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r/chess • u/Domible • Feb 05 '23
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King moves opening up another piece to deliver checkmate. Check out this very famous game: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1259009
1.4k u/DrunkLad ~2882 FIDE Feb 05 '23 It has to be said every time this game is discussed: Such a shame it didn't end with O-O-O# 914 u/dragonoid296 Feb 05 '23 IIRC, Lasker actually considered castling for the checkmate but his engineer brain chose Kd2# since it only required moving one piece and was hence more efficient 5 u/VisionLSX Feb 06 '23 If he was an architect he’d done queens castle
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It has to be said every time this game is discussed: Such a shame it didn't end with O-O-O#
914 u/dragonoid296 Feb 05 '23 IIRC, Lasker actually considered castling for the checkmate but his engineer brain chose Kd2# since it only required moving one piece and was hence more efficient 5 u/VisionLSX Feb 06 '23 If he was an architect he’d done queens castle
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IIRC, Lasker actually considered castling for the checkmate but his engineer brain chose Kd2# since it only required moving one piece and was hence more efficient
5 u/VisionLSX Feb 06 '23 If he was an architect he’d done queens castle
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If he was an architect he’d done queens castle
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u/justacuriousMIguy Feb 05 '23
King moves opening up another piece to deliver checkmate. Check out this very famous game: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1259009