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CHECKMATE in under 20 moves

CHECKMATE in under 20 moves

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Originally posted by Ravello
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Game 611024

[fen]r2qk2r/ppp2ppp/2p5/8/4n1b1/1P1P4/PBP1KbPP/RN1Q1B1R w kq - 1 9[/fen]
That was nice!

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My only one here so far. Mate at 19, i think.
Game 2672370

Hopefully i'll have more i can send here soon. Cool/fun forum topic, by the way. 🙂

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The post that was quoted here has been removed
Not if your opponent moves his Rook on f1

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Originally posted by craigy
Not if your opponent moves his Rook on f1
You mean off f1, right? The rook is already on f1.
If he moves it off then Queen takes f2 pawn is also mate.
I checked the game over. There's no way avoiding it; it's forced.

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Originally posted by Pavlo87
You mean off f1, right? The rook is already on f1.
If he moves it off then Queen takes f2 pawn is also mate.
I checked the game over. There's no way avoiding it; it's forced.
No I meant exactly what I said: "move the Rook on f1". (i.e. Don't move the other Rook (which is on a1) - that won't help.)

Yes, the Rook is already on f1, so it must be moved to give the King an escape square. (Note it doesn't matter where the Rook moves to, because ultimately mate cannot be prevented.)

Absolutely! Checkmate is forced, but after:
20. Rf1-(wherever) Qxf2+
21. Kh1 Qh2# (The checkmate comes one move to late - it cannot be forced within 20 moves, as requested for this thread.)

[edit] Note, the fact that white could have delayed the mate by one extra move, doesn't take anything away from the excellent attack formulated by Sicilian Smaug.

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Not an evenly-matched contest, but # in 9 moves!

Game 2611504

🙄

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Not a very good opening sistem, and I took advantage of it.Game 2637168

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Mate in 19 (after blundering away a minor piece!)

Game 2571762


And, in 7 (a variant of Fool's Mate):

Game 2781150

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Originally posted by lucifershammer
Mate in 19 (after blundering away a minor piece!)

Game 2571762


And, in 7 (a variant of Fool's Mate):

Game 2781150
Hey! If you hadn't've blundered that piece white would have been able to castle! and since white couldn't castle you won!

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A mad no holds barred Kings Gambit. He defended badly but still...

Game 2786435

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1228755

16 MOVES! Hehehehehheh

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he really helped out here...

Game 2790119

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Originally posted by Pheonyx
1228755

16 MOVES! Hehehehehheh
Game 1228755

you're welcome

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This is an odd one. I beat the same guy in 8 moves in both our games in this tournie...

Game 2656741
Game 2657343

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