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16 Sep 12
20 Sep 12
Originally posted by greenpawn34Thanks, greenpawn. Points well taken. In gratitude and respect, I have endeavored to learn how to post a fen thingy. I have failed.
I see RJ is displaying the symptoms for Foot in the Mouth Disease again.
Looked at the game. (although this game will play a minor part it kicked off an
idea so the next blog is sorted - Thank You.)
In the game itself ...Let's have a look.
patrickrutgers stop thinking of checks as cheques and cashing them in right away.
Think Dive Bombers!
...[text shortened]... ll pick the f8 Rook only this time you keep
Mr Magnificent on the board. The b2 Bishop.
In that second example, (here goes): I saw the Kg7 preventing the mate so decided to go for what seemed like a certain piece advantage instead of a chance at mate that relied upon my opponent missing something. I think it seemed to me if my opponent saw the b2 bishop hiding behind a knight on f6 and played Kg7, I could still capture the f8 rook but then would lose the knight on the next move. With what I did, I got the rook without a loss.
(Ok, I just copy-and-pasted the fen from your post. Can't figure out how to change anything or to make a board with movable pieces other than with a pgn from a played game. Just know I tried.)
I have a hard time keeping those cheques in the bank because when learning the noble game from my father (who as it happens was an accountant) he had a way of capitalizing on my hesitation. Whenever I tried to keep a threat in reserve, he'd mate me while I was still building the perfect opportunity to mate him. So I
"learned" to take whatever I get as soon as I can get it and try to build off that advantage later. I think the reality is I was just learning and he was simply a lot better than me (with a potentially destructive pedagogic style) but the lesson "He who hesitates is lost" has been hard to shake.
21 Sep 12
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I have scoured through all my games and haven't found a 5-piece mate yet, but noone can argue about these 4-PIECE mates 😉
Game 8695262
Game 9248538
26 Sep 12
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Originally posted by patrickrutgersone move from 6 piece mate
I feel like there's been a thread about this before but I couldn't find it. Nothing to be proud of in this game (too many pawns in the opening, I know) but I enjoyed the final position because 5 pieces are involved in mating the King. Anyone have mates with more?
[pgn]1. c4 e5 2. e3 e4 3. d4 f5 4. f3 d5 5. Nb1c3 Ng8f6 6. Ng1h3 Nb8a6 7. Nh3f4 c6 8. ...[text shortened]... h8g7 27. Rc1c3 h5 28. Be6xf5 b5 29. h3 gxh3 30. Rh1xh3 Kg7h6 31. g4 Kh6g5 32. Rh3xh5 1-0[/pgn]
edit, actually it's five, the king has nothing to do with mate
