Years ago i heard about a chessgame which told the story about Napoleon trying to invade Russia. The game was played as a story with 2 knights chasing the queen resulting in a checkmate, and was send by the Russians to France.

The story goes that napoleon got chased by horses troughout Russia.

Does anybody know where i can find this game or what i am talking about. id like to know it to tell it to a group of children in class with a giant chessboard.

Many thanks in advance!

is this the one you want?

it doesnt chase the queen, but the king (napoleon) across the board using knights

White: K h2, Q h1, N f1 and e2, B g6, Pawns c2,c5,d4

Black: K a2, R f6 and f4, N a5 and d8, B e3 Pawns a4,b2,c4,f2,g4, g7, e6,c7

White to play and win - black is napoleon.

how do you say Waterloo in Russian...

correction in my position: the black king starts at b1 not a2.

there are 2 ways to solve: chase the king and mate with Qa8. but the book says "the russians missed mating napoleon and let him cross the river brezinia(or something) before finally mating him at his home"

- so you chase king all the way to h8 and win. (if you want to ensure that king is mated at h8 only, then put a white B at a8).