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Subject: Re: Looking for O-O# or O-O-O#

Author: Bert van den Bosch

Date: 07:14:42 04/23/05

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On April 23, 2005 at 10:01:15, Norm Pollock wrote:

>I saw a tactics situation in a book and one variation to mate was with O-O-O#. I
>figured that this situation was constructed to generate that outcome. I wondered
>if mate by castling could possibly occur in a natural setting. So I searched
>(usind Scid) a lot of pgn databases but I was not able to find a castling mate.
>
>I wonder if anyone can find a documented game where mate occurs by castling.

When I just had my engine working it mated someone with a O-O on fics. Too bad I
forgot to store the game :(
I remember though I was looking at the pv seeing a mate value which I didn't
spot myself immediately, so it was quite funny to see it mating with a casting
move.


greetings Bert



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