A very nice checkmate...
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That is impressive. Especially if it was planned.
Sanesva wrote: That is impressive. Especially if it was planned.
Well, yes and no. The plan was to get a mating attack or win a lot of material while black defends mate. That plan started with 13. Nxe5. As it happened, black made some blunders which allowed the final mating combinition, and that wasn't planned from the start of course, as it wasn't forced until the very end.
Well, yes and no. The plan was to get a mating attack or win a lot of material while black defends mate. That plan started with 13. Nxe5. As it happened, black made some blunders which allowed the final mating combinition, and that wasn't planned from the start of course, as it wasn't forced until the very end.
Pretty cool. You don't see that kind of mate that much.
A pretty standard Ruy Lopez opening suddenly devolopes into a dangerous mating threat. But as black defends aganst the threat, a much more subtle attack can begin... which led to a rather funky checkmate variation!
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