Answers.Body: <p>How about Philidor's mate?</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://ashbyivanhoechessclub.org.uk/juniors/checkmates/philidors-mate/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://ashbyivanhoechessclub.org.uk/juniors/checkmates/philidors-mate/</a></p>
  
  <pre><code>[Title "Philidor's Mate"]
      [FEN "1r4k1/3Q2pp/8/6N1/6K1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
  
      1. Qe6+ Kh8 2. Nf7+ Kg8 3. Nh6+ Kh8 4. Qg8+ Rxg8 5. Nf7#
  
  </code>
  </pre>
  
  <p>A well known pattern that involves a (sham) Queen sacrifice, a double-check, and a smothered mate delivered by the lowly Knight.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Maybe this very famous puzzle suits your cake :) White mates with knight extremely elegantly.</p>
  
  <p>This puzzle was also in <a href="http://en.chessbase.com/post/fifteen-years-of-chessbase-christmas-puzzles" rel="noreferrer">Chessbase Christmas puzzles</a> in 2001.</p>
  
  <pre><code>[Title "Genrikh Kasparian, Shakhmaty v SSSR 1935"]
  [FEN "2B3K1/8/3N1p1p/6pk/5P1P/6P1/7r/5r2 w - - 0 1"]
  
  1. Ne8 Kg6 ( 1... f5 2. Bxf5 ) ( 1... Rxf4 2. Ng7+ Kg6 3. Bf5+ Rxf5 4. h5+ Rxh5
  5. g4 ) 2. h5+ Rxh5 3. f5+ Rxf5 4. g4 Rf4 5. Bf5+ Rxf5 6. Ng7 Rf1 7. gxh5#   
  </code></pre>
  
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Answers.Text: Position after 6.Ng7 is super sweet :-)
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Body: <p>As weird as this question may seem, I am looking for a famous chess position to put in a birthday cake. Ideally the position should involve at least one knight and about 6 pieces.</p>
  
  <p>Any idea of a good position matching this constraints?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Famous chess position or famous tactic? In either case, you could consider the [game of the century position](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_of_the_Century_%28chess%29) after his queen sack and just before the windmill tactics that occur after the knight is moved. Move 18/19.
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Comments.Text: It should be a famous position. I considered this game, however it has way too much pieces. I need a position with about 6-8 pieces for this cake.
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Comments.Text: One more try: How about the final position [here](http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1001165)? While there are several more pieces than 8, you can certainly remove several white/black pawns and still arrive at the same effective position.
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Comments.Text: If you have ChessBase you can use it for this. Search a database of the famous games with a filter for material.
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Comments.Text: Saavedra position? No knight but that might not be possible.
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Comments.Text: What kind of a position do you want? An elegant puzzle with knight?
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Comments.Text: Yes! And about 5-6 puedes
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Comments.Text: Problem is that 6 pieces including a knight doesn't leave a lot of options (1 knight + 2 kings leaves only 3 other pieces). However if you want the knight to be star of the show smothered mate is one possibility, look at the little diagram at the top of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smothered_mate and add a white king somewhere legal on the board
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Title: Chess position for a cake
ThreadText: # Chess position for a cake
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-14)
  
  As weird as this question may seem, I am looking for a famous chess position to put in a birthday cake. Ideally the position should involve at least one knight and about 6 pieces.
  
  Any idea of a good position matching this constraints?
  
  **Tags:** problems, knights
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Famous chess position or famous tactic? In either case, you could consider the [game of the century position](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_of_the_Century_%28chess%29) after his queen sack and just before the windmill tactics that occur after the knight is moved. Move 18/19.  
  > **username_0**: It should be a famous position. I considered this game, however it has way too much pieces. I need a position with about 6-8 pieces for this cake.  
  > **username_1**: One more try: How about the final position [here](http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1001165)? While there are several more pieces than 8, you can certainly remove several white/black pawns and still arrive at the same effective position.  
  > **username_2**: If you have ChessBase you can use it for this. Search a database of the famous games with a filter for material.  
  > **username_2**: Saavedra position? No knight but that might not be possible.  
  > **username_3**: What kind of a position do you want? An elegant puzzle with knight?  
  > **username_0**: Yes! And about 5-6 puedes  
  > **username_4**: Problem is that 6 pieces including a knight doesn't leave a lot of options (1 knight + 2 kings leaves only 3 other pieces). