Legall's Mate from the King's Gambit

Submitted by jk00750 on Sun, 01/04/2009 at 12:20pm.

There are multiple variations of Legall's Mate, and sometimes forcing defeat cannot be so simple.  Here is an example of Legall's Mate appearing in the King's Gambit.  However, black has a response that is challenging to meet....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black declined the offering of the queen with aggressive intentions, but could not dodge the inevitable loss.

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Comments:

by RoyalStraightFlush - 48 days ago
Jakarta Indonesia
Member Since: Apr 2009
Member Points: 429

Nice! Thanks...

by plane129 - 10 months ago
ca United States
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 425

Good One.

by leonelcm - 10 months ago
Mexico City Mexico
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 346

Thank you very much, I use King's Gambit and I've defeated many opponents with it, because it has many traps and it needs concentration and calculation to see them...

by ShahidAnwer - 10 months ago
Lahore Pakistan
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 407

cool idea, thanks for sharing.

 

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