mindset By Dave

He/Him - Multi Award Winning Mental Health Educator and Content Creator -

[Mindset By Dave @MindsetByDave]

ALWAYS REMEMBER

On the days you feel you can do NOTHING;

And you do ANYTHING;

THAT means EVERYTHING!

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@chess_feed Clearance sac. Makes room for the queen on h1. Mate in 3 is unstoppable

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@chess_feed Yep. Rh8+ Kxh8 Rh1+ Kg8 (repeat until all the rooks have done this manoeuvre)

Then Qh1+ Kg8 Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8#

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A great day. 5 sessions on Stress and Coping Strategies for around 150 students.

[Sam Tyrer @change_talks]

This is what it is all about!

We absolutely love receiving feedback like this.

Today our lead educator Dave Cottrell delivered sessions to Year 7's at a local school as part of their PSHE day. It's brilliant to see fantastic feedback like this, well done @MindsetByDave

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@ImShahinyan Ok fixed it

Rac6?

If bxc6 then Bxc6#
If Rxc8 then Rxc8#
If b6 then Rxb6 c7#
If a6 then Rxa6#

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@ImShahinyan Oh wait. b6 comes with check…

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@chess_feed g8=R only legal move for black is Kh7
Nf6 discovers the mate and protects your newly promoted rook! 🙌

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@Hokage1erDuNom @chess_feed Pawn can’t push. Rook blocks the path

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@chess_feed It’s a mate in 3 or 4 with the bishop block. Completely unstoppable after Qh6

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@chess_feed It allows white to trap blacks queen after with Bf6. If black takes then white wins the endgame

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@ImShahinyan Weirdly this one is easy if you follow the rules

1- black needs legal moves
2- the knight cannot be captured

This means it can’t move to any square adjacent to a queen or attacked by another knight.

Therefore Nxg4 rook or queen can now move to h3 Nxe6 … Nxb7#

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What a day this was yesterday! 💝

[Sam Tyrer @change_talks]

Dave Cottrell & Sophie Massey, two of our brilliant educators, presented neurodiversity training yesterday alongside a stress, depression and anxiety workshop for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust staff.

The feedback we've already received is amazing!

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@SophieMassey28 @change_talks Nah. There’s only so much mouth breathing I can do in a day!

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Big event speaking at Lancashire Teaching Hospital for @change_talks alongside @SophieMassey28

We are teaching on Neurodiversity, stress, anxiety and depression.

You might ask “how do you prepare for such a talk?” … well now you know!

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@change_talks @SophieMassey28 Team Wild Horses galloping free!

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The next 12 months has so much in store for Change Talks.

Bigger team.
More talks.
And a super secret hush hush project that I can’t talk about until Bossman Sam gives the green light. 🤭

[Sam Tyrer @change_talks]

Great to see Dave and Mary teaming up to deliver two parent and carer workshops tonight! Amazing work as always! #ChangeTalks

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Just watched @Kabadayichess ‘s video on taming knights in chess and have never felt more prepared for those endgames! How am I only just hearing about knight check shadow and Karpov distance???

Thank you Dr Can!!!

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I broke 1400 on chess dot com!!!!

Been working at this for forever!!!

#chess #chesspunks

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If you’ve got someone down to just their king in chess and you have a rook and 6 pawns.

Who’s the worst sportsperson…

The person down material who doesn’t resign.

Or the attacker promoting several queens when a rook and king would suffice?

#chesspunks