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Zukertort Opening: Black mates in 18 moves

Zukertort Opening (A04): Player vs Chessdox Computer, challenging level. Black mates with the knight after 18 moves with 9 captures and 4 checks.

Position after 18... Nd3#

Position after 18... Nd3#A04 Zukertort Opening: Pirc Invitation

Game summary

Zukertort Opening: Pirc Invitation — how the game went

Player (White) and Chessdox Computer (Black) played this challenging-level game. It opened with the Zukertort Opening, classified as ECO A04, after 1. Nf3.

Neither king castled. Over 18 moves the game saw 9 captures, 4 checks.

Black delivered checkmate with the knight on 18... Nd3#. At the end White had 20 points of material and Black 35 points, counting pawns as 1, knights and bishops as 3, rooks as 5 and queens as 9.

Final position after 18 moves, black won (0-1). FEN: r4bkr/p1p3pp/2ppp3/6q1/6b1/2Pn4/P5PP/RNB1KR2 w - - 4 19
Final position · 0-1

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[Event "Chessdox public replay"]
[Site "https://chessdox.com/games/challenging-replay-from-1-nf3-black-wins-in-18-m-7e3ca590950e831eeb0b"]
[Date "2026.08.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Player"]
[Black "Chessdox Computer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Zukertort Opening: Pirc Invitation"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. Ng5 Nc6 3. Nxf7 Kxf7 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bb5 Nxe4 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d3 Nf6
8. f4 Bg4 9. Qd2 Kg8 10. f5 Bxf5 11. b4 e6 12. Kd1 Bg4+ 13. Ke1 Nd5 14. Qf2 Nxb4
15. c3 Nxd3+ 16. Kd2 Nxf2 17. Rf1 Qg5+ 18. Ke1 Nd3# 0-1