Easy Mate on F7.

Updated 1/09/2020

The white army approached the battlefield and set up for the battle, eager to follow their King into battle and defend their country against the black army . . . 

 The black army set up normally also. The black army had conquered the land around the White Kings domain.

 On this field of battle, Black thought it would be White's final stand . . .

 The White King looking down from his stead at his trusted pawn says, "Take your squad up to the center and contain the ground for us."

  "Just as you command Sire." The e-pawn leaps into the action leading his men to occupy the area . . .

1.  e4

 The Black King sees the movement and to his pawn says, "They're trying to take the center of the battlefield, Take your men and position yourself to meet the challenge"

"So it will be done, your majesty," and he signals his men to move forward to,

 1. . . . .   e5.

  2. Nf3  The White Knights being the bravest is signaled by the king to attack and to join the battle. He leaped attacking black's lone advanced pawn group on e5 . . .

 2.  . . .  Nc6.   The fierce Black's Knights sees the pawn group is in distress and comes to their aid . . .

   3.  Bb5  Without being told the White's Bishop launches himself at the defending knights, enticing them to move or be cut down . . . "On guarde."

3. . . .  Nd4.   With a horse's whiney, the Black Knight s leap into no man’s land and attacks both the White Knights on f3 and threatens to take the Bishop group from the side at b5 . . .

  4. Nxd4   Bound by chivalry, the White Knight sacrifices himself to save the bishops and takes the Black Knights with their lances. 

4. ... exd4.  The black pawns immediately attacks the White Knights taking them down. The White Knight s thudding onto the ground as the horses gallop away. 

From afar the White Bishop sees the mortal attacks and says a prayer for the Knights, for their service to the White King and defending him . . .

 5. Qf3   White's strong Queen moved to f3, ready to avenge the White Knights deaths, threatening the pawn group on “f7,” from afar . . .

5. ... a6.  Signaled by the Castle on a8, the pawn moves forward and attacks the White's Bishop from the side . . .

6. Bc4   The White Bishop moves instead of tangling with the pawns. The Bishop retreats and repositions himself, in a better place, threatening f7 black pawn and assisting the White Queen to checkmate the Black King . . .

 6. ... D6.   The Black King orders his Knights out to protect him, but mistakenly the signal is given to the d-pawn group to move forward only half way. A bad blunder . . .

 7. Qxf7 Mate   The White Queen seeing that the bishop's attack on the “f” pawn wasn't blocked made her move taking the bishop’s pawns next to the Black King check mating him. The queen looked back to her King saying, "For you my love" . . .

  7. ... Kxf7.   The black king with a smirk on his face tried to slay the White Queen, but it was an illegal move. For the White Queen is protected by the Bishop from far away on C4 . .

There was no way to block the attack so . . .

The Black King looked for someone else of his army to take the queen, but there was nobody. His last resort was to run away, but each of the locations he could run to, were protected by the White Queen men.

The Black King laid down his sword and surrendered his army to the White Queen . . .

The white army regrouped and joined their White King in a happy celebration . . .

I give it to my young beginning students. It makes it easy for them to remember how to do it.

Then I show the how to stop from being mated in just a few moves.

When the White bishop goes to C4 on the second move, it is aiming to F7. That is the weak pawn only protected by the king.

Blacks second move should be NF6. That stops the White queen moving to H6 and then QxF7# mate. It also makes the move Qf3 useless and stops the mate also.

That move also attacks the white pawn on E4. Black should also move the Black Bishop on F8 and Castle to safeguard the king.

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I have been looking at games by lower rating players and they don't seem to castle very often.

If the center is blocked with pawns then it's safe for the king to be left in the middle, but if the center is open, you're better off castling. You will last longer and might get a win.

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I don't get the point... mainly because I can't read font that size.

What size do you want, larger or smaller? Use your controls on your computer.

I like it, especially for young kids, should capture their imagination before they grow up and lose it...nice work.

January 14, 2020

                            Belated thanks for reading and posting . . .