I Beat and IM Today! - Chess Forums

Arrogant-One · 01-17-2009, 06:35 AM

I should write a book called how to beat an IM in 6 moves!

Today I did just that! I used Alekhine's famous mate on some Egyptian IM and gave him a learning experience he will surely remember for years to come! In game two the game lasted a few moves longer - barely, but when our IM friend dropped a piece he knew who the better blitz player was and resigned accordingly!

Both games can be found here:

Alex beats IM twice!

Fromper · 01-17-2009, 11:30 AM

Congrats!!!

I actually saw a slow tournament game a few months ago between two guys in the 1800's that had that exact same Caro-Kann mate from the first game. We were all shocked at the time that an 1800 player would fall for that!

--Fromper

ketchuplover · 01-17-2009, 06:26 PM

cool

Arrogant-One · 01-18-2009, 12:24 AM

Originally Posted by Fromper

Congrats!!!

I actually saw a slow tournament game a few months ago between two guys in the 1800's that had that exact same Caro-Kann mate from the first game. We were all shocked at the time that an 1800 player would fall for that!

--Fromper

Thanks! The first time I ever saw that mate was from an Alekhine game. From time to time people still fall into it because black's moves look so natural!

Skwerly · 01-18-2009, 05:31 PM

LOL that was nice, I remember that Alekhine game - very slick!

Crash · 01-20-2009, 02:30 AM

I recall seeing very similar mates in the Budapest Gambit but in that case it was white that got mated very quickly. Way to go!

Vladimir Drkulec

Arrogant-One · 01-20-2009, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by Crash

I recall seeing very similar mates in the Budapest Gambit but in that case it was white that got mated very quickly. Way to go!

Vladimir Drkulec

Thanks! Since that game I have dropped 100 points

Octal · 01-20-2009, 04:06 PM

The link doesn't show any chess games. Would you mind posting the moves to the Alekhine mate?

Fromper · 01-20-2009, 06:50 PM

Let's see if I can remember this from memory - 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Qe2 Ngf6 6. Nd6#

That's without a chess board in front of me, so hopefully I'm remembering all the details correctly.

--Fromper

Arrogant-One · 01-21-2009, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by Fromper

Let's see if I can remember this from memory - 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Qe2 Ngf6 6. Nd6#

That's without a chess board in front of me, so hopefully I'm remembering all the details correctly.

--Fromper

Yeah, you will need Java to go through the games linked in Post #1.

ps- It seems only trying to quote Octals post creates a bug in the system.