Finger slips

Originally posted by wormwood
...Be3#

Doesn't a move have to be check to be mate?

Originally posted by no1marauder
Doesn't a move have to be check to be mate?

oh right, you had Kg2 and not Kg1. where did the white g2-pawn go to allow Kg2?

Originally posted by wormwood
oh right, you had Kg2 and not Kg1. where did the white g2-pawn go to allow Kg2?

OOPS! Should have set up a board.

Originally posted by no1marauder
OOPS! Should have set up a board.

One more try: how about Qf3? Or perhaps Qf5+?

Originally posted by no1marauder
One more try: how about Qf3? Or perhaps Qf5+?

2.Qf5+ Rxf5+ 3.ef Qd3 4.Rb3 Qxf5+ 5.Kg1 [or 5.Rf3 Qb1+] 5...Be3+ 6.Rxe3 Qb1+ wins the Rh1 - White looks lost.

2.Qf3 Rxf3+ 3.gxf3 Qd3 4.Rb3 Qc2 5.Kf2 Qxa2 is the best I can find so far for Black. Probably not enough to claim a won game, but I'd prefer to have Black here.