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This is a '''sample game of [[chess]]''', recorded in standard [[algebraic chess notation]], and accompanied by commentary.
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==Moves 1-5==
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8 |rd|nd|bd|qd|kd|bd|nd|rd|=
7 |pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|=
6 | | | | | | | | |=
5 | | | | | | | | |=
4 | | | | |pl| | | |=
3 | | | | | | | | |=
2 |pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl|pl|=
1 |rl|nl|bl|ql|kl|bl|nl|rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| After 1. e4.
}}
'''1. e4'''
White has the first move, which gives him a significant initiative: databases of large numbers of chess games show that White scores about 10% better than Black (55% to 45%), due to that initiative. In order to keep the initiative, White must play a move that furthers his development and/or assists in the battle for the center squares.
White chooses an excellent move, common among beginners and experts alike.
The move has several advantages.
#It stakes out territory in the center. Whichever player controls the center with [[Pawn (chess)|pawns]] will probably be able to find good squares for his pieces.
#It opens a diagonal for the king's [[Bishop (chess)|bishop]] to move out and attack.
#It opens a line for the [[queen (chess)|queen]] to move out and attack. Two other excellent first moves are 1.d4 (which has advantages similar to 1.e4), and 1.Nf3, which develops a piece and prevents 1...e5.
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8 |rd|nd|bd|qd|kd|bd|nd|rd|=
7 |pd|pd|pd|pd| |pd|pd|pd|=
6 | | | | | | | | |=
5 | | | | |pd| | | |=
4 | | | | |pl| | | |=
3 | | | | | | | | |=
2 |pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl|pl|=
1 |rl|nl|bl|ql|kl|bl|nl|rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| After 1... e5.
}}
'''1... e5'''
This move for Black is good for the same reasons listed above.
Note that the two e-file pawns are not threatening to capture each other, because pawns capture diagonally.
Instead they merely block each other until one of them captures something or is captured.
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8 |rd|nd|bd|qd|kd|bd|nd|rd|=
7 |pd|pd|pd|pd| |pd|pd|pd|=
6 | | | | | | | | |=
5 | | | | |pd| | | |=
4 | | | | |pl| | | |=
3 | | | | | |nl| | |=
2 |pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl|pl|=
1 |rl|nl|bl|ql|kl|bl| |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 2. Nf3
}}
'''2. Nf3''' ([[King's Knight Opening]], C40)
Another excellent move, mobilizing White's forces by developing a [[knight (chess)|knight]] and attacking Black's pawn on e5.
White could have moved out the queen instead, but that would be dangerous, since the queen would be subject to attack by Black's pieces.
The queen is too valuable to exchange for any other piece, so it can't do much by itself unless the opponent carelessly leaves pieces unprotected.
It is better to wait until other pieces are developed, enabling the queen to coordinate an attack with those pieces rather than on her own.
White also could have moved out the light-squared bishop.
That would not be a bad idea, but it isn't clear yet whether the bishop wants to be at c4, b5, e2, or even g2.
The knight, on the other hand, usually goes to f3 anyway, because the other squares it could move to are inferior.
On e2 (or especially) h3 it would not have as much influence on the center, and on e2 it would also temporarily block white's bishop.
The words "King's Knight Opening" and "C40" both describe the opening moves of the game (see [[chess opening]]). The descriptive names have developed over the years, with many openings being named after a player who pioneered or popularized that opening, or a place where the opening originated. The letter/number combination was developed for use in the [[Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings]] and moved into general use from there. The names of the openings in both systems can be found in this [[list of chess openings]].
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8 |rd|nd|bd|qd|kd|bd|nd|rd|=
7 |pd|pd|pd|pd| | |pd|pd|=
6 | | | | | |pd| | |=
5 | | | | |pd| | | |=
4 | | | | |pl| | | |=
3 | | | | | |nl| | |=
2 |pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl|pl|=
1 |rl|nl|bl|ql|kl|bl| |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 2... f6
}}
'''2... f6?'''
Black makes a weak move, entering the infamous [[Damiano Defence]].
It would have been better to defend the pawn with 2...Nc6 (main line) or 2...d6 ([[Philidor Defense]]), or to counter-attack White's pawn with 2...Nf6 ([[Petrov's Defence]]). Either knight move would maintain the balance of the game by contesting the center. Also known, but much more risky, are 2...f5 ([[Latvian Gambit]]) and 2...d5 ([[Elephant Gambit]]).
