Mating Combination

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billwall

Oct 22, 2007

Here is an interesting position where White sacrifices several pieces and a pawn to force mate. He starts out by sacrificing his Knight, so this is the position after ...Bxc3, winning the Knight. The loser was Carl Hamppe (1814-1876), a senior government official in Vienna. Not much is known about the winner, who played some strong chess in Vienna, but never in tournament play. The opening was a King's Gambit.

TonightOnly

Oct 22, 2007

Very cool. I thought it was 5. Qh5+ Qh4 6. Qxh4# though. Sometimes, it is a thin line between King-hunt and King-walk, so it is nice when you can find a way to force the matter.