Philodor's Mate = Sweet Ending

Weadley

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01 Jun 09 19:53

Weadley

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01 Jun 09 19:53

Game 6366254

I like it!

Goshen

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01 Jun 09 20:00

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

JonathanB of London

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01 Jun 09 20:12

Originally posted by Weadley
Game 6366254

I like it!

Me too. :-)

I've always wanted to do that in a real game but a couple of decades on and I'm still waiting.

Weadley

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01 Jun 09 20:21

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

Thanks for the correct naming.

I almost had one years ago but it did not happen!
I might never see that over the board again in a long, long while.

Eladar

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01 Jun 09 20:23

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

Weadley

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01 Jun 09 20:27

Very Nice!

woodworm

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02 Jun 09 08:16

Originally posted by Weadley
Game 6366254

I like it!

What a big fun! 😵

Marinkatomb

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02 Jun 09 11:17

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]

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

Gatecrasher

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02 Jun 09 15:20

Had one last year:

Game 4083693

JonathanB of London

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02 Jun 09 17:03

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

You've overlooked 25. Rf2 I think - delaying the mate only by a move but now ... Ng4 isn't the quicker mate!

Anyway - the smothered mate is much the prettier option.

Weadley

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02 Jun 09 17:32

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

Long live Philidor!

Weadley

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02 Jun 09 17:32

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

Thanks Woody!

EVENT	ICS rated standard match
SITE	freechess.org
DATE	2009.04.19
ROUND	-
WHITE	josephfriday
BLACK	Eladar
RESULT	0-1
WHITEELO	1530
BLACKELO	1434

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