A game of chess begins with 1.e4 (pawn to king four) and ends in the fifth move with knight takes rook mate. Reconstruct the game.

(One move in chess contains white's turn followed by black's turn.)

The solution has an error in the notation of white's second move. The correct solution is:

1. e4 Nf6 2. Qe2 Nxe4 3. f3 Ng3 4. Qxe7+ Qxe7+ 5. Kf2 Nxh1 mate

White's second and third move can be performed in any order, other than this there are no alternate solutions. The solution posted by "some guy" is flawed since black's third move delivers check, which in turn makes white's fourth move illegal (apart from this Nc4 is meant to be Nb4).

Posted by Henrik on 2004-12-26 11:49:29