Body: <p>I was wondering if this beautiful situation has ever happened in a real-life game, especially in a competition.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Has anyone ever escaped check with checkmate? That is: has anyone ever, after being checked, decided to checkmate instead of running with the king?</strong> If yes, who, when, in what tournament, in what position?</p>
  
  <p>If you are thinking this is impossible, you are wrong! I created this beautiful example (that relies on a blunder by Black, but is still the most beautiful move sequence I've ever seen):</p>
  
  <pre><code>[FEN "3rkr2/4q3/7Q/8/8/1B5K/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
  
  1. Ba4+ Qd7+?? 2. Qe6#
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I had never seen check-check-checkmate like this before.</p>
  
  <p>Of course, in this example, black is winning, and has better options than Qd7+, but I am sure a more complicated position can be arranged in which black is in a lost position anyway.</p>
  
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Title: Has anyone ever (beautifully!) escaped check with checkmate?
ThreadText: # Has anyone ever (beautifully!) escaped check with checkmate?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-04)
  
  I was wondering if this beautiful situation has ever happened in a real-life game, especially in a competition.
  
  **Has anyone ever escaped check with checkmate? That is: has anyone ever, after being checked, decided to checkmate instead of running with the king?** If yes, who, when, in what tournament, in what position?
  
  If you are thinking this is impossible, you are wrong! I created this beautiful example (that relies on a blunder by Black, but is still the most beautiful move sequence I've ever seen):
  
  ```
  [FEN "3rkr2/4q3/7Q/8/8/1B5K/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
  
  1. Ba4+ Qd7+?? 2. Qe6#
  
  ```
  
  I had never seen check-check-checkmate like this before.
  
  Of course, in this example, black is winning, and has better options than Qd7+, but I am sure a more complicated position can be arranged in which black is in a lost position anyway.
  
  **Tags:** checkmate, check
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: You are right, I am sorry, I will search more before asking, from now on.  
  > **username_1**: Is it beautiful?  
  
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