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CHECKMATE in under 10 moves ???

CHECKMATE in under 10 moves ???

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Nice win Orfeo. Though why not 4.Nxg5 directly, threatening mate? Under the circumstances it strikes me that 4.Bc4 is a waste of time.

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A few I played on ICC blitzchess :


Doubleton - guest3748 [C11]
ICC 15 15 u Internet Chess Club, 05.08.2004

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Pc3 Pf6 4.e5 Pg4 5.h3 Lb4 6.hxg4 0-0 7.g5 c6 8.Dh5 b6 9.Dxh7# Black checkmated 1-0

Doubleton - guest5794 [C24]
ICC 30 3 u Internet Chess Club, 04.11.2004

1.e4 e5 2.Lc4 Pf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Pf3 Pxe4 5.Dxd4 Pd6 6.0-0 Pxc4 7.Te1+ Le7 8.Dxg7 Tf8 9.Lh6 Th8 10.Dxh8# Black checkmated 1-0


Doubleton - guest7127 [C24]
ICC 15 5 u Internet Chess Club, 29.10.2004

1.e4 e5 2.Lc4 Pf6 3.d4 Pxe4 4.dxe5 Pc5 5.Pf3 c6 6.Pg5 Tg8 7.Lxf7+ Ke7 8.Dd6# Black checkmated 1-0

Cheers,
Frank.

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And my personal record... :-)))

guest3087 - schaakje (756) [A00]
ICC 10 0 u Internet Chess Club, 05.03.2004

1.f3 e5 2.g4 Dh4# White checkmated 0-1

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Originally posted by scrumpymanjack
Nice win Orfeo. Though why not 4.Nxg5 directly, threatening mate? Under the circumstances it strikes me that 4.Bc4 is a waste of time.
You're assuming I had seen the win by move 4...

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Game 1732609

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Here's an actual mate in 10 moves, inflicted by a pawn:

Game 1134770

Note: at the time the game was played, our ratings were comparable.

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It's sad to say that I've pulled this one multiple times...

(I'm white, by the way)

1 e4 e5
2 Nf3 Nf6
3 Nxe5 Nxe4
4 Qf3 ...
If Ne4 moves to g5, f6, or d6, Qxf7 becomes fruitless. If black's queen moves to h4, Qxf7 is check, but not quite close enough. 4 ... f6 is the only other threat, trading black's knight and pawn for white's knight. Anything else either puts me up material and position or causes black to lose.

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*timidly raises his hand because of embarrassment*


Game 1754600

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Originally posted by TRAINS44
No way. Impossible unless you a 3 year old playen the game against a grandmaster.
Excuse me?
Have you ever played chess before?
In recent months I have won and lost a number of games in 4 - 6 moves.
Even the more advanced players only need to make one simple mistake in the first few moves and the potential is there for a quick finish.

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Originally posted by martin williams
Excuse me?
Have you ever played chess before?
In recent months I have won and lost a number of games in 4 - 6 moves.
Even the more advanced players only need to make one simple mistake in the first few moves and the potential is there for a quick finish.
Martin, good players don't lose games in under 10 moves.

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Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
Game 1657591
I love that one smaug only good moves by you 🙂

I found one of myself too 😀 , not a mate but a forced resigniton in 4 moves 🙂
Game 981497

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A game from the Aves Clan From Gambit tournament: Game 1428831 😀

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Originally posted by Nordlys
A game from the Aves Clan From Gambit tournament: Game 1428831 😀
dare i ask but .... WTF?

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Originally posted by MCA
dare i ask but .... [censored]
If you wonder about the starting position, it's a thematic tournament, so the pieces are set up for the From Gambit.