The e8 and d8 Knight Checkmate
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For those of you down in the dumps - cheer up. Here is more rubbish.
I’m going to get rid of a few ideas I had for future blogs to clear the decks for the
up and coming World Championship between Ding Liren and Dommaraju Gukesh.
Chess Player Doubles No.117
Is David Howell in any way related to the blow up co-pilot
in the movie Airplane! If so I think we should be told.
From analyse of an 1868 game by Staunton. White has just played Qxh7.
Black to play. What would you do?
1...Ng3+ 2.Kg1 (2.hxg3 Rh8) 2...Bd4+ 3.Nxd4 Rf8 Mate.
Composer unknown. I saw this one on Face Book.
White to play and checkmate in four moves.
1.Bg2+ Kxg2 2.Nf4+ Kg1 3.Ke1 g2 4.Ne2 Checkmate.
This next one. Huh! I saw it in a 2001 ‘Chess Life’ magazine I thought it
came from a game between Friedrich v Wardener, played in 1946 and was
wondering why Black never resigned. Like a complete idiot I actually fired
up my database to see if I had the game. Nothing. So I looked at the magazine
again. they printed it as Friedrich v. Wardener (sic) with a small v. The Fools!
Friedrich V. Wardener. composed this checkmate in two in the year 1946. Doh!
Mate in two. The first move in these composed problems is never a check.
1.Qf4! no matter how Black replies it is mate next move.
Before we move on I was reminded a few days back of this one from seven years ago.
mrtuch - brownbear RHP 2007 (Black to play)
Black to make a move that allows White to mate in two with a pawn move.
This is not a puzzle so I’ll give the answer 1....Rd8 2.Bg4+ f5 3.gxf5 mate.
The World Title Match between
Ding Liren (Holder)
and
Dommaraju Gukesh (Challenger)
starts soon
The chess game that features in this book was composed by Jonathan Mestel.
Rasmus Tamminen - damionhonegan RHP 2014
The thread accompanying this blog is Thread 201313
