05-06-2013, 10:33 PM
john m pearston Wrote:Phil Thomas Wrote:11 Bxe5 mate looks like a careless move on the live boards.
John Pearston you could have played
11 dxe5+ Kc5
12 Na4+ Kd4
13 0-0-0 mate
a beautiful finish
Hello Phil,
I do not understand your comment.
I feel insulted by your comment when I would have expected praise for finishing in one move.
Why does Bxe5 Mate look careless.
It wins in one move.
John.
John,
because you had a chance to play 13 castles long checkmate on a live board.
And Castling to give checkmate is incredibly rare especially after so few moves.
Does anyone out there know of know of an actual game where castles delivering checkmate happened as early as move 13 ?