This was a fun game which I thought I would share (gets interesting from about move 20...). The checkmate here got me thinking of games where the King has many flight squares but is still checkmated. Does anyone have games where the King had 8 flight squares, all covered?
Originally posted by morgski This was a fun game which I thought I would share (gets interesting from about move 20...). The checkmate here got me thinking of games where the King has many flight squares but is still checkmated. Does anyone have games where the King had 8 flight squares, all covered?
[pgn]1. e4 c5 2. Ng1f3 d6 3. Bf1c4 e6 4. O-O Ng8f6 5. Nb1c3 a6 6. d4 b5 7. Bc4d3 cxd ...[text shortened]... xchange Rook for Bishop} Qe2f2 {because if not...} 36. Be4c6 {there is a sneaky mate} 1-0[/pgn]
beautiful positional sacrifice of the exchange, status: true arteest!