CHECKMATE in under 20 moves

Originally posted by Roboknight
8 black. Ng*C3

here is a 9 mover from a blitz game of mine

[Event "RHP Blitz rated"]
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2007.11.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "AntiGeorgeBush01"]
[Black "tomtom232"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e2-e4 e7-e5 2. Bf1-c4 Ng8-f6 3. Qd1-f3 Nb8-c6 4. c2-c3 Nc6-a5 5. Bc4-b3 Na5xb3 6. a2xb3 d7-d5 7. d2-d3 d5xe4 8. d3xe4 Bc8-g4 9. Qf3-e3 Qd8-d1 0-1

Game 4381163

A nice start and finish.

Game 4459571

http://www.redhotpawn.com/gameanalysis/boardhistory.php?gameid=4470833

Originally posted by Ciaran
8 moves ----- Have done this a dozen times or so.......


[ g i d ] 3686774 [ / g i d ]

Game 4388890

Originally posted by Helder Octavio
Game 4388890

1.c4 e6
2.e4 Bc5
3.d4 Bb4+
4.Nc3 Nf6
5.Qc2 c6
6.e5 Ng4
7.Nf3 d5
8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Bd3 f5
10.Qa4+ Nc6
11.Bb5 a6
12.Bxc6+ bxc6
13.Qxb4 Qc7
14.b3 Rb8
15.Qd6 Rb7
16.Na4 Kf7
17.Ng5+ Kg6
18.h4 Rd8
19.h5+ Kh6
20.Nf7#

It was a double-check that gave me mate! One of my more elegant finishes.

actually he walked into it... but still, a nice double-check

My all time favorite quick mate is against Alekhine's Defense, and I've played it, maybe, a hundred times in blitz. Of course, I can never do it again because I never play 1. e4 anymore.

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Ng5+ Ng8 7. Qf3 Qe8 8. e6 h6 9. Qf7+ Qxf7 10. exf7#

The beauty of it is that is is checkmate with a pawn!! Here's a video about this quick mate:

http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=749

tomtom232 in reference to your post.

This is Legal's mate. The first time I saw it was in Boys Life Magazine. Bobby Fischer played it in a simultaneous exebition.

Originally posted by petrovitch
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Ng5+ Ng8 7. Qf3 Qe8 8. e6 h6 9. Qf7+ Qxf7 10. exf7#

The beauty of it is that is is checkmate with a pawn!!

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[Event "?"][Site "Pogo"]
[Date "2008.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PureRWandB"][Black "Computer_2"][Result "1-0"]
1.Ng1f3 e6
2.g3 Bf8d6
3.Bf1g2 Nb8c6
4.e4 Qd8f6
5.d4 Qf6d8
6.e5 Bd6b4+
7.c3 Bb4a5
8.Nb1d2 Ng8h6
9.Bg2h3 O-O
10.Nd2e4 g5
11.Bc1xg5 Ba5xc3+
12.bxc3 f6
13.Bg5xf6 Qd8e8
14.Nf3g5 Ra8b8
15.Qd1d3 d6
16.Ne4xd6 Qe8d7
17.Bh3xe6+ Rf8f7
18.Qd3xh7+ Kg8f8
19.Qxh6 Rg7
20.Nh7 ++

Originally posted by tomtom232
Game 3686774