CHECKMATE in under 20 moves

MCA

TokerSmurf

Only Chess

18 Jul 05 10:09

chris stephens

i'll decide!

Glasgow Scotland

Joined: 28 May 04
Moves: 300826

10 Oct 05 18:03

ive done this before, but its really sweet when it comes off.Game 1455729

zakkwylder

Mouth for war

Burlington, KY

Joined: 10 Jan 04
Moves: 60789

11 Oct 05 20:24

Game 1470461
It'd be nice of the rest of the competition is this easy.

MCA

TokerSmurf

Bonnie Scotland

Joined: 16 Jun 04
Moves: 15683

15 Oct 05 12:28

Originally posted by zakkwylder
Game 1470461
It'd be nice of the rest of the competition is this easy.

What the hell was he thinking with Ne4c5???😕

Almost makes me think about challenging him to a game lol

zakkwylder

Mouth for war

Burlington, KY

Joined: 10 Jan 04
Moves: 60789

15 Oct 05 19:27

Originally posted by MCA
What the hell was he thinking with Ne4c5???😕

Almost makes me think about challenging him to a game lol

I don't know. I have found that if you setup positions like this where you move to position yourself for mate, the opponent doesn't see it for they are focusing on the piece you're attacking(I.E. Qd1d5), not that you're about to win.

zakkwylder

Mouth for war

Burlington, KY

Joined: 10 Jan 04
Moves: 60789

15 Oct 05 23:42

Game 1480521
After move 13, black spends too much time giving chase to the white queen instead of reinforcing the crushed kingside. This game could have possibly been salvaged, if not extended.

zakkwylder

Mouth for war

Burlington, KY

Joined: 10 Jan 04
Moves: 60789

16 Oct 05 02:41

Originally posted by zakkwylder
It'd be nice of the rest of the competition is this easy.

Not quite as easy, yet still under 20. I wonder what he was thinking.
Game 1470455

Natural Science

blunderer of pawns

Rhode (not an)Island

Joined: 17 Apr 04
Moves: 24785

16 Oct 05 06:54

1 edit

Ooh, here's one:

Game 590135

Kind of an ironic nickname, since his sense of danger never really did kick in.

zakkwylder

Mouth for war

Burlington, KY

Joined: 10 Jan 04
Moves: 60789

18 Oct 05 02:41

Game 1480381
Wasn't where I was going with this, but I'll take it none the less.

tmetzler

Joined: 03 Sep 03
Moves: 89302

23 Oct 05 21:23

This is for one of my favorite fast-moving opponents. A little payback for that Damiano's trap you caught me with, ever so long ago...

Game 1502164

--tmetzler

orfeo

Paralysed analyst

On a ship of fools

Joined: 26 May 04
Moves: 25780

27 Oct 05 08:21

1 edit

You can debate my claims to this one being here. I'm submitting it on the grounds that a win became inevitable in well under 20 moves, regardless of how long it could be procrastinated (he gave up at 18).

Game 1393528

To be fair I should note I'm having the pants thrashed off me in the return leg.

buffalobill

Major Bone

On yer tail ...

Joined: 28 Feb 05
Moves: 16686

30 Oct 05 13:02

The Petrov's got a reputation for being drawish, but that only applies to GMs. If not played against properly, it can set up some interesting opportunities, like here:
Game 1201514

richjohnson

TANSTAAFL

Walking on sunshine

Joined: 28 Jun 01
Moves: 63101

01 Nov 05 23:02

Game 1415535

14 ... Bf6? sealed the black king's fate

zakkwylder

Mouth for war

Burlington, KY

Joined: 10 Jan 04
Moves: 60789

02 Nov 05 00:04

Its from another site, but if anyone cares to play this out, its quite funny how my opponent throws this away.

I'm white
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bd6 4. d4 Nc6 5. d5 Ne7 6. Bg5 Ng4 7. Nh4 f6 8. Qxg4 fxg5 9. Qxg5 g6 10. Qf6 Rf8 11. Qg7 Rf7 12. Qh8+ Rf8 13. Qxh7 c5 14. dxc6 dxc6 15. Nxg6 Rf7 16. Qh8+ Kd7 17. Nxe5+ Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Ng6 19. Rd1#