Originally posted by National Master Dale Mathmo notice that philidors mate fails since when black gets around to playing ...Qg1+ white doesnt have to play Rxg1 but can play Nxf1 instead.
I did that once (move 12 onwards), strangely I ended up with the smothered mate anyway.
Originally posted by National Master Dale Mathmo notice that philidors mate fails since when black gets around to playing ...Qg1+ white doesnt have to play Rxg1 but can play Nxf1 instead.
Thanks for pointing that out, i missed it completely. Just goes to show that its easy to get tunnel vision and ignore other considerations when you think you recognise a nice combination. Yep, im pretty sure that would have got me in a game.