Most embarrassing defeat ever...
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Most embarrassing defeat ever...
White(me) g3 h3 Rb4 Rd4 Qb8 Kg4 Black g5 h6 Qa5 Kf6. Final move was B8(Q) Immediate resignation followed A lesson for the chess world
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I'm sorry but I can't follow that at all.
What were the actual moves?
What were the actual moves?
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If you set up the position with Black to move, there's a forced mate, despite White having two extra rooks.Steven DuCharme wrote:White(me) g3 h3 Rb4 Rd4 Qb8 Kg4 Black g5 h6 Qa5 Kf6. Final move was B8(Q) Immediate resignation followed A lesson for the chess world
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Nendick-Horton, school match 1981, continued 29...Kf8? 30 f5 Rd3?? 31 Bh6+ resigns
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For those who still can't see it, 1......Qf5+ 2 Kh5 g4+! does the trick.IM Jack Rudd wrote:
Nice, except for the OP!
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Ah, thanks, Matt. I assumed Qf5+ was an instant mate. I wasn't paying attention. I also thought that the White queen arrived on b8 from somewhere else, but now I see that it was a promotion from a pawn on b7. So can White win the position before the pawn promotion and how? I presume a series of checks with the rooks before promoting at the right moment?
(EDIT: OK, just Rd6+ and promote the pawn, forcing the king away makes all the difference.)
(EDIT: OK, just Rd6+ and promote the pawn, forcing the king away makes all the difference.)
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Christopher Kreuzer wrote:So can White win the position before the pawn promotion and how? I presume a series of checks with the rooks before promoting at the right moment?
Rd6 looks good enough when b8Q next move defends everything.
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I guess losing to Mr.Bean would be embarrassing!
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I lost a rapdiplay game to Luke Mshane when he was 7. I knew he was a good player and wasn't particularly embarrassed,
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I once lost to Stewart Reuben (actually was checkmated) in 10 movesStewart Reuben wrote:I lost a rapdiplay game to Luke Mshane when he was 7. I knew he was a good player and wasn't particularly embarrassed,
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Richard. I have no memory of that. Was it a good 10 move game?
I do remember drawing with you when you were 10 on the Richmond Terrace. It was a Richmond Junior Club event.
I remember beating William Watson when he was 14. Apparently he cried in the toilets.
I do remember drawing with you when you were 10 on the Richmond Terrace. It was a Richmond Junior Club event.
I remember beating William Watson when he was 14. Apparently he cried in the toilets.
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Apparently he cried like a drunken machine gunner
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only according to Boris Spassky.Andy Stoker wrote:Apparently he cried like a drunken machine gunner
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In all it's glory...Stewart Reuben wrote:Richard. I have no memory of that. Was it a good 10 move game?
I do remember drawing with you when you were 10 on the Richmond Terrace. It was a Richmond Junior Club event.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5. Bg5 ed 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qxd5 Qxb2 8. Qxa8 Qc1#
It appears it was actually eight moves! 'Twas a Barbican rapidplay I think.
I thought I might have actually won the game on the Terrace? Anyway I was black in a Ruy Lopez and yet, despite the result, probably barely played 1...e5 ever again in my life to date!