Here is a Nice Mate in 4 that I missed at the finish line playing Blitz on LiChess. I would blame the clock, but the truth is after I won a major exchange I let my guard down and blew a nicer finish. Craps happens sometimes.
FEN: r3k3/1p3pp1/1qp2n2/p1bPp1N1/N1P1P1p1/1P1B2K1/P3Q1P1/R1B4r b q - 0 20
White's last move (20. Na4??) was a blunder.
Black to Move, Mate in 4
Nice Mate in 4 that I missed at the finish line
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Nice Mate in 4 that I missed at the finish line
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Re: Nice Mate in 4 that I missed at the finish line
I can find a mate, but not in 4.
[d]r3k3/1p3pp1/1qp2n2/p1bPp1N1/N1P1P1p1/1P1B2K1/P3Q1P1/R1B4r b q - 0 20
[d]r3k3/1p3pp1/1qp2n2/p1bPp1N1/N1P1P1p1/1P1B2K1/P3Q1P1/R1B4r b q - 0 20
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Re: Nice Mate in 4 that I missed at the finish line
Isn't it a slightly longer mate?
Bf2+ Qxf2 Nh5+ Kxg4 Qxf2 and although White is getting mated in a few moves the immediate mate (Rh4#) can be prevented with a knight move
Bf2+ Qxf2 Nh5+ Kxg4 Qxf2 and although White is getting mated in a few moves the immediate mate (Rh4#) can be prevented with a knight move
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Re: Nice Mate in 4 that I missed at the finish line
Ahh ... You are correct. I over looked that. So it was really a Mate in 5.
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Re: Nice Mate in 4 that I missed at the finish line
No, I was thinking
20. ... Bf2+
21. Qxf2 Nh5
22. Kxg4 Qxf2
23. Nf3 Qg3+
24. Kf5 g6#
Yes, if Nh3 it's mate in 6
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Re: Nice Mate in 4 that I missed at the finish line
Didn't you check it first with a computer?!
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I'll let you answer your own question!
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Re: Nice Mate in 4 that I missed at the finish line
Oh so wrong, at my age even doing that might lead to early onset 'Alzheimers', don't want to start turning my brain off just yet even if I get it wrong.
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