Checkmaya: The Simul

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Real Chess Corner

Board 1 - Scholar's Mate: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Qh5 Nf6?? 4.Qxf7#. Defend with 3...g6 or 3...Qe7 instead.

Board 2 - Back-rank mate: Rd8# - Black's own pawns on f7, g7 and h7 trap the king. Tip: give your king an escape square (a "luft"), like ...h6.

Board 10 - Stalemate: if the player to move is NOT in check but has no legal moves, the game is a draw. Maya's Qc7?? did exactly that. Qe8#, Qd8#, Qb7# or Qa7# would all have been checkmate!

Simul = simultaneous exhibition: one strong player against lots of opponents at once.

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