Originally posted by ironstalemateHow can you call yourself a chess player and not have heard of Morphy being referred to as "the Pride and Sorrow of Chess"?
it mislead me and probly a few other ppl too
ive never heard Morphy called the pride and sorrow-it is wisest to use a persons name
Anyone with even a passing interest in chess should have read a potted biography of Morphy, Alekhine, Capablanca and Fischer, the four players who really jump out from the list of pre modern era greats, and every article I've seen on Morphy mentions "the Pride and Sorrow of Chess".
I used to know a chess player called Paul Charles (Morphy's christian names, but in this case Charles was the guy's surname) and we called him the Pride and Sorrow of Hackney Chess Club. He tended to veer a little too much on the "sorrow" side and we were quite relieved when he buggered off to Metropolitan Chess Club (average age 80.25).
I'm saddened by the fact you did not know who the Pride and Sorrow was.
Google him and read up on him. Better still download his games
and treat yourself.
Pride because he left us so many great games.
Sorrow because of what happened to him.
If any player deserves a game in a thread dedicated to Knight
mates then it is Paul Charles Morphy.
Here he is playing in his first tournament.
Marache plays a prepared line that wins the exchange.
Morphy saw through it over the board and produced a beautiful
double Knight mate. The first time, I believe, this had ever been done OTB.
Originally posted by greenpawn34yeah i have all Morphys games I'm just not a fanatic in the sense some ppl are
I'm saddened by the fact you did not know who the [b]Pride and Sorrow was.
Google him and read up on him. Better still download his games
and treat yourself.
Pride because he left us so many great games.
Sorrow because of what happened to him.
If any player deserves a game in a thread dedicated to Knight
mates then it is Paul Charles Morp 15. Ba3 dxc3 16. Bc1 Qg6 17. Bf4 Rd8 18. Qc2 Ncd4 19. Qe4 Ng3 20. Qxg6 Nde2[/pgn][/b]
i like to think of all my knight mates as a tribute to Morphy 🙂 other than that i used to idolize the guy
what is weird , Morphy and I each have an equal number of Knight mates made public 🙂
fancy that
btw its not a double mate.
the tactics behind this are beautiful-but truth is , its just a convenience
i play like that against weaker players and im only floating towards 1300
fyi greenpawm - anyone that has such a mate with knights deserves this thread
post your own before you get on a jealous hate trip 🙂
Originally posted by ironstalemate["e]double knight mate["e]
yeah i have all Morphys games I'm just not a fanatic in the sense some ppl are
i like to think of all my knight mates as a tribute to Morphy 🙂 other than that i used to idolize the guy
what is weird , Morphy and I each have an equal number of Knight mates made public 🙂
fancy that
btw its not a double mate.
the tactics behind this are ...[text shortened]... just a convenience
i play like that against weaker players and im only floating towards 1300
Originally posted by ironstalemateTo quote wikipedia:
moderaters?
are the jealous trolls going to be allowed to post in this thread?
im leaving this forum if you do not remove the posts where ppl only hate and dont post their own games with knight mates
seriously
"a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion"
I was correcting you on the theme of the double knight mate so I was on topic. I certainly wasn't trying to get an emotional response out of you and I didn't post anything controversial or disruptive.
So I would suggest you quit flaming and step your ego down a notch. I was enjoying the thread since knights are my favorite piece. I was merely trying to be helpful.
PS if you consider my first post as trolling "you're a persistent little bugger aren't you?" it was just a joke.
Here is one my single Knight mate.
Note no other piece involved just the Knight.
As per the thread title 'the joy of knight mating'
'Not the joy of knight with other pieces helping mating'
As in all your first four examples. (the Knight needed help).
Elador posted the first correct one.
(A double Knight mate is one Knight gives check, the other Knight
covers the flight squares - no other pieces are invovled.)
Game 2 will show a double Knight mate I played OTB in 1980.
I threw the Queen sac just to mate with the two Knights.
I first posted that one on here ages ago Thread 94659
😉
Originally posted by ironstalemateWasn't apologizing.
you know exactly what i'm talking about
but ok , apollogy accepted
ive already sent some pms to the higher powers , hopefully only posts with user submitted games will remain , if not i am a man of my word
this is rediculous
Anyway here is a knight mate.
White to move mate in 3
By tomtom232
Originally posted by tomtom232Oh I get it, the bishop is supposed to be a knight, looks like an error on that board, otherwise with a bishop it would take more than 3 moves.
Wasn't apologizing.
Anyway here is a knight mate.
[fen]4K1k1/8/7p/4BpPp/8/8/8/6R1[/fen]
White to move mate in 3
By tomtom232