2...f6 also appears to defend the threatened e-pawn, but this is an illusion, as the game illustrates. The move also weakens Black's kingside, inviting an attack on Black's [[king (chess)|king]], and takes away the best square from Black's [[knight (chess)|knight]].
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{{Chess diagram|=
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8 |rd|nd|bd|qd|kd|bd|nd|rd|=
7 |pd|pd|pd|pd| | |pd|pd|=
6 | | | | | |pd| | |=
5 | | | | |nl| | | |=
4 | | | | |pl| | | |=
3 | | | | | | | | |=
2 |pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl|pl|=
1 |rl|nl|bl|ql|kl|bl| |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 3. Nxe5!
}}
'''3. Nxe5!'''
White attacks immediately, ''sacrificing'' the white knight. He will obtain at least two pawns for it (generally three pawns are considered roughly equivalent to a knight) and place Black's king in a very dangerous position.
Experienced players know that this sacrifice has been calculated as leading to a White advantage in all lines. Even a player who didn't know all of this analysis might judge that White obtains an attack at least sufficient to justify the sacrifice. If White weren't confident of the soundness of this sacrifice, either 3.d4 (occupying the center) or 3.Bc4 (pointing the bishop at Black's weakened king-side) would also be strong.
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{{Chess diagram|=
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8 |rd|nd|bd|qd|kd|bd|nd|rd|=
7 |pd|pd|pd|pd| | |pd|pd|=
6 | | | | | | | | |=
5 | | | | |pd| | | |=
4 | | | | |pl| | | |=
3 | | | | | | | | |=
2 |pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl|pl|=
1 |rl|nl|bl|ql|kl|bl| |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 3... fxe5
}}
'''3... fxe5'''
Black makes the only move consistent with 2...f6, but it is not best.
The best try for an equal game was 3...Qe7, [[skewer (chess)|''skewering'']] White's knight, pawn, and king.
That is to say, the queen would indirectly be attacking everything in the e-file.
After the knight moved away, the queen could take on e4 with check, regaining the pawn. White would, however, have a large advantage because of his lead in development and Black's weakened king-side pawn structure, e.g. 4.Nf3 Qxe4+ 5.Be2, likely followed by Nc3 (attacking the queen). Note that after 3...Qe7, the tempting 4.Qh5+? would lose material to 4...g6 5.Nxg6 Qxe4+ 6.Be2 Qxg6.
3...fxe5 allows White's queen to jump into the fray with check, winning Black's pawn on e5 and chasing Black's king around.
The fact that Black cannot afford to take the knight shows that 2...f6 did not really protect the pawn at all.
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{{Chess diagram|=
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8 |rd|nd|bd|qd|kd|bd|nd|rd|=
7 |pd|pd|pd|pd| | |pd|pd|=
6 | | | | | | | | |=
5 | | | | |pd| | |ql|=
4 | | | | |pl| | | |=
3 | | | | | | | | |=
2 |pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl|pl|=
1 |rl|nl|bl| |kl|bl| |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 4. Qh5+
}}
'''4. Qh5+'''
The game's first check! There are three legal ways to respond to check:
#Capture the piece giving check. Here this is impossible, as Black has nothing which can move to h5.
#Interpose a piece between the king and the piece giving check. Black could play 4...g6. But that would lose a rook to 5.Qxe5+ and 6.Qxh8.
#Move the king out of check. Moving the king to f7 leaves it in check, and is thus illegal, so e7 is the only square for moving out of check.
Note that White has [[Fork (chess)|forked]] the king on e8 and the pawn on e5.
There is no time for Black to protect both, so no matter what Black does to get out of check, White's queen can take on e5.
It is usually a bad idea to move out a queen this early in the game. But here, Black's exposed position allows White to win material and place Black's king in grave danger.
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8 |rd|nd|bd|qd| |bd|nd|rd|=
7 |pd|pd|pd|pd|kd| |pd|pd|=
6 | | | | | | | | |=
5 | | | | |pd| | |ql|=
4 | | | | |pl| | | |=
3 | | | | | | | | |=
2 |pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl|pl|=
1 |rl|nl|bl| |kl|bl| |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 4... Ke7
}}
'''4... Ke7'''
This move leaves Black in a dangerous position, because the black king is so exposed.
Furthermore, the black [[rook (chess)|rooks]], bishops, and queen still have no way to get out.
The Black position is no more developed than it was at the start of the game.
