fredthebear: Swell mating net commences with 13.Qf3! The Black queen must decline her counterpart, for Pillsbury's Mate awaits by the rook on the open g-file. As it turns out, the Black queen gives herself up to delay the attack. It's the rejected White queen making full use of the f6-square that delivers the final blow!If instead 13...QxQf3??, Pillsbury's Mate would have occurred above. Pillsbury's Mate is a checkmate by the rook on the open g-file. (Morphy's Mate has a similar structure, but the bishop on the long diagonal delivers the checkmate.)
* 16.Qf3! was ANALYSIS - not played:
Pillsbury vs F J Lee, 1899
* 20...RxQg5 21.RxR# Pillsbury's Mate!
F J Moyano Morales vs C Merlo, 1967
* Pillsbury's Mate g-bomb by Anderssen!
Anderssen vs B Suhle, 1860
* Pillsbury's Mate by Black: I Saric vs I Papadatos, 1994
* A Similar Mate on the Move:
L McLaren vs M Chandler / C Laird, 1978
* Queen in place of Bishop on diagonal: J Cvitanic vs Pavasovic, 1993
* Characteristics of Pillsbury's Mate: Flamberg vs S Levitsky, 1914
* Harry Nelson Pillsbury:
https://en.chessbase.com/post/harry...
* Tidbit: Pillsbury had even scores against world champions Wilhelm Steinitz and Emanuel Lasker.
* 19 of HNP's best games: Game Collection: Pillsbury's Greatest Games
* Tactical Motifs A-Z:
https://old.chesstempo.com/tactical...