Things you rarely see in chess

CrawlIce

Only Chess

27 May 05

jugglingeek

Joined: 26 May 05
Moves: 213

03 Jun 05

check mate by castling. That would be very cool.

THUDandBLUNDER

Joined: 29 Feb 04
Moves: 22

03 Jun 05

Originally posted by bobbob1056th
Nigel once marched his king up to h6 when almost all the pieces were on the board, yet mate was unavoidable for his opponent.

http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2426

orfeo

Paralysed analyst

On a ship of fools

Joined: 26 May 04
Moves: 25780

03 Jun 05

I'm sure I had a quadruple fork once, no idea if I'd be able to find it though.

I'm guessing I should start with the games I *won*...😉

Bowmann

Non-Subscriber

RHP IQ

Joined: 17 Mar 05
Moves: 1345

03 Jun 05

Sony Walkmen.

schakuhr

Joined: 12 Feb 05
Moves: 47202

04 Jun 05

1 edit

Originally posted by jugglingeek
check mate by castling. That would be very cool.

[Event "Lugano Ol"]
[Site "Lugano Ol"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Day, Lawrence"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.Be2 Nc6
5.O-O Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.a3 b6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bb7 10.Be3 Bd6 11.h3 Be5 12.Qd3 h5
13.Rfc1 Bh2+ 14.Kf1 Ne5 15.Qd1 Nxe4 16.Na4 Nc5
17.Nxb6 Qxb6 18.Nf3 Qc6 19.Bxc5 Bf4 20.Be3 Bxe3
21.fxe3 Ng4 22.hxg4 hxg4 23.Ne1 Rh1+ 24.Kf2 g3
25.Kxg3 Rxe1 26.Qxe1 Qxg2+ 27.Kf4 g5 28.Ke5 Qe4+
29.Kf6 Qf5+ 30.Kg7 Qg6+ 31.Kh8

31. ...O-O-O# 0-1

I swear I also saw a game between Ed. Lasker and George Thomas that resulted in mate by castling, but I can't find it.

THUDandBLUNDER

Joined: 29 Feb 04
Moves: 22

04 Jun 05

1 edit

I swear I also saw a game between Ed. Lasker and George Thomas that resulted in mate by castling, but I can't find it.

It was the other Lasker.

[Event "London ENG"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Thomas, George A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1921.??.??"]
[Source "ChessliB"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 b6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qh5 Qe7 11. Qxh7+ Kxh7 12. Nxf6+ Kh6 13. Neg4+ Kg5 14. h4+ Kf4 15. g3+ Kf3 16. Be2+ Kg2 17. Rh2+ Kg1 18. O-O-O# 1-0

schakuhr

Joined: 12 Feb 05
Moves: 47202

04 Jun 05

Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDER
It was the other Lasker.

[Event "London ENG"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Thomas, George A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1921.??.??"]
[Source "ChessliB"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf ...[text shortened]... 12. Nxf6+ Kh6 13. Neg4+ Kg5 14. h4+ Kf4 15. g3+ Kf3 16. Be2+ Kg2 17. Rh2+ Kg1 18. O-O-O# 1-0

Strange, according to other databases (chesslive, http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/short_games.html) the game was played in 1912 and played by Edward Lasker. The opening is also in a different order, and it ends with 18. Kd2#.

THUDandBLUNDER

Joined: 29 Feb 04
Moves: 22

04 Jun 05

Interlocking pawns are quite rare.
For example, White pawns at e4 and d5 with Black pawns at d4 and e5.

THUDandBLUNDER

Joined: 29 Feb 04
Moves: 22

04 Jun 05

Originally posted by schakuhr
Strange, according to other databases (chesslive, http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/short_games.html) the game was played in 1912 and played by Edward Lasker. The opening is also in a different order, and it ends with 18. Kd2#.

You must be thinking of

[Event "London London ENG"]
[Site "London London ENG"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lasker, Edward"]
[Black "Thomas, George A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]
[Source "ChessliB"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qh5 Qe7 11. Qxh7+ Kxh7 12. Nxf6+ Kh6 13. Neg4+ Kg5 14. h4+ Kf4 15. g3+ Kf3 16. Be2+ Kg2 17. Rh2+ Kg1 18. Kd2# 1-0

schakuhr

Joined: 12 Feb 05
Moves: 47202

04 Jun 05

Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDER
You must be thinking of

[Event "London London ENG"]
[Site "London London ENG"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lasker, Edward"]
[Black "Thomas, George A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]
[Source "ChessliB"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. ...[text shortened]... 7 12. Nxf6+ Kh6 13. Neg4+ Kg5 14. h4+ Kf4 15. g3+ Kf3 16. Be2+ Kg2 17. Rh2+ Kg1 18. Kd2# 1-0