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{{Chess diagram|=
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8 |rd|nd|bd|qd| |bd|nd|rd|=
7 |pd|pd|pd|pd|kd|xx|pd|pd|=
6 | | | | | | | | |=
5 | | | | |ql| | | |=
4 | | | | |pl| | | |=
3 | | | | | | | | |=
2 |pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl|pl|=
1 |rl|nl|bl| |kl|bl| |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 5. Qxe5+
}}
'''5. Qxe5+'''
Another check.
Black now has only one legal move.
Black can't interpose anything between the king and queen, and can't take the queen, so the black king must be moved out of check.
There is only one square next to Black's king which White's queen is not attacking: f7 (marked with an X on the diagram).
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{{Chess diagram|=
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8 |rd|nd|bd|qd| |bd|nd|rd|=
7 |pd|pd|pd|pd| |kd|pd|pd|=
6 | | | | | | | | |=
5 | | | | |ql| | | |=
4 | | | | |pl| | | |=
3 | | | | | | | | |=
2 |pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl|pl|=
1 |rl|nl|bl| |kl|bl| |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 5... Kf7
}}
'''5... Kf7'''
White's queen is a dangerous attacker.
However, because it is too valuable to trade for anything, it can only take undefended pieces.
Everything in Black's camp is defended by something, so the queen has done all it can do by itself.
It is time to bring in reinforcements.
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==Moves 6-10==
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|rd|nd|bd|qd| |bd|nd|rd|=
|pd|pd|pd|pd| |kd|pd|pd|=
| | | | | | | | |=
| | | | |ql| | | |=
| | |bl| |pl| | | |=
| | | | | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl|pl|=
|rl|nl|bl| |kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 6. Bc4+
}}
'''6. Bc4+'''
This is an excellent move to keep the pressure on Black.
Because it develops a piece and gives check, White prevents Black from consolidating.
If White played less energetically with 6.Nc3, the advantage would evaporate instantly.
Black could answer with 6...Be7, giving the king room to retreat to f8.
Once Black gets his king to safety, Black might actually be winning.
White has only two pawns for the sacrificed knight, which leaves White at a material disadvantage.
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{{Chess diagram|=
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|=
|rd|nd|bd|qd| |bd|nd|rd|=
|pd|pd|pd| | |kd|pd|pd|=
| | | | | | | | |=
| | | |pd|ql| | | |=
| | |bl| |pl| | | |=
| | | | | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl|pl|=
|rl|nl|bl| |kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 6.... d5
}}
'''6.... d5'''
6...Kg6? 7.Qf5+ Kh6 8.d4+ (a [[discovered check]] by the bishop on c1) g5 9.h4! would leave White with a crushing attack. Black accordingly prefers this continuation, which gives White a third pawn for his sacrificed piece, but allows Black's bishop on c8 to prevent Qf5+, thus averting immediate catastrophe. If White does not prosecute the attack vigorously, Black can try to get his king to safety and ultimately counterattack with his extra piece.
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{{Chess diagram|=
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|=
|rd|nd|bd|qd| |bd|nd|rd|=
|pd|pd|pd| | |kd|pd|pd|=
| | | | | | | | |=
| | | |bl|ql| | | |=
| | | | |pl| | | |=
| | | | | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl|pl|=
|rl|nl|bl| |kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 7. Bxd5+
}}
'''7. Bxd5+'''
White gives check yet again, keeping Black on the run.
Let's review the three ways to get out of check:
#Capture the piece giving check. Black could play 7...Qxd5. But White would simply take the queen with 8.Qxd5+, giving White a huge material advantage, as well as a continuing attack on Black's exposed king.
#Interpose a piece. Black could play 7...Be6, but that would allow 8.Qxe6# [[checkmate]].
#Move the king. Here, this is the only reasonable option. Unfortunately, the only available flight square is g6, leaving the king even more exposed.
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{{Chess diagram|=
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|=
|rd|nd|bd|qd| |bd|nd|rd|=
|pd|pd|pd| | | |pd|pd|=
| | | | | | |kd| |=
| | | |bl|ql| | | |=
| | | | |pl| | | |=
| | | | | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl|pl|=
|rl|nl|bl| |kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 7... Kg6
}}
'''7... Kg6'''
Now White has gotten three pawns, a rough equivalent for his sacrificed piece, developed his pieces with gain of time, and forced Black's king into a very dangerous position. However, White must continue the attack energetically; if he does not do so, Black may be able to bring his king to safety and use his extra piece effectively.
