Fancy Pawn Checkmates In The Ruy Lopez

I was playing some 5|5 blitz, and decided to play the Ruy Lopez, instead of my usual Bc4. My very first game had an awesome checkmate, and I figured it was blog-worthy.

The second game I will show you is another fancy checkmate. This time, it was played by GM Petrosian, and not me.

Both checkmates were from a pawn move. To a chess player, a pawn checkmate pretty much defines fancy.

My Game

I don't know why I get the achievement "Killer Pawn." You get it for playing checkmate with a pawn for the first time, but I get it every time that I mate with a pawn. If somebody understands this, please explain in the comments. On to the GM game.

Petrosian's Game

I hope you enjoyed the games. I figured two was probably better than one. If you enjoyed, click follow in the top right.

To read about two of world champion Magnus Carlsen's childhood games, click here.

To read about my best moves this week, click here.

As always, have a wonderful day, and goodbye.