Philodor's Mate = Sweet Ending

Game 6366254

I like it!

It's a truly beautiful mate. But it's Philidor not Philodor

Originally posted by Weadley
Game 6366254

I like it!

Originally posted by Goshen
It's a truly beautiful mate. But it's Philidor not Philodor

I had one of those mates a while back playing at FICS

Very Nice!

Originally posted by Weadley
Game 6366254

I like it!

Originally posted by Eladar
I had one of those mates a while back playing at FICS

[pgn][Event "ICS rated standard match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2009.04.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "josephfriday"]
[Black "Eladar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "1434"]
[TimeControl "1200"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Nb3 Qc7 ...[text shortened]... Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Qg1+ 26. Rxg1 Nf2# {josephfriday checkmated} 0-1



[/pgn]

Had one last year:

Game 4083693

Originally posted by Marinkatomb
That is nice but there was a quicker mate. 24..Ng4 25.Kh1 ..Rxh2#

Good Points. I would go for the prettier ending too.

Long live Philidor!

Originally posted by woodworm
[fen]r1r3k1/p4ppp/8/8/4PQ2/6P1/PPn2N1P/KR5R w - - 1 26[/fen]
[b]What a big fun! 😵[/b]