hehehe, just thought of a problem:

White to win (mate in 2)
1.Rh3+! gh 2.g3 #

Someone in the same group as me in the Thor Grouped Random tournament managed this:
Game 944344

I found this interesting position that gives an alternate meaning to "pawn only" at another chess site:



White's move.

pawn only checkmates are impossible, i thought everybody knew that

Originally posted by Drumbo
pawn only checkmates are impossible, i thought everybody knew that

you can't checkmate with two knights, mca. best you can do is force stalemate.

Originally posted by General Putzer
you can't checkmate with two knights, mca. best you can do is force stalemate.

Originally posted by Drumbo
pawn only checkmates are impossible, i thought everybody knew that

I have checkmated with a pawnmove, the pawn was the only thing on the board besides the 2 kings 🙂

h8R#

Originally posted by MCA
[fen]k1K5/8/1NN5/8/8/8/8/8[/fen]

possible but improbable

Originally posted by General Putzer
The example is bogus....try to play back blacks previous move.....he was in check/stalemate. You can set the board up so that a bare king is in mate by two knights, but you CAN'T GET THERE in a real game.

I had one opponent resign rather than let me play e7#. I then missed the same mate a month later in another game (I was way up material and just queened a pawn).

The above checkmate position can be legally obtained through the following last moves: Ne6-f8 g7-g6 Ne7xg6#. No need to explain that the starting position can also occur in a real game. The black king has a free corridor.

Originally posted by General Putzer
The example is bogus....try to play back blacks previous move.....he was in check/stalemate. You can set the board up so that a bare king is in mate by two knights, but you CAN'T GET THERE in a real game.