In Correspondence Chess (CC) play, very few games end in checkmate. Most of us CC players have so many games in progress at once that when any one game reaches the point where both players realize that checkmate is inevitable, the player in the losing position will resign the game, congratulate the winner, and both players will then have more time to focus attention on their other games.
Yesterday I won this game with my Black army by Checkmating the White King on my 49th move. Our final board is pictured above, and our complete move record is below:
(algebraic notation, of course) 1. e4 e5 2. Qf3 Nf6 3. d3 d6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Qxf6 gxf6 7. a3 c6 8. b4 Bg7 9. Nf3 d5 10. exd5 O-O 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nd2 Re8+ 15. Be2 b6 16. Nb3 f5 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Rb1 f4 19. Kd2 Bf5 20. f3 Rac8 21. c4 Bc5 22. a4 Rc7 23. g4 Bg6 24. h4 a5 25. Bf1 Bb4+ 26. Kc2 Rd7 27. Bh3 Bxd3+ 28. Kb2 Re2+ 29. Ka1 Bc3+ 30. Rb2 Re3 31. g5 Bxb2+ 32. Kxb2 Bxc4 33. Bxd7 Re2+ 34. Kc3 Bd5 35. Bg4 Kg7 36. Rf1 hxg5 37. hxg5 Re5 38. Kd4 Rxg5 39. Re1 Bb3 40. Ra1 f5 41. Bh3 Kf6 42. Kc3 Bd5 43. Rd1 Bxf3 44. Rd6+ Ke5 45. Rxb6 Rg3 46. Bf1 Bh5+ 47. Kc4 Bf7+ 48. Kc5 Rc3+ 49. Bc4 Rxc4# 0-1
posted Tuesday, Dec 3, 2024 at ~7:30 AM #QNDEC2024