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Checkmate after you defend with your bishop.

On the point system, a queen is worth 10 points, a rook 5, bishops and knights 2.5, pawns 1. Typically it's worth taking out a queen for any two pieces on the board, though, even rooks given her early and mid game domination. Late game is when two rooks for a queen aren't worth it, as it's easier to mate with two rooks than it is a solitary queen. Also, I would have retreated and given you my pawn for free.

Rxf7 is one I did see, but my concern was losing a knight and a rook, for a queen. Doesn't that make my disadvantage worse?

Sidenote: You also missed Rxf7 there. Defending with my queen was a pretty bad mistake, I can't take your rook because of the protection by your knight. Or Nxf7 if you preferred to threaten my rook and break the castle, although at this point of the game I don't care about my castle.

I saw it as soon as you moved your bishop to B2, lol.

Nope, that would have been beautiful.

Phew. You didn't see Bxg7.

That is exactly the word.

Huh?