...as exhibited by the youthful. IMAGINATION!
In the position given down below a young student of mine had just played the move 24. ...Qe7 when the move 24. ...d5 would win the Bishop. But now something remarkable takes place.
DIAGRAM # I
25. Rad1 is played by another young student of mine. As you can see in Diagram II...
DIAGRAM # II
So young player two plays a probing move... seeing a mate already before hand.
DIAGRAM # III
25. ...Qc5.
Now the move 26. b4 attacks player two's Queen. Do you see his mate?
DIAGRAM # IV
Wait for it...
DIAGRAM # V
26. ...Qe3 CHECKMATE!
GAME OVER ROVER!
Do you know what my young Kindergartner student, the captain of the Black Pieces, said to me after this game? He said to me... "This was like one of the mates in the homework". So I double checked his homework also remembering an epaulet checkmate having been amongst the problems to solve. Guess what I found?
The actual problem that helped him to remember this checkmating pattern! That is talent!! He is only in Kindergarten right now too... imagine the combinations this youngster will be pulling off in a years' time!
-Coach Sean.
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