Queen-Bishop Checkmate
This club-based correspondence chess game that I won earlier today by checkmate was one of the quickest (as in accomplished with fewest moves) that I can remember having won by checkmate in... heck, as far back as I can remember.
As the image above of our board at game's end shows, my Black Queen to the G2 square is the mating move. She is protected there by her Bishop at F3; that Bishop is also covering the White King's only possible flight square.
Our full move record for this game: 1. d4 h6 2. e4 a6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Be3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bh5 10. Qd2 Qd7 11. Rfd1 Bxf3 12. Re1 Qg4+ 13. Kf1 Qg2# 0-1
And the adventure does continue...
posted by Roscoe