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Is it possible to checkmate using only pawns?
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Dec 2, 2021
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If you mean without even capturing, then No - every time a pawn moves forwards, he's living behind a square, and the attacked king and go to that square.
Solmyr1234 wrote:
If you mean without even capturing, then No - every time a pawn moves forwards, he's living behind a square, and the attacked king and go to that square.
Actually yes, but unlikely in real games.
(Ok, I went a little off, I meant that White can deliver checkmate using pawns only, but Black's demise is contributed by his own blocked escape squares as well)
I am wondering if it is possible in a full-on legal game. For example, like this: