CHECKMATE in under 20 moves

Here are some quickies from the database (all losing players over 2000):


[Event "Open"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Koper, S."]
[Black "Petrak, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.01.14"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bb5 Qb6 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. O-O Bf5 12. Ne5 Qa6 13. Qb3 Rac8 14. Nxd5 Ne4
15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. Nxf7+ Kg8 18. Nh6+ Kf8 19. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "30th Elekes Mem IM"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peredy, F."]
[Black "Hasanova, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2005.05.21"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Qb6 5. a3 Bd7 6. b4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Bxb5+
Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qa6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Nge2 Ne7 12. a4 Nf5 13. b5 Qa5 14. O-O Bb4 15.
Qd3 Nb6 16. Na2 O-O 17. Rfb1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Be7 19. Nac1 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2005.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nielsen, JM."]
[Black "Mortensen, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.25"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nxe4 Qe7 7. Qd2 b6 8.
O-O-O Bb7 9. Bd3 d6 10. f4 Nd7 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Rhe1 h6 13. Qe2 Qf7 14. g3 g6
15. Ba6 Bg7 16. Qb5 Rhe8 17. Nxd6+ cxd6 18. Qc6+ Kb8 19. Qxb7# 1-0

[Event "XXIX Open"]
[Site "Barbera del Valles ESP"]
[Date "2006.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sanchez Romero, M."]
[Black "Carbonell Bofill, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.07.05"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.17"]

1. e4 a6 2. c4 Ra7 3. d4 b6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 f6 11. Re1 c6 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. d5 cxd5 14. Bxb8 Qxb8 15.
Qxd5 Bc8 16. Nd4 b4 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Nc6 Qe5 19. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2006.09.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Luther, T."]
[Black "Littlewood, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.09.06"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 g6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
Bc4 Bg7 9. Ndb5 O-O 10. Qxd6 f5 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. Nd5 Qxf2 13. Nf6+ Kh8 14. Nc7
Be6 15. Bxe6 Rad8 16. Bd7 Qh4 17. Nce8 Rfxe8 18. Nxe8 Be5 19. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "19th Belgrade Trophy"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Djukic, Milor"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1788"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2006.11.22"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.27"]

1. g4 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Nc3 d4 7. Nd5 Qd7 8. f4
Nc6 9. f5 Nge7 10. f6 Nxd5 11. fxg7 Bxg7 12. Bxd5 O-O 13. h3 b6 14. Rh2 Bb7 15.
Rf2 Na5 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Rxf7 Qxf7 18. Qg3 Rf8 19. Qh2 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2007.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wallace, P."]
[Black "Dekker, Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. e5 Ng4 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Bd2 b5 15.
Qg3 Nf6 16. Bc3 Nh5 17. Qh3 Nxf4 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxh7# 1-0

A very nice game played by me (18 moves): http://www.playtheimmortalgame.com/gameanalysis/boardhistory.php?gameid=3190495

I have no particular reason to be proud of this win, as I'm about 650 points higher rated than my opponent, but it makes a good instructive game for children on why development and castling are crucial in the opening: Game 2881865

Game 2146671

I don't think he saw that one coming . . .

Game 3239952 😞

Originally posted by DeepThought
Game 3239952 😞

An excellent win over a very strong player - is that Procyk's own photo he now has up on his profile?

Game 3268720 🙂

Originally posted by climb2high
Game 3268720 🙂

Originally posted by malinga
am I missing something here? where's the checkmate?

Originally posted by climb2high
ok, ok, there's no check mate, but it would of followed soon enough. espacially if Q takes on h6 (?). but after loosing a knight through the queen exchange, it would of carried out into a winning endgame for white. 🙂

An elegant checkmate in 13 moves (including a bishop sac). 🙂

Game 3237895

Originally posted by lausey
An elegant checkmate in 13 moves (including a bishop sac). 🙂

Game 3237895