Things you rarely see in chess

CrawlIce

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27 May 05 01:45

jugglingeek

Joined: 26 May 05
Moves: 213

03 Jun 05 07:41

check mate by castling. That would be very cool.

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03 Jun 05 08:44

Originally posted by bobbob1056th
Nigel once marched his king up to h6 when almost all the pieces were on the board, yet mate was unavoidable for his opponent.

http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2426

orfeo

Paralysed analyst

On a ship of fools

Joined: 26 May 04
Moves: 25780

03 Jun 05 11:24

I'm sure I had a quadruple fork once, no idea if I'd be able to find it though.

I'm guessing I should start with the games I *won*...😉

Bowmann

Non-Subscriber

RHP IQ

Joined: 17 Mar 05
Moves: 1345

03 Jun 05 22:54

Sony Walkmen.

schakuhr

Joined: 12 Feb 05
Moves: 47202

04 Jun 05 08:51

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Originally posted by jugglingeek
check mate by castling. That would be very cool.

[Event "Lugano Ol"]
[Site "Lugano Ol"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Day, Lawrence"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.Be2 Nc6
5.O-O Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.a3 b6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bb7 10.Be3 Bd6 11.h3 Be5 12.Qd3 h5
13.Rfc1 Bh2+ 14.Kf1 Ne5 15.Qd1 Nxe4 16.Na4 Nc5
17.Nxb6 Qxb6 18.Nf3 Qc6 19.Bxc5 Bf4 20.Be3 Bxe3
21.fxe3 Ng4 22.hxg4 hxg4 23.Ne1 Rh1+ 24.Kf2 g3
25.Kxg3 Rxe1 26.Qxe1 Qxg2+ 27.Kf4 g5 28.Ke5 Qe4+
29.Kf6 Qf5+ 30.Kg7 Qg6+ 31.Kh8

31. ...O-O-O# 0-1

I swear I also saw a game between Ed. Lasker and George Thomas that resulted in mate by castling, but I can't find it.

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04 Jun 05 10:02

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I swear I also saw a game between Ed. Lasker and George Thomas that resulted in mate by castling, but I can't find it.

It was the other Lasker.

[Event "London ENG"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Thomas, George A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1921.??.??"]
[Source "ChessliB"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 b6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qh5 Qe7 11. Qxh7+ Kxh7 12. Nxf6+ Kh6 13. Neg4+ Kg5 14. h4+ Kf4 15. g3+ Kf3 16. Be2+ Kg2 17. Rh2+ Kg1 18. O-O-O# 1-0

schakuhr

Joined: 12 Feb 05
Moves: 47202

04 Jun 05 10:33

Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDER
It was the other Lasker.

[Event "London ENG"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Thomas, George A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1921.??.??"]
[Source "ChessliB"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf ...[text shortened]... 12. Nxf6+ Kh6 13. Neg4+ Kg5 14. h4+ Kf4 15. g3+ Kf3 16. Be2+ Kg2 17. Rh2+ Kg1 18. O-O-O# 1-0

Strange, according to other databases (chesslive, http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/short_games.html) the game was played in 1912 and played by Edward Lasker. The opening is also in a different order, and it ends with 18. Kd2#.

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04 Jun 05 10:38

Interlocking pawns are quite rare.
For example, White pawns at e4 and d5 with Black pawns at d4 and e5.

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04 Jun 05 10:50

Originally posted by schakuhr
Strange, according to other databases (chesslive, http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/short_games.html) the game was played in 1912 and played by Edward Lasker. The opening is also in a different order, and it ends with 18. Kd2#.

You must be thinking of

[Event "London London ENG"]
[Site "London London ENG"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lasker, Edward"]
[Black "Thomas, George A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]
[Source "ChessliB"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qh5 Qe7 11. Qxh7+ Kxh7 12. Nxf6+ Kh6 13. Neg4+ Kg5 14. h4+ Kf4 15. g3+ Kf3 16. Be2+ Kg2 17. Rh2+ Kg1 18. Kd2# 1-0

schakuhr

Joined: 12 Feb 05
Moves: 47202

04 Jun 05 10:53

Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDER
You must be thinking of

[Event "London London ENG"]
[Site "London London ENG"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lasker, Edward"]
[Black "Thomas, George A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]
[Source "ChessliB"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. ...[text shortened]... 7 12. Nxf6+ Kh6 13. Neg4+ Kg5 14. h4+ Kf4 15. g3+ Kf3 16. Be2+ Kg2 17. Rh2+ Kg1 18. Kd2# 1-0