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{{Chess diagram|=
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|=
|rd|nd|bd|qd| |bd|nd|rd|=
|pd|pd|pd| | | |pd|pd|=
| | | | | | |kd| |=
| | | |bl|ql| | | |=
| | | | |pl| | |pl|=
| | | | | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl| |=
|rl|nl|bl| |kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 8. h4!
}}
'''8. h4!'''
Again White finds a strong continuation, threatening to force the Black king to h6 after all with h5+.
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{{Chess diagram|=
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|=
|rd|nd|bd|qd| |bd|nd|rd|=
|pd|pd|pd| | | |pd| |=
| | | | | | |kd| |=
| | | |bl|ql| | |pd|=
| | | | |pl| | |pl|=
| | | | | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl| |=
|rl|nl|bl| |kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 8... h5
}}
'''8... h5'''
This, or 8...h6, is the only chance for Black, avoiding the threat of 9.h5+, and giving the king an escape square on h7.
Black's position remains precarious, but White has no immediate forced checkmate.
Now let us take a step deeper into chess reasoning.
White knows Black is on the run for the moment, but if Black has a chance to regroup, the game is far from over.
Three pawns for the sacrificed knight is roughly material equality.
If White pauses for development with 9.Nc3 or 9.d4, Black will harass White's queen with 9...Bd6, gaining time for Black to develop his pieces and get his king to safety.
Further reflection shows White that Black's bishop on c8 is the only thing saving Black from immediate disaster. If it weren't there, White would win immediately with 9.Qf5+ Kh6 10.d4+ g5 11.Bxg5+ winning the queen. White realizes that since Black's bishop also is guarding Black's pawn on b7, it is overburdened. That suggests White's next, crushing move.
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{{Chess diagram|=
| tright
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|=
|rd|nd|bd|qd| |bd|nd|rd|=
|pd|bl|pd| | | |pd| |=
| | | | | | |kd| |=
| | | | |ql| | |pd|=
| | | | |pl| | |pl|=
| | | | | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl| |=
|rl|nl|bl| |kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 9. Bxb7
}}
'''9. Bxb7!'''
This breaks the slender thread that held Black's position together. (White would have answered 8...h6, favored by [[Sam Sloan]], the same way.) Black's best move now is to ignore White's bishop and harass White's queen with 9...Bd6, but then White calmly plays 10.Qa5!, maintaining the threat on f5 and forcing Black to lose material. Then Black's best is 10...Nc6 11.Bxc6 Rb8. Black has avoided checkmate, but now White has a huge material advantage (four extra pawns) and can win slowly and surely with patient developing moves like 12.Nc3, or even snatch a fifth pawn with 12.Qxa7.
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|=
|rd|nd| |qd| |bd|nd|rd|=
|pd|bd|pd| | | |pd| |=
| | | | | | |kd| |=
| | | | |ql| | |pd|=
| | | | |pl| | |pl|=
| | | | | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl| |=
|rl|nl|bl| |kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 9... Bxb7
}}
'''9... Bxb7?'''
Black captures the bishop, giving him a material advantage, but without understanding the consequences. Before taking the bishop, Black should have analyzed the position and tried to understand why White was willing to sacrifice it.
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|=
|rd|nd| |qd| |bd|nd|rd|=
|pd|bd|pd| | | |pd| |=
| | | | | | |kd| |=
| | | | | |ql| |pd|=
| | | | |pl| | |pl|=
| | | | | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl| |=
|rl|nl|bl| |kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 10. Qf5+
}}
'''10. Qf5+'''
The crushing move can be unleashed at last.
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{{Chess diagram|=
| tright
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|=
|rd|nd| |qd| |bd|nd|rd|=
|pd|bd|pd| | | |pd| |=
| | | | | | | |kd|=
| | | | | |ql| |pd|=
| | | | |pl| | |pl|=
| | | | | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl| |=
|rl|nl|bl| |kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
|
}}
'''10... Kh6'''
Black's only legal move. Note how precarious this position is. Black's king is extremely exposed on Black's third rank, a dangerous location when most of the pieces are still on the board. While White's queen is actively developed, and he will get his other bishop into the attack on his next move, Black has only a bishop developed in a place where it is far from the action.
