Chess Puzzle #4977

CHESS PUZZLE #4977

Added by:	kingdawar
Added on:	30-Jun-08
Description:	Louis Charles Mahe de La Bourdonnais - Alexander McDonnell, London 1834.
Difficulty:	online chess puzzle #4977
Attempts:	1381
Solved:	1265 (91%)


Black to move, mate in 6

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phonybenoni
20-Sep-12, 00:38

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Puzzles in which the end is prolonged by useless sacrifices are not my favorites. But the game itself was that I'd like to reproduce the entire score. If you can take a few minutes to play it over, I think you'll really enjoy yourself.

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 Ne7 6.f4 exf4 7.d4 Bb6 8.Bxf4 d6 9.Bd3 Ng6 10.Be3 0-0 11.h3 Re8 12.Nd2 Qe7 13.0-0-0 c5 14.Kb1 cxd4 15.cxd4 a5 16.Ngf3 Bd7 17.g4 h6 18.Rdg1 a4 19.g5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 a3 21.b3 Bc6 22.Rg4 Ba5 23.h4 Bxd2 24.Nxd2 Ra5 25.h5 Rxg5 26.Rxg5 Nf4 27.Qf3 Nxd3 28.d5 Nxd5 29.Rhg1 Nc3+ 30.Ka1 Bxe4 31.Rxg7+ Kh8 32.Qg3 Bg6 33.hxg6 Qe1+ 34.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 35.Qxe1 Nxe1 36.Rh7+ Kg8 37.gxf7+ Kxh7 38.f8N+ Kh6 39.Nb1 Nc2# 0-1

iamme2
20-Sep-12, 01:33

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Agree with the point about sacrifices, but a nice end, and interesting game, nonetheless. Thanks for posting.

ravel_out
20-Sep-12, 07:01

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Thanks for posting the game phonybenoni, where did you got it from?

thor99
20-Sep-12, 08:44

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neat i do not like useless sacrifices either

phonybenoni
20-Sep-12, 10:43

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ravel_out: The database at www.chessgames.com. I spend most of my time there, since these days I'm more interested in chess history and research than in playing.

rich_sposato
20-Sep-12, 13:05

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I don't like puzzles that are mostly about useless sacrifices to avoid checkmate. I call those "spite checks" since they serve no other purpose.

However, there are puzzles where the player could mate in 1 or 2 moves if only their king wasn't also in trouble. Not just minor trouble of "spite checks", but real trouble because if the king makes the wrong move, the king is dead. In those puzzles, it seems as if the opponent's checks serve only to prolong the game. In reality, those puzzles are more about evading checkmate with the right moves while simultaneously setting up the opponent for checkmate.

kingdawar
20-Sep-12, 14:46

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Sometimes spite checks result in neat finishes, but in this case I agree that it isn't the case

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CHESS PUZZLE #4977