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A collection of Assassin Mates + Nimzo5 getting a draw with Spassky.

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This is a pawn mate from TimmyBx. It starts with 1.b3.
I don't want my Blog clogged up with crappy naffy games that begin with 1.b3
so I'm posting it here. 🙂

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Not quite mate ... Black has ...NxP.

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We have got to give Nimzo5 props for being sharply dressed at the chess board.

Some people just know how to do it right!

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Here is one game of mine: Game 8135279. I lost as black to an assassin.

Do you also refer to a pawn as assassin if it mates by promoting?

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Originally posted by tvochess
Do you also refer to a pawn as assassin if it mates by promoting?
not if he promotes to a queen.

thats transvestites mate...

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Hi tvochess

There are literally 100's of pawn mates on RHP where one side is practically
a whole chess set up. So one player decides to mate with a Novice Assassin Pawn.
(he is practising his Assassin Pawn Mates.)

I think a real Assasin is the pawn that does it from a level postion and
is part of plan/combination.

This was also sent by TimmyBx (and this is a mate.)
I would not class this as a true Assassin Mate.

TimmyBx -Kegge RHP 2011 final position.


Instead of e5-e6 mate. White could have played Nf6 mate.

If a pawn promotes it is re-born as a Queen, Rook, Bishop or Knight
thus losing it's potential Aasassin status.

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Mate with a pawn is my favorite because it's so rare. Didn't know it had a name.

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I got assasinated by Grampy Bobby recently. The old dude beat me up quite badly really.

[Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2011.10.13"]
[EndDate "2011.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "SmittyTime"]
[Black "Grampy Bobby"]
[WhiteRating "1425"]
[BlackRating "1634"]
[WhiteElo "1425"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "8775815"]


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Originally posted by greenpawn34
A collection of Assassin Mates + Nimzo5 getting a draw with Spassky.

Blog 4

This is a pawn mate from TimmyBx. It starts with 1.b3.
I don't want my Blog clogged up with crappy naffy games that begin with 1.b3
so I'm posting it here. 🙂

[pgn]
[Event "CCOUSA 7/14 OCT2010 Round Robin"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2011. ...[text shortened]... 4e5 Rd8f8 27. Kg3h3 Rf8e8 28. Rf3xf7 Kg7h6 29. g4 Re8f8 30. g5[/pgn]
I don't know how to show the game but my very first game on RHP had an (unforced, fortuitous) assassin pawn.

Game 5846265

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Originally posted by JS357
I don't know how to show the game but my very first game on RHP had an (unforced, fortuitous) assassin pawn.

Game 5846265
This thread is turning a collection of Assassin Mates.
(What is the collective term?)

Here is the JS357 game.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
This thread is turning a collection of Assassin Mates.
(What is the collective term?)

Here is the JS357 game.

[pgn]
[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[EndDate "2009.01.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MissOleum"]
[Black "JS357"]
[WhiteRating "1041"]
[BlackRating "1587"]
[WhiteElo "1041"]
[BlackElo "1587" ...[text shortened]... 4 39. Rd6d7 Kg7g6 40. Rd7xa7 Re4xe5 41. Ra7d7 Re5e3 42. Kg3g4 h5[/pgn]
Here's another, less fortuitous. I think if not for the resignation, it's an assassin's mate after RxP. Crazy game.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
This thread is turning a collection of Assassin Mates.
I thought this is what you wanted. At the end of your blog:

"Thread 142937 if you have an Assassin Mate you want to share."

And indeed, not all pawn mates are fascinating/interesting, but using a pawn to mate is the only objective property of an Assassin.

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This is what I did indeed want.
I now need the collective term for a gathering of Assassin Mates...
a School of Assassin Mates...a set of Assassin Mates...a scheme of Assassin Mates...

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