BEST checkmate ever

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7th August 2008, 02:53pm
#1
by Raze_Hello125
New York City United States
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http://www.chess.c om/livechess/game.html?id=8350611

 

well at least by my standards

7th August 2008, 03:04pm
#2
by eternal21
New Jersey Poland
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Cool mate.

7th August 2008, 03:06pm
#3
by darkpawn
Fort McMurray Canada
Member Since: Nov 2007
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Did you even see it as checkmate? or did you just see the king/queen fork? I'm guessing you where playing blitz.

7th August 2008, 03:09pm
#4
by Raze_Hello125
New York City United States
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Member Points: 13

lol i didnt even see the queen and king fork, i was aiming for the rook and king fork and then i got a triple fork with a side of mate.

7th August 2008, 03:29pm
#5
by rush40
USA United States
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thats what happens when u play 946's

8th August 2008, 03:09am
#6
by therobz
Auckland New Zealand
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Member Points: 355

yea but that was NICE.

8th August 2008, 09:26am
#7
by DaBear
Copenhagen Denmark
Member Since: Dec 2007
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Black should have seen it coming when there was the biggest of all forks, if not the checkmate.

9th August 2008, 03:32pm
#8
by Rivan
Greenville, Wisconsin United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
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I have to say, that is pretty hilarious!

9th August 2008, 09:23pm
#9
by dwaxe
Thousand Oaks, California United States
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Member Points: 895

That was...

A bad game.

9th August 2008, 10:05pm
#10
by 0-0-0
USA-Ireland Ireland
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that's a punch in the face

nice move

9th August 2008, 10:50pm
#11
by NM tonydal
United States
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Oops

15th August 2008, 08:43am
#12
by 4arms
odessa United States
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Cool mate.

15th August 2008, 08:50am
#13
by BillyIdle
Humboldt Park United States
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 580

Go to the Forum CHESS SHOWCASE/Best Chess Games

 and look at  Livitsky - Marshall  (Breslau 1912)

then tell me what the best checkmate ever was.

Livitsky resigned before the final move was made.

It was called Frank Marshall's "immortal game".

15th August 2008, 05:58pm
#14
by BillyIdle
Humboldt Park United States
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 580

Here is a short one that isn't bad.

White Mates in 13 moves:

1. e4  1. c6              

2. Nc3  2. d5

3. Nf3  3. dxe4

4. Nxe4  4. Bf5

5. Ng3  5. Bg6

6. h4  6. h6

7. Ne5  7. Bh7

8. Qh5  8. g6

9. Bc4  9. e6

10. Qe2  10. Nf6 ?

11. Nxf7  11. Kxf7

12. Qxe6+  12. Kg7

13. Qf7    MATE

To quote Euripides, short but sweet.

18th August 2008, 06:19am
#15
by 4arms
odessa United States
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MATE IN FEW  MOVES

18th August 2008, 06:30am
#16
by Hendrik77
Tallinn Estonia
Member Since: May 2008
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that sort of thing is possible only if the opponent isnt paying attention

18th August 2008, 01:00pm
#17
by 4arms
odessa United States
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Member Points: 102

yep

18th August 2008, 01:05pm
#18
by Jambux_Josh
Garden Grove, Ca United States
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for some reason the link isnt working for me

18th August 2008, 01:17pm
#19
by eternal21
New Jersey Poland
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Jambux_Josh wrote:

for some reason the link isnt working for me



http://www.chess.com/livechess/game.html?id=8350611

That's because there's a space in it - you need to remove it.

 

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