Here’s an amazing finish to a game I recently played with Chess Genius on my iPad (2 sec./move). I thought I was doing pretty well staying in the game with only about a pawn down after 40+ moves, when all of sudden Chess Genius announced a surprise mate in 11 moves! The black Queen zig-zagged down the board for 11 straight moves giving checks and capturing both Bishops and my Queen in the process, all the while my hapless King was forced to walk back and forth between the same two squares four times in a row! A cruel ending to what was a promising game.
Enjoy!
[Date "2015.08.02"]
[White "Eric"]
[Black "Chess Genius (iPad)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A20"]
[EventDate "2015.08.02"]
[WhiteElo "1550"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.a3 a6 8.b4 Bb6 9.d3 Bg4 10.Bd2 Qd7 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.dxe4 Bd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.f3 Be6 15.e3 Nc6 16.Qc2 f6 17.f4 Qe8 18.f5 Bf7 19.g4 Ne7 20.h4 Qc6 21.Rfc1 h6 22.Kh1 Rfd8 23.Bf3 Kh7 24.Rg1 b6 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Rh8 27.Kg2 fxg5 28.Kf2 Kg8 29.Rxg5 Rh2+ 30.Kg3 Rh7 31.f6 Ng6 32.fxg7 Kxg7 33.Rg1 Rah8 34.Kf2 Rh2+ 35.Ke1 R8h3 36.Bg2 Rh5 37.Rxh5 Rxh5 38.Bf3 Rh2 39.Be2 Rh3 40.a4 Rh4 41.Bd3 Rh2 42.b5 axb5 43.axb5 Qa8 44.Qd1 Be6 45.Bc1 Bh3 46.Qf3 Qa5+ 47.Kd1 Qa4+ 48.Ke1 Qb4+ 49.Kd1 Qb3+ 50.Ke1 Qc3+ 51.Kd1 Qxd3+ 52.Ke1 Qc3+ 53.Kd1 Qc2+ 54.Ke1 Qxc1+ 55.Qd1 Qxe3+ 56.Qe2 Qxe2# 0-1
At move 46, the mouse was unaware of the cat lurking around the corner:
[fen]q7/2p3k1/1p1p2n1/1P2p3/2P1P3/3BPQ1b/7r/2B1K1R1[/fen]
46… Qa5+ Boom… announcing mate in 11!
47.Kd1 Qa4+ 48.Ke1 Qb4+ 49.Kd1 Qb3+ 50.Ke1 Qc3+ 51.Kd1 Qxd3+
The first Bishop falls:
[fen]8/2p3k1/1p1p2n1/1P2p3/2P1P3/3qPQ1b/7r/2BK2R1 [/fen]
52.Ke1 Qc3+ 53.Kd1 Qc2+ 54.Ke1 Qxc1+
Then the second Bishop:
[fen]8/2p3k1/1p1p2n1/1P2p3/2P1P3/4PQ1b/7r/2q1K1R1 [/fen]
55.Qd1 Qxe3+ 56.Qe2 Qxe2# 0-1
And finally the Queen falls:
[fen]8/2p3k1/1p1p2n1/1P2p3/2P1P3/7b/4q2r/4K1R1 [/fen]
Mate.
(Post note: can anyone tell me why the board images are flipped when using the "Fen" HTML tags? I wanted the white pieces to be at the bottom.)
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Thanks, Harvey!
When I try to enter the side to move in the Fen notation, as per the "w" below, the Preview of the post just shows a "?" for the board image. If I remove the space before the "w", it ignores the "w" and just shows Black pieces at the bottom.
[fen]8/2p3k1/1p1p2n1/1P2p3/q1P1P3/3BPQ1b/7r/2BK2R1 w[/fen]
When I try to enter the side to move in the Fen notation, as per the "w" below, the Preview of the post just shows a "?" for the board image. If I remove the space before the "w", it ignores the "w" and just shows Black pieces at the bottom.
[fen]8/2p3k1/1p1p2n1/1P2p3/q1P1P3/3BPQ1b/7r/2BK2R1 w[/fen]
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