| Dec-19-06 | | syracrophy: I can't believe no one has kibitzed on this great game. 41.♗b8!! <<41...Qxb8 42.Qd7+ Kf8 43.Qd8+! Qxd8 44.Rxd8#> The Black ♘,♖ and ♗ blocked the escape ways to his own king! Just as if they were ♙s> This should be a Puzzle of the Day from <<<<>>41.?>> |
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| Jun-10-07 | | outsider: real good. flohr felt so insulted after being beaten (oh, he was so better a player, and makogonov dared to beat him)that he quit the match. and the last move is really great. i saw this game foir the first time when i was ten and was really impressed |
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Aug-17-08
 | | Pawn and Two: Interestingly, 41.Bc5! also wins immediately. If 41...Qc7, then 42.Bb6!. The game finish was great, but I like this line even better due to the paradoxical nature of offering the Bishop twice. |
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Sep-05-18
 | | GrahamClayton: <syracrophy>41.♗b8!! <<41...Qxb8 42.Qd7+ Kf8 43.Qd8+! Qxd8 44.Rxd8#> The Black ♘,♖ and ♗ blocked the escape ways to his own king! Just as if they were ♙s> <syracophy>,
I wonder if this is the only game to feature a back rank mate where the king is trapped by three pieces rather than three pawns? |
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| Dec-01-18 | | ndg2: Uh, that's a rare mate. I'm normally very astute when it comes to back rank mates, but even after 41. Bb8 I had to look twice to convince myself that the pieces are acting like silly pawns here. |
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| Nov-19-21 | | Honey Blend: Maybe 40. ... ♖g6 would have held longer, but it's not like e5 will be easy to defend. White would then play 41. ♗b4 threatening ♗a5 to laser-point d8 or even just the straightforward ♕d8+. |
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| Nov-19-21 | | Brenin: Giving the P back with 40 ... Qd7 seems hold the posiiton for Black, e.g. 40 Bxe5 Qxd3 41 R(or B)xd3 Rg6 42 Bxg7 Rxg7 with a fairly equal game. |
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| Nov-19-21 | | Delboy: Isn't it a pity that the black king is not standing on e6 after move 40? The exact same 41. Bb8 trick then leads to an even more unusual 'third-row mate' with 41. ... Qxb8 42. Qd7+ Kf6 43. Qd6+ Qxd6 44. Rxd6#, and the black monarch is boxed in by six of his loyal defenders |
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Nov-19-21
 | | MissScarlett: Like so - a sandwich mate:
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Nov-19-21
 | | OhioChessFan: Nice game. |
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| Nov-19-21 | | Delboy: Thanks <MissScarlet>. Is there a collection of sandwich mates? The most unusual form might be the diagonal one, e.g. white Kh1/Bc1, black Ke7/Re8/Nd8/Bd7/(pawns on f7,e6&f6): white plays Ba3# |
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Nov-19-21
| | MissScarlett: You think people haven’t got anything better to do than collect sandwich mates? Better ask <fredthebear>. |
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| Nov-19-21 | | Luke Ripple: Nice sac at the end! |
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Nov-19-21
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Have never seen a back rank mate like this before. Extraordinary. |
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Nov-19-21
 | | perfidious: This is a most curious finish; the black monarch is trapped by his own army. |
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| Nov-19-21 | | Ironmanth: Fantastic finish! Thanks, chessgames. All stay safe this weekend; have great holidays! |
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| Nov-19-21 | | JohnBoy: About 15y ago I executed a sandwich mate a la <Scarlett> in a blitz game at Yahoo. Black K on f6 and all. It was fun and delightful, but there ain't a chance in hell that I could reconstruct the game. In my case it was almost certainly more serendipity in a blunderfest than orchestrated brilliance. |
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| Nov-19-21 | | Stanco: 40...Qd7 no? |
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Kibitzing