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==Moves 11-14==
{{Chess diagram|=
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|=
|rd|nd| |qd| |bd|nd|rd|=
|pd|bd|pd| | | |pd| |=
| | | | | | | |kd|=
| | | | | |ql| |pd|=
| | | |pl|pl| | |pl|=
| | | | | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl| | |pl|pl| |=
|rl|nl|bl| |kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 11. d4+
}}
'''11. d4+'''
White continues the attack with a special kind of check, the [[discovered attack|''discovered check'']].
White moves a pawn, but it isn't the pawn which gives check.
It is White's bishop, attacking from its home square, which delivers the blow.
Note that Black's king has no legal moves, and White's bishop is safe from capture, so interposition is the only option.
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{{Chess diagram|=
| tright
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|=
|rd|nd| |qd| |bd|nd|rd|=
|pd|bd|pd| | | | | |=
| | | | | | | |kd|=
| | | | | |ql|pd|pd|=
| | | |pl|pl| | |pl|=
| | | | | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl| | |pl|pl| |=
|rl|nl|bl| |kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 11... g5
}}
'''11... g5'''
At this point White has an easy win with 12.Bxg5+, forking Black's king and queen and thus securing an overwhelming material advantage. Since this would allow Black to play on for a while, White looks for -- and finds -- an even stronger continuation.
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{{Chess diagram|=
| tright
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|=
|rd|nd| |qd| |bd|nd|rd|=
|pd|bd|pd| | |ql| | |=
| | | | | | | |kd|=
| | | | | | |pd|pd|=
| | | |pl|pl| | |pl|=
| | | | | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl| | |pl|pl| |=
|rl|nl|bl| |kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 12. Qf7
}}
'''12. Qf7!'''
This hems in the Black king, ensuring that it will be unable to escape.
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{{Chess diagram|=
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|=
|rd|nd| | | |bd|nd|rd|=
|pd|bd|pd| |qd|ql| | |=
| | | | | | | |kd|=
| | | | | | |pd|pd|=
| | | |pl|pl| | |pl|=
| | | | | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl| | |pl|pl| |=
|rl|nl|bl| |kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 12... Qe7
}}
'''12... Qe7'''
Black has no remotely adequate move. He plays this in desperation, hoping that White will relent by exchanging queens, or retreating and allowing 13...Qxe4+.
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{{Chess diagram|=
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|=
|rd|nd| | | |bd|nd|rd|=
|pd|bd|pd| |qd|ql| | |=
| | | | | | | |kd|=
| | | | | | |pl|pd|=
| | | |pl|pl| | | |=
| | | | | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl| | |pl|pl| |=
|rl|nl|bl| |kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 13. hxg5+
}}
'''13. hxg5+'''
Since interposition is impossible, and there are no legal king moves, Black's only possible response to this is to capture the checking piece.
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|=
|rd|nd| | | |bd|nd|rd|=
|pd|bd|pd| | |ql| | |=
| | | | | | | |kd|=
| | | | | | |qd|pd|=
| | | |pl|pl| | | |=
| | | | | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl| | |pl|pl| |=
|rl|nl|bl| |kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 13... Qxg5
}}
'''13... Qxg5'''
This move by Black saves the king, but leaves Black's queen open to being
captured by a lowly bishop. 14.Bxg5+ would win Black's queen, but White has even better...
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{{Chess diagram|=
| tright
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|=
8 |rd|nd| | | |bd|nd|rd|=
7 |pd|bd|pd| | |ql| | |=
6 | | | | | | | |kd|=
5 | | | | | | |qd|rl|=
4 | | | |pl|pl| | | |=
3 | | | | | | | | |=
2 |pl|pl|pl| | |pl|pl| |=
1 |rl|nl|bl| |kl| | | |=
a b c d e f g h
| 14. Rxh5#
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'''14. Rxh5#'''
[[Checkmate]]. Black can't interpose anything, because the rook is giving check from an adjacent square.
Black's king can't move away, because White's queen covers all retreat squares.
Black's king can't capture the rook, because then it would be in check from White's queen.
Finally, Black's queen can't capture White's rook because it is [[Pin (chess)|pinned]]. If it moved away, White's bishop on c1 would be giving check to Black's king.
Notice that, although material is very important in chess, one doesn't win by having more pieces, but by delivering checkmate.
White won despite being behind in material most of the game, including in the final position.
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==See also==
* [[The Game of the Century (chess)|The Game of the Century]]
* [[Chess terminology]]
[[Category:Chess games]]
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[[nl:Schaakpartij]]
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