To Castle or not to Castle

Inspired by a thread on this very subject.

Blog 4

To Castle or not to Castle

Some statistics on castling. + sanzzy/jazzy avatars.
The Rusty and Gramps show + 4 games with lads on here castling into
mate in one move.

Due to popular demand I have left comments on.
This will mean I have to check it daily - that's pain in the neck.

Of course it's not just the lads onRHP who castle into mate.
I want to keep the blog strictly for RHP games so here is an OTB example.

(note the grades.)

D.James (2270) - D.Bisby (2120) Hastings 1995

I didn't want to start a new thread for this,but I was wondering if old Greenpawn had seen it.



If 7. ... Ke8 8.Bg5

Black's 8th and White's 9th each took an hour!

10. ... Kxh4 11.Nf3+ Kg4 12.Qxc5 Nxh1? 13.Qc4+ mates (Chess Life)

10. ... d6 11.Ndf3+ Kg4 12.h3+ Kg3 13.Qc4 (threat 14.Nf5+!) Nxh1! black wins (Chess Life)

12. ... Kh5 13.Qf3+! Ng4 14.h3! Qxe5+ 15.Kf1 (Chess Life)

And finally a quote from Chess Life:
"The laughter-filled analysis session continued for almost and hour, with grandmaster spectators such as Peter Leko and Emil Sutovsky taking turns to sacrifice more of Short's pieces."

I really enjoyed that game. There is nothing like a 14 move Petroff draw to get the juices going.

The article also had a nice swindle from the same tournament.

Wesley So-Anish Giri



Black To Move

1. ... Nd1!



2.Qc1 (Better Rxd1)



2. ... Qg3!



3. Ne2?? (3.Qxd1)



And black's killer was ...

3. ... Rf1+!! with mate next move



Seeing these two games brought a smile to my face.

Hi Paul.

Seen the Short Game but not the second one, brillinat swindle. Cheers.