22 August 2008

Damiano's Mate

Black to move



It was a blunder, objectively speaking, that put a black pawn on g3. Black staked the whole game on setting up a checkmate that White could have stopped fairly easily. But White greedily grabbed first a pawn that was en prise, then grabbed with his own cleric the bishop that had taken the knight on f3. Now it's Black's move and checkmate in seven.

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  1. 1. ... Rh1+ 2. Kxh1 Rh8+ 3. Kg1 Rh1+ 4. Qh8+ 5. Qh7 Qxh7+ 6. Bh5 Qxh5+ 7. Kg1 Qh2#

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  2. I had worked that out but forgot that qh7 is another interposition that white has to delay mate.

    Being the party pooper I am I probably would have resigned after Qh8+ and not given Black the pleasure of such a nice mate. :-Þ~

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