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Has a king move ever delivered checkmate (in a serious game?)
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Aug 26, 2016
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#23
unfortunately no, a king cannot deliver a checkmate, all they can do is get out of the way and let some other piece do it or support a check mating piece, or checkmate with a rook by castling.
Aug 26, 2016
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#25
that was the move not the piece that mated the other king, gotta see the subtleties of the situation.
Aug 26, 2016
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#26
hey!!! did the opee change the thread title ????
right i gotta split before the embarrassment gets any worse :(
AussieRookie wrote:
And don't forget that well known 9 move Classic !!!
The funny thing is that black has mate in 1, that they dont take to allow this mate.
When black goes bishop g7 (the last black move), they could instead go Bishop takes e4 (bxe4#)
That queen sac is unreal
Karpark wrote:
Good question! And there you go. A well known instance of a king move delivering checkmate, and I don't think many of us here would consider Lasker an idiot. Personally when I first saw this I thought delivering mate with 0-0-0 (queenside castling) was more elegant and aesthetically pleasing, but who am I to be quibbling with Lasker? Nice queen sacrifice as well. Enjoy, Ubzugabir.
i don't think it works
Why is this forum at top list means recently added it was created 4yrs ago???
Oct 5, 2020
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#32
The basic problem with the question is that Super GMs almost always resign before mate is on the board. Finding any games where any mate is delivered on the board is difficult.
thx it actually did work
Oct 5, 2020
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#34
assamb19723 wrote:
Why is this forum at top list means recently added it was created 4yrs ago???
It is because it has the most recent post
i found this on google and it said "Only a idiot can make a king move checkmate" then " King gets out of the way and makes a discovered checkmate"
Karpark wrote:
Good question! And there you go. A well known instance of a king move delivering checkmate, and I don't think many of us here would consider Lasker an idiot. Personally when I first saw this I thought delivering mate with 0-0-0 (queenside castling) was more elegant and aesthetically pleasing, but who am I to be quibbling with Lasker? Nice queen sacrifice as well. Enjoy, Ubzugabir.
Amazing! Although I wish he played O-O-O, rarely has castling become mate (although castling is a king and rook move, but chess.com adds the possible moves represented by dots and castling is a king move).
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You delivered checkmate with a King!
Oct 20, 2022
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#39
Karpark wrote:
Good question! And there you go. A well known instance of a king move delivering checkmate, and I don't think many of us here would consider Lasker an idiot. Personally when I first saw this I thought delivering mate with 0-0-0 (queenside castling) was more elegant and aesthetically pleasing, but who am I to be quibbling with Lasker? Nice queen sacrifice as well. Enjoy, Ubzugabir.
Is this not the morphy king hunt game? did I get the games mixed up?
I remember in an old game where white castled to mate but don't remember who played in it.
I'm sure others have happened, it would have to be a discovered check.