9 move checkmate
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Re: 9 move checkmate
[quote="Stewart Reuben"]Peter Williams. did you realise you were saccing a pawn with 1 c4 e6 2 g3 d5 3 Bg2 c6 4 b3 as 4...dxc4 5 bxc4 Qd4 forks rook and pawn?
Hello Stewart
No i did not see i was giving away pawn after those moves i just had a look at it on my pocket set.I thought i was making really good moves in the opening playing like a grandmaster until he said checkmate! Peter said i got the move order wrong!
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Hello Stewart
No i did not see i was giving away pawn after those moves i just had a look at it on my pocket set.I thought i was making really good moves in the opening playing like a grandmaster until he said checkmate! Peter said i got the move order wrong!
Some interesting quick wins members have posted on here.
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Re: 9 move checkmate
I just delivered checkmate in 5 moves in an online correspondence game, as black!
I think that must be a record for me, can anybody beat it?
My opponent played the Grob, which is pretty dangerous if you don't know the theory.
I think I might soon need to change my user name from "happy_loser" to something more appropriate!
I think that must be a record for me, can anybody beat it?
My opponent played the Grob, which is pretty dangerous if you don't know the theory.
I think I might soon need to change my user name from "happy_loser" to something more appropriate!
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Re: 9 move checkmate
I was on both sides of Scholar's Mate (or variants thereof) in school games, but the quickest mates I've had in competitive games were 17 moves (won) and 18 (lost - my opponent had missed a mate on move 16, but made no mistake the second time). I did once win a friendly game with 1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxg7 1-0.
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That is amazing to see in a postal chess game as you would expect less blunders. I wonder if that is the quickest win ever for a postal chess game.Clive Blackburn wrote:I just delivered checkmate in 5 moves in an online correspondence game, as black!
I think that must be a record for me, can anybody beat it?
My opponent played the Grob, which is pretty dangerous if you don't know the theory.
I think I might soon need to change my user name from "happy_loser" to something more appropriate!
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Re: 9 move checkmate
Pretty sure it isn't.......
Not least because of that sneaky old "conditionals" trick - a few games have started 1d4, then Black replying "1......g6 2 any White reply Bg7. To which White unsportingly (but devastatingly) replies 2Bh6!!! - then 3Bg7 followed by 4Bh8
Not least because of that sneaky old "conditionals" trick - a few games have started 1d4, then Black replying "1......g6 2 any White reply Bg7. To which White unsportingly (but devastatingly) replies 2Bh6!!! - then 3Bg7 followed by 4Bh8
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Re: 9 move checkmate
Yes Matt but those conditional moves don't usually lead to an actual checkmate.
I think it would be hard to better mate in 5; I couldn't believe it when he played 4.Nh3??
I think it would be hard to better mate in 5; I couldn't believe it when he played 4.Nh3??
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Re: 9 move checkmate
Clive Blackburn wrote:Yes Matt but those conditional moves don't usually lead to an actual checkmate.
I think it would be hard to better mate in 5; I couldn't believe it when he played 4.Nh3??
I agree can you ask the postal chess association if it is the quickest win that they know of?
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This was the first correspondence game I ever played on the internet.
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Re: 9 move checkmate
Peter it wasn't a postal game, it was on the internet with a time limit of 3 days per move - perhaps I used the word "correspondence" wrongly.
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Yes Richard's game is also 5 moves and it was a genuine Correspondence game as well!Richard James wrote:
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yes i thought correspondance means postal game any way its still an amazing game as your opponent had plenty of time to look at his move before making it. Maybe he thought like i did that i was winning untill opponent says checkmate!Clive Blackburn wrote:Peter it wasn't a postal game, it was on the internet with a time limit of 3 days per move - perhaps I used the word "correspondence" wrongly.
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Re: 9 move checkmate
I fell for that as a 12ish year old newcomer to the game...Richard James wrote:
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cd 4.Nd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 (Kevitz's Gambit) 6.cd Bc5 7.d6 Ne4 8.Nc7+ Qc7 1-0 NN- Hodgson, Julian 1987 London 'Peace'
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Re: 9 move checkmate
I once played in a tournament where I came second with 4/5. The one loss was in 9 moves, it wasn't checkmate just a late night cock up against a tough opponent.
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