Mate Via Castling

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Avatar of monk64

I remember long ago in some magazine column they showed a game where one side achieved checkmate by castling.  In other words, bringing the rook to the d or e file was the final piece of the mating net.

I think it was a genuine game, though it's possible it was an invented position.  Anyone remember it?

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Here's one Paul Morphy played against his father. Paul apparently gave rook odds and managed to win by castling!   http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1238144

Avatar of RonaldJosephCote

      http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-showcase/my-opponent-castles-into-checkmate

Avatar of chaotic_iak

Mate by castling is very easy to construct (although of course I can't figure out what game you're referring to). Mate by castling, where it is the only possible way to mate, is harder:

I do know one game where Black king is on g1/h1, White king is on e1, and White rook is on a1; castling queenside could have checkmated as well, although in the actual game White played Kd2# instead.

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El-Oh-El

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Here's one from real life:

http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=89749372

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Nice Dr!

Avatar of TBentley

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1259009 could have ended with O-O-O#.

Avatar of Martin0

I did it once, although it was just for fun when my opponent did not resign.

http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=44077451