15 Jul 12
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Originally posted by greenpawn34The first one was pretty easy. The second one, I would have probably missed too, in OTB play, because of all the attacking on the kingside.
Hi guys.
[fen]2kr1bnr/pppb1ppp/8/1B2N3/8/8/PPP2PPP/RNBKR3 b - - 0 9[/fen]
Black to play.
[fen]r2q1bnr/pp1bk1pp/4p3/3pPp1B/3n4/6Q1/PPP2PPP/RNB1K2R w KQ - 0 10[/fen]
White to play.
Find out who and find out why.
Blog 4
P.S. Of course, OTB, nobody would be telling me there was a mate in one.
16 Jul 12
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Originally posted by tomtom232He said in the first game. So I thought he meant the Bg4 double-check mate.
Wrong game. Just by his wording... He said black can defend mate but in the example with the double check its black who is mating.
It is the second game then. But the mate is Qa3 in that one.
P.S. I get it now. He means the first game on the blog.
16 Jul 12
Hi Pacifique
I would expect any good player to spot it from a diagram within a few seconds.
Also OTB. But try it out at your club after you have done the 'sleight fo hand'
to ge their eyes on the Kingside. You will catch someone.
Then you can add; "You must look at ALL the board and Check all Checks."
More missed mates in one from GM games including Kasparov, Korchnoi,
Anderssen and Gligorich.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1001473
16 Jul 12
Originally posted by greenpawn34I must not be a good player for it took me over a minute, I'm sure. I did not time it, but it seemed like it. I know I am a slow thinker and do not do good at speed chess.
Hi Pacifique
I would expect any good player to spot it from a diagram within a few seconds.
Also OTB. But try it out at your club after you have done the 'sleight fo hand'
to ge their eyes on the Kingside. You will catch someone.
Then you can add; "You must look at ALL the board and Check all Checks."
More missed mates in one from GM games inclu ...[text shortened]... oi,
Anderssen and Gligorich.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1001473
Originally posted by greenpawn34They must have been under time presure. Those guys don't miss mates in one under normal circumstances.
Hi Pacifique
I would expect any good player to spot it from a diagram within a few seconds.
Also OTB. But try it out at your club after you have done the 'sleight fo hand'
to ge their eyes on the Kingside. You will catch someone.
Then you can add; "You must look at ALL the board and Check all Checks."
More missed mates in one from GM games inclu ...[text shortened]... oi,
Anderssen and Gligorich.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1001473
P.S. I just looked at the one Kasparov overlooked. That seems to be a hard one to miss, since he would be forking both King and Queen with the knight and should at least saw he could win the Queen, even if he did not see it was also a mate. And he missed it twice.