Once Again, With Emotion

I admit that I have been amused by the checkmate position examined in the last two posts -- enough to search for a few more examples. I'll limit myself to the following one, which has most of its excitement in the notes. Still, it is hard not to chuckle...


DiosF - luisfveloz
lightning, FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4 exd4 5.Bxf7+

5...Kxf7 6.Ng5+ Kg6 7.Qf3 Ne5

8.Qf5+ Kh6

Black can prolong the life of his King a few more moves with 8...Kh5, but White still has a variety of mates, e.g. 9.Ne6+ (9.Nh3+ g5 10.Bxg5 Nf3+ 11.gxf3 Bb4+ 12.Bd2+ Qg5 13.Qxg5#) 9...g5 10.h4 Nd3+ (10...Bb4+ 11.Kf1 Nf3 12.hxg5+ Nh4 13.g4#) 11.Kf1 Nxf2 12.Qf7+ Kh6 13.hxg5#.

9.Nf7 checkmate

Lightning Strikes

As science fiction stories developed, I noticed that the top speed that a rocket could travel went from "the speed of light" to "the speed of thought" – the latter being much, much faster, I guess.

Below are some Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bx5 4.Bxf7+) games played at "lightning" speed – three minutes (or less) per side per game. They're entertaining, but some seem to reverse the science fiction hierarchy, as the moves of the lightning games sometimes seem to occur faster than the speed of thought...

ItsAllBullCheck - Jolema

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bc5 7.Qb3+ Ke8 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Bg5 d6 10.Nbd2 Bg4 11.Qxb7 Rb8 12.Qxc6+ Ke7 13.b4 Black resigned

ItsAllBullCheck - NightEagle

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 6.Qh5+ Ke7 7.Qf7+ Kd6 8.Nc4+ Kc6 9.Qd5 checkmate

ItsAllBullCheck - Nineyes

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kf8 5.d4 Nxd4 6.Bb3 Nxb3 7.axb3 Qf6 8.0-0 d6 9.Bg5 Qg6 10.Bh4 Bg4 11.Bg3 h5 12.Nh4 Qxe4 13.Kh1 Bxd1 White resigned

ItsAllBullCheck - Nineyes

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4 exd4 6.c3 d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Ng5+ Kf8 9.0-0 Nf6 10.cxd4 Nxd4 11.Nc3 Qf5 12.Qb3 Nxb3 13.axb3 Be6 White resigned

ItsAllBullCheck - alexborz

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bc5 7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qd5 Bg4 10.Ng5 Nf6 11.Qf7 checkmate

ItsAllBullCheck - alexborz

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4 exd4 6.c3 Nf6 7.cxd4 Bxd4 8.Ng5+ Kg6 9.f4 d5 10.f5+ Kh6 11.Nf7 checkmate

ItsAllBullCheck - chakku

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Na5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qxh8 Nf6 9.Qh3 d5 10.Qg3 Qe7 11.Qxg6+ Qf7 12.Qg3 Nxe4 13.Qd3 Qxf2+ 14.Kd1 Black resigned

ItsAllBullCheck - geneve

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bb6 7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Ng5 Qf6 9.0-0 Nge7 10.Qb3 Rf8 11.Nf3 d6 12.Bg5 Qe6 13.Bxe7 Qxb3 14.Nbd2 Qe6 15.Bxf8 Kxf8 White resigned

ItsAllBullCheck - luisfveloz

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4 exd4 6.c4 Nf6 7.Ng5+ Kg6 8.f4 h6 9.f5 checkmate

ItsAllBullCheck - sympatoche

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bb6 7.Bg5 Qe8 8.Qb3+ Qe6 9.Qc2 d6 10.Be3 Nf6 11.Ng5+ Black resigned