After 47 full moves

As I've mentioned before, Correspondence Chess Games very rarely end in checkmate: here is one I won recently playing Black, checkmating the White King by squeezing him against a side of the board with a Queen and Rook.

Started: 17-Nov-25, Ended: 05-Jan-26, Time control: 2 days per move

The image at the top of the post shows position of pieces at game's end. Our full move record follows: 1. e4 a6 2. Qf3 f6 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. f3 e5 5. d3 Nd4 6. Qd1 Bb4+ 7. c3 Ba5 8. b4 Bb6 9. cxd4 Bxd4 10. Ne2 Bxa1 11. Nbc3 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Ne7 13. a3 O-O 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 b5 16. g4 h6 17. Bh3 Bb7 18. Rf1 Bxd5 19. Bg2 Re8 20. Rf2 c5 21. bxc5 Qa5+ 22. Bd2 Qc7 23. Bb4 a5 24. Bd2 Qxc5 25. Re2 Qg1+ 26. Bf1 Bxf3 27. Be3 Qxg4 28. h3 Qg3+ 29. Rf2 Bxd1 30. Kxd1 Qxe3 31. Rd2 Rac8 32. Be2 Qxh3 33. Rc2 Qh1+ 34. Kd2 Qh4 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Bd1 Qf4+ 37. Ke1 Qe3+ 38. Kf1 Qxd3+ 39. Be2 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Qd4+ 41. Kf3 Rc3+ 42. Kg2 Rxa3 43. Bxb5 Qd5+ 44. Kf2 Qc5+ 45. Ke2 Qxb5+ 46. Kf2 Qb2+ 47. Kg1 Ra1# 0-1

And the adventure continues.

posted by Roscoe