Check To Mate


Surely one of the most satisfying replys to 'check' is 'check-mate'

Hassabis, George - Bhatia, Kanwal
Lloyds Bank, 1994
From CHESS magazine 1995

1.d4 c5 2.Nf3 cxd4 3.Nxd4 e5 4.Nb5 d5 5.N5c3 Be6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Bb5+ Nc6
8.0-0 Bd6 9.Nd2 0-0 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.e4 Rb8 12.f3 Nh5 13.Nb3 f5 14.exd5
cxd5 15.Nxd5 Rxb3! 16.Ne7+ Qxe7 17.axb3 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 f4 19.Re1 Qh4
20.h3 Bxh3

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|[ ][=][ ][=][ ][r][k][=]|
|[p][ ][=][ ][=][ ][p][p]|
|[ ][=][ ][=][ ][=][ ][=]|
|[=][ ][b][ ][p][ ][=][n]|
|[ ][=][ ][=][ ][p][ ][q]|
|[=][P][=][ ][=][P][=][b]|
|[ ][P][P][=][ ][=][P][=]|
|[R][ ][B][Q][R][ ][=][K]|
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*drum roll*

21.Qd5+ Be6# 0-1



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