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Whos seen a 4 move Check-mate in a reay life tournament?

Whos seen a 4 move Check-mate in a reay life tournament?

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Enter John Hewitt a barman at Sandy Bells who stood in at board 6 in
an emergency in a Bells v Scottish Widows match and won.

John was Black. The final position from his first ever serious game.



Same season and again a player short so another game for John.
He resigned in a position very similiar to this.



He resigned because he did not know the stalemate rule.

A few weeks later he left Bells to live in the north of Scotland and as
far as I know has never pushed a pawn in anger again.

Not a bad playing career.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
Enter John Hewitt a barman at Sandy Bells who stood in at board 6 in
an emergency in a Bells v Scottish Widows match and won.

John was Black. The final position from his first ever serious game.

[fen]rnb1kbnr/ppp2ppp/8/3pp3/6Pq/2P2P2/PP1PP2P/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 4[/fen]

Same season and again a player short so another game for John.
He resigned ...[text shortened]... tland and as
far as I know has never pushed a pawn in anger again.

Not a bad playing career.
lol

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Originally posted by heinzkat
This one was my favourite RHP Blitz opening for a while, 100% record over at least 15 games:

[pgn][White "Heinzkat"][Black "Gullible p1200 victim"][Event "RHP Blitz"]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 5. Nxe5+ Nxe5 6. f4[/pgn]
What happens after that?

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Originally posted by Chandradi
What happens after that?
O-O & Nc3 (I wouldn't recommend the opening much though)

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Thanks. Anyone else noanyone silly enough to fall for it? My opponent(grade 48) Fell for the e4, e5 Nc3 F6?!

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Whats wrong with that?
Granted it's not great, but black doesn't seem to be in any serious trouble either.

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Lets play in a set piece match if you dont mind. I will show you

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It's a little off topic, but for the first time today I got to play Legal's Mate OTB. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw h6 and Bg4, and when he took my queen I was over the moon. Definite highlight of the day.

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Originally posted by Meadows
It's a little off topic, but for the first time today I got to play Legal's Mate OTB. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw h6 and Bg4, and when he took my queen I was over the moon. Definite highlight of the day.

[pgn]
[Event "University Social"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[White "Meadows"]
[Black "Opponent"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Nxe5 Bxd1 6. Bxf7+ Ke7 7. Nd5# 1-0
[/pgn]
Thats good.

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Originally posted by Meadows
It's a little off topic, but for the first time today I got to play Legal's Mate OTB. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw h6 and Bg4, and when he took my queen I was over the moon. Definite highlight of the day.

[pgn]
[Event "University Social"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[White "Meadows"]
[Black "Opponent"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Nxe5 Bxd1 6. Bxf7+ Ke7 7. Nd5# 1-0
[/pgn]
I learnt that a few week ago

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the always funny caro-kann 6 mover- 🙂

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Qe2?! Ngf6???? 6.Nd6# 😀

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Originally posted by irontigran
the always funny caro-kann 6 mover- 🙂

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Qe2?! Ngf6???? 6.Nd6# 😀
I caught a titled player with that at ICC. 🙂 I forger whether it was an FM or IM, but he was a little upset.

Sometimes cheapos pay off. hehe

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Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromfics
I caught a titled player with that at ICC. 🙂 I forger whether it was an FM or IM, but he was a little upset.

Sometimes cheapos pay off. hehe
You play ICC?

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Does anyone play ICC?

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When I was 8 years old, I won the following game against a classmate.