| Jun-16-04 |
| Jesuitic Calvinist: A very early example (perhaps the first recorded one) of the smothered mate. Known as Philidor's legacy, of course, but as this game shows, it was a part of Greco's legacy well before Philidor. There is another Greco game with the same motif as well. |
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Jun-16-04
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| Gypsy: <Known as Philidor's legacy, of course ...> My guess is that Philidor Legacy is more specific to the motive after, say, 1...Q(a7-d4)+, or after a discovered Q check along that diagonal, The Legacy then refers to the whole finish: <2. Kh1 Nf2+! 3.Kg1 Nh3++! 4.Kh1 Qg1+! (only now) 5.Rxg1 Nf2#.<>> (Of course, Legacy does not work with white rook at f1.) |
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| Jun-16-04 |
| poktirity: I've suceeded twice with Philidor's legacy, once after playing the "juggs gambit" that places the king on h8 =) My best game of all time ;) |
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Jun-16-04
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| Gypsy: Great fortune smiled upon you--twice!
(Congratulations.) |
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| Nov-27-04 |
| sourcerer: was that mate!!mate?:-) greco theorem.nice |
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Nov-28-04
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| Knight13: 9. cxd4? a mistake?
This maate is just like the mate played in the start of the Chessmaster (computer)'s commercial cartoon! |
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Feb-09-05
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| InspiredByMorphy: <Knight13> <9. cxd4? a mistake?> Yes. 9.Bf4 was better. |
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| Feb-15-05 |
| Cyphelium: <IBM> After 9.  f4 dxc3, 10.  e2 seems to be the only move to cover both b2 and f2. Then 10.- cxb2 11. xb2 d6 and I doubt that white has enough compensation for two pawns. |
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| Feb-15-05 |
| sneaky pete: 9.Nxd4 Qh4 is still hopeless (10.h3 Qxf2+ 11.Kh1 Nxd4). If 9.Bf4 dxc3 10.Re2 .. black plays .. Nxf2! winning. Another typical Greco brilliancy would have been 9.Bg5 dxc3! 10.Bxe7 Bxf2+ 11.Kf1 cxb2 etc. 9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qh4 11.Be3 .. would have been his best chance, the position after 11... Qxh2+ 12.Kf1 Qh1+ 13.Ke2 Qxg2 is far from clear. White should of course have played 8.cxd4 .. (instead of 8.e5? ..) with a slightly better game. |
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Feb-15-05
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| InspiredByMorphy: <Cyphelium & sneaky pete> Thanks for the input. Indeed white should have played 8.cxd4 . |
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| Jan-01-07 |
| Dr.Lecter: this guy uses the smothered mate a lot, doesn't he? |
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| Jul-29-08 |
| Whitehat1963: Excellent Monday/Tuesday puzzle after 11. Nf3. |
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sac: 9...Nxd4
