Chesspark Blog http://blog.chesspark.com Make Chesspark Your Park Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:33:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/4be80e04e15e5914a442657b6626f2bb?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Chesspark Blog http://blog.chesspark.com The Daily Mate: Beauty In Three Moves http://blog.chesspark.com/2009/07/12/the-daily-mate-beauty-in-three-moves/ http://blog.chesspark.com/2009/07/12/the-daily-mate-beauty-in-three-moves/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:33:16 +0000 attilatchess http://blog.chesspark.com/?p=2291 ]]>

Checkmate 435

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In the game Serbian_Rabbit-Torontojer the white king was under heavy attack in the middle.

How did black give the checkmate?

Solution of the last position:

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The queen moved to d2 to give the checkmate, then the king moved to b1. The queen continued her journey on the 2nd rank and captured the c2 pawn. Only place a1 was for the white king and then the queen captured the b2 pawn to give the checkmate.

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Checkmate 434

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In the game leapfrog05-mareleblond98 the players attacked wildly the kings.

Can be black faster?

Solution of the last position:

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The bishop captured the f7 pawn to force the king to e7 and then the other knight arrived to the center to d5 to give a very nice checkmate.

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Checkmate 433

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In the game gheorghius-jc black captured the queen in the last move.

What was white’s plan?

Solution of the last position:

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The bishop captured the f7 pawn to give a nice checkmate.

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Checkmate 432

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In the game HardyBoyz-EVIL-TERMINATOR white got a strong knight in the center and created a threat. Black forgot about it and moved out his knight to f6. What was the winning move for white?

Solution of the last position:

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The knight may jump to c5 to give the checkmate. Pretty! :)

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Checkmate 430

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In the game DrCheck_-Rabbit- black weakened the light squares by pawn moves and then the queen penetrated to the position. What was the last winning move for white?

Solution of the last position:

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The queen captured the b4 pawn and gave the checkmate to the king.

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Checkmate 430

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In the game big-k-elgaxton black sacrificed an exchange for the attack and was ready to give the checkmate.

How?

Solution of the last position:

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The knight jumped to d6 to givr a beautiful checkmate :)

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Checkmate 429

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In the game DrChessP-penguin77 black played the caro-kann defense. White got a strong knight in the center and by moving the queen to e2 he created a tricky situation. Black  his knight to d7  which blocked the way of the king.

What was the winning move for white?

Solution of the last position:

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The queen moved to g4 to force the black king to f8 and then she moved to g7 to give the nice checkmate with the helpl of the bishop.

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Checkmate 428

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In the game Frederic-Pharaoh the white pieces created a checkmate situation. The defenders were away from the king.

What was the winning move for white?

Solution of the last position:

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The black queen captured the c3 knight and then the white queen gave the checkmate by moving to d8.

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Checkmate 427

4-july-427-10454335In the game mareleblond98-avni511 black captured the c3 knight in this position.

What was the winning answer?

Solution of the last position:

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The queen moved to h7 to give the checkmate.

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Checkmate 426

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In the game elgaxton-albajuan black forked the rook and the knight.

What was the winning answer?

Solution of the last position:

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The bishop moved to b5 to give the pretty checkmate.

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