3 pawns Checkmate
This morning I won a club-based tournament correspondence chess game using an extremely unusual 3 pawns Checkmate. The image above shows position of pieces at game's end. You can see that the g6 pawn delivers the mating move, and the White King's only possible flight squares are covered by the h6 and f5 pawns. Of course, my Black king is protecting the h6 and g6 pawns, and my White Queen is also covering the potential g4 flight square; but pawns so seldom get top billing for their offensive power, that I'll let them have it here.
The full move record for this game is: 1. e4 a6 2. d4 h6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nf3 b5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. e5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nh4 Ne4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qf4 f5 13. Ng6 Nc6 14. Nxf8 Qxf8 15. Nd2 Nxd4 16. c3 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Nxf4 18. f3 Bd3 19. Rfe1 d5 20. b3 Qa3 21. g3 Nh3 22. Re3 Nf2+ 23. Kg2 Nd1 24. Re1 Nxc3 25. Re3 Qb2 26. Rae1 Qxd2+ 27. Kh3 d4 28. Rxd3 Qxe1 29. Rxd4 Qf1+ 30. Kh4 Qxf3 31. Rf4 Qg2 32. h3 Ne2 33. Rb4 Qxg3+ 34. Kh5 Kh7 35. a4 Qxh3+ 36. Rh4 g6# 0-1
And the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe