Whos seen a 4 move Check-mate in a reay life tournament?

Enter John Hewitt a barman at Sandy Bells who stood in at board 6 in
an emergency in a Bells v Scottish Widows match and won.

John was Black. The final position from his first ever serious game.



Same season and again a player short so another game for John.
He resigned in a position very similiar to this.



He resigned because he did not know the stalemate rule.

A few weeks later he left Bells to live in the north of Scotland and as
far as I know has never pushed a pawn in anger again.

Not a bad playing career.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Enter John Hewitt a barman at Sandy Bells who stood in at board 6 in
an emergency in a Bells v Scottish Widows match and won.

John was Black. The final position from his first ever serious game.

[fen]rnb1kbnr/ppp2ppp/8/3pp3/6Pq/2P2P2/PP1PP2P/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 4[/fen]

Same season and again a player short so another game for John.
He resigned ...[text shortened]... tland and as
far as I know has never pushed a pawn in anger again.

Not a bad playing career.

Originally posted by heinzkat
This one was my favourite RHP Blitz opening for a while, 100% record over at least 15 games:

[pgn][White "Heinzkat"][Black "Gullible p1200 victim"][Event "RHP Blitz"]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 5. Nxe5+ Nxe5 6. f4[/pgn]

Originally posted by Chandradi
What happens after that?

Thanks. Anyone else noanyone silly enough to fall for it? My opponent(grade 48) Fell for the e4, e5 Nc3 F6?!

Whats wrong with that?
Granted it's not great, but black doesn't seem to be in any serious trouble either.

Lets play in a set piece match if you dont mind. I will show you

It's a little off topic, but for the first time today I got to play Legal's Mate OTB. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw h6 and Bg4, and when he took my queen I was over the moon. Definite highlight of the day.

Originally posted by Meadows
It's a little off topic, but for the first time today I got to play Legal's Mate OTB. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw h6 and Bg4, and when he took my queen I was over the moon. Definite highlight of the day.

[pgn]
[Event "University Social"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[White "Meadows"]
[Black "Opponent"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Nxe5 Bxd1 6. Bxf7+ Ke7 7. Nd5# 1-0
[/pgn]

Originally posted by Meadows
It's a little off topic, but for the first time today I got to play Legal's Mate OTB. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw h6 and Bg4, and when he took my queen I was over the moon. Definite highlight of the day.

[pgn]
[Event "University Social"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[White "Meadows"]
[Black "Opponent"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Nxe5 Bxd1 6. Bxf7+ Ke7 7. Nd5# 1-0
[/pgn]

the always funny caro-kann 6 mover- 🙂

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Qe2?! Ngf6???? 6.Nd6# 😀

Originally posted by irontigran
the always funny caro-kann 6 mover- 🙂

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Qe2?! Ngf6???? 6.Nd6# 😀

Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromfics
I caught a titled player with that at ICC. 🙂 I forger whether it was an FM or IM, but he was a little upset.

Sometimes cheapos pay off. hehe

Does anyone play ICC?

When I was 8 years old, I won the following game against a classmate.