pawn-only checkmate?

chemist

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17 Feb 05

ilywrin

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21 Feb 05

hehehe, just thought of a problem:

White to win (mate in 2)
1.Rh3+! gh 2.g3 #

DeepThought

Losing the Thread

Quarantined World

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22 Feb 05

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Someone in the same group as me in the Thor Grouped Random tournament managed this:
Game 944344

Wulebgr

Angler

River City

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22 Feb 05

I found this interesting position that gives an alternate meaning to "pawn only" at another chess site:

White's move.

Drumbo

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05 Apr 06

pawn only checkmates are impossible, i thought everybody knew that

MCA

TokerSmurf

Bonnie Scotland

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05 Apr 06

Originally posted by Drumbo
pawn only checkmates are impossible, i thought everybody knew that

improbable but not impossible, same with two knights.

just cause its not possible to force mate doesnt mean that it is impossible to get it anyway if your opponent blunders

ok so it has to be a pretty serious blunder but it might happen

~~General Putzer~~

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05 Apr 06

you can't checkmate with two knights, mca. best you can do is force stalemate.

MCA

TokerSmurf

Bonnie Scotland

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05 Apr 06

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Originally posted by General Putzer
you can't checkmate with two knights, mca. best you can do is force stalemate.

possible but improbable

paranoidyoshi

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06 Apr 06

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Wulebgr

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River City

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06 Apr 06

Originally posted by Drumbo
pawn only checkmates are impossible, i thought everybody knew that

Read the thread. Examples have been given.

Testrider

Somewhere out there!

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06 Apr 06

I have checkmated with a pawnmove, the pawn was the only thing on the board besides the 2 kings 🙂

h8R#

~~General Putzer~~

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06 Apr 06

Originally posted by MCA
[fen]k1K5/8/1NN5/8/8/8/8/8[/fen]

possible but improbable

The example is bogus....try to play back blacks previous move.....he was in check/stalemate. You can set the board up so that a bare king is in mate by two knights, but you CAN'T GET THERE in a real game.

MCA

TokerSmurf

Bonnie Scotland

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06 Apr 06

Originally posted by General Putzer
The example is bogus....try to play back blacks previous move.....he was in check/stalemate. You can set the board up so that a bare king is in mate by two knights, but you CAN'T GET THERE in a real game.

although it is impossible to force this position it IS possible to get here if black allows it by playing a few bad moves.

i am at work and dont have time to go through it just now - but if no-one else has shown how it can be done by the time i get home tonight, ill go through it for ya.

zebano

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06 Apr 06

I had one opponent resign rather than let me play e7#. I then missed the same mate a month later in another game (I was way up material and just queened a pawn).

Mephisto2

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06 Apr 06

The above checkmate position can be legally obtained through the following last moves: Ne6-f8 g7-g6 Ne7xg6#. No need to explain that the starting position can also occur in a real game. The black king has a free corridor.

Wulebgr

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06 Apr 06

Originally posted by General Putzer
The example is bogus....try to play back blacks previous move.....he was in check/stalemate. You can set the board up so that a bare king is in mate by two knights, but you CAN'T GET THERE in a real game.

White's move. Mate in two, with one bad move by black.