Body: <p>In the novel that I am writing, I would like to feature a chess game between two amateur players. Maybe their ELO rating would be about 1200. I want to create a position where, for the player who is about to play...</p>
  <ul>
  <li>The queen is trapped</li>
  <li>The queen is attacked</li>
  <li>A queen sacrifice can lead to mate in 1 or 2 moves</li>
  <li>In one of the final moves, a pawn moves to give a discovered check.</li>
  </ul>
  <p>I have created such a position, but it does not come from a real game.</p>
  <p>White: fxg4 (blunder)<br />
  Black to play:</p>
  <pre><code>[Fen &quot;1k1r4/1b3p2/1p1p1B1r/p1p4p/5qP1/N2QN3/P1B1n1PP/1R3R1K b - - 0 1&quot;]
  [Title &quot;&quot;]
  [StartFlipped &quot;0&quot;]
  </code></pre>
  <p>FEN
  <code>1k1r4/1b3p2/1p1p1B1r/p1p4p/5qP1/N2QN3/P1B1n1PP/1R3R1K b - - 0 1</code></p>
  <p><a href="https://lichess.org/analysis/1k1r4/1b3p2/1p1p1B1r/p1p4p/5qP1/N2QN3/P1B1n1PP/1R3R1K_b_-_-_0_1?color=white" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Link on Lichess</a></p>
  <p>I would be very grateful to anyone who can provide a link or a PGN for a game that ends in the way I have described.</p>
  <hr />
  <p>For the purposes of my story, the players should not have a high level, as you can tell from White's blunder. Black is a twelve-year-old playing against his mother, and he believes that he has lost the game because he cannot save his queen. Another twelve-year-old friend points out the queen sacrifice and the unassuming pawn move. This friend is a better player, but not an expert.</p>
  <p>The game is just a minor incident, and will not be treated in detail, so that readers who don't play chess don't feel lost. However, I feel that I would be cheating real players if I used a fake position.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: *However, I feel that I would be cheating real players if I used a fake position.* -> there are many chess fictions that use on-purpose fabricated positions, and I have never heard of someone feeling cheated or offended by that.
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Comments.Text: Honestly, your position would be good enough already if you just gave black an equal number of minor pieces as white. It's a realistic position. For instance, remove the knight on a3 (which doesn't cover any crucial squares), and give black a knight on c8. There, black would be up 3 pawns before the "blunder," so that could be incorporated into the story. Or if you want material to be equal, don't give black a knight on c8.
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Comments.Text: Given that the "normal" game in a movie always goes like this: 5 plies in a row, every one capturing a piece and giving a check at the same time, the fifth move also delivering checkmate - I think that "sacrifice the queen to deliver mate in 1 or two" is a kind of "bland" requirement for a game.
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Comments.Text: "Another twelve-year-old friend points out the queen sacrifice and the unassuming pawn move"  And this is why kibitzing is prohibited...
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Comments.Text: Mother goes off to greet the parents of the friend, who have just arrived, assuming that she has won. This also explains the inattention that led to blunder: there are more pressing things to do.
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Tags: <queen-sacrifice><discovered-check>
Title: Looking for a real game that ends with queen sacrifice and discovered check with a pawn
ThreadText: # Looking for a real game that ends with queen sacrifice and discovered check with a pawn
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-10-23)
  
  In the novel that I am writing, I would like to feature a chess game between two amateur players. Maybe their ELO rating would be about 1200. I want to create a position where, for the player who is about to play...
  
  The queen is trapped
  The queen is attacked
  A queen sacrifice can lead to mate in 1 or 2 moves
  In one of the final moves, a pawn moves to give a discovered check.
  
  I have created such a position, but it does not come from a real game.
  White: fxg4 (blunder)
  Black to play:
  [Fen "1k1r4/1b3p2/1p1p1B1r/p1p4p/5qP1/N2QN3/P1B1n1PP/1R3R1K b - - 0 1"]
  [Title ""]
  [StartFlipped "0"]
  
  FEN
  1k1r4/1b3p2/1p1p1B1r/p1p4p/5qP1/N2QN3/P1B1n1PP/1R3R1K b - - 0 1
  Link on Lichess
  I would be very grateful to anyone who can provide a link or a PGN for a game that ends in the way I have described.
  
  For the purposes of my story, the players should not have a high level, as you can tell from White's blunder. Black is a twelve-year-old playing against his mother, and he believes that he has lost the game because he cannot save his queen. Another twelve-year-old friend points out the queen sacrifice and the unassuming pawn move. This friend is a better player, but not an expert.
  The game is just a minor incident, and will not be treated in detail, so that readers who don't play chess don't feel lost. However, I feel that I would be cheating real players if I used a fake position.
  
  **Tags:** queen-sacrifice, discovered-check
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: *However, I feel that I would be cheating real players if I used a fake position.* -> there are many chess fictions that use on-purpose fabricated positions, and I have never heard of someone feeling cheated or offended by that.  
  > **username_2**: Honestly, your position would be good enough already if you just gave black an equal number of minor pieces as white. It's a realistic position. For instance, remove the knight on a3 (which doesn't cover any crucial squares), and give black a knight on c8. There, black would be up 3 pawns before the "blunder," so that could be incorporated into the story. Or if you want material to be equal, don't give black a knight on c8.  
  > **username_3**: Given that the "normal" game in a movie always goes like this: 5 plies in a row, every one capturing a piece and giving a check at the same time, the fifth move also delivering checkmate - I think that "sacrifice the queen to deliver mate in 1 or two" is a kind of "bland" requirement for a game.  
  > **username_4**: "Another twelve-year-old friend points out the queen sacrifice and the unassuming pawn move"  And this is why kibitzing is prohibited...  
  > **username_0**: Mother goes off to greet the parents of the friend, who have just arrived, assuming that she has won. This also explains the inattention that led to blunder: there are more pressing things to do.  
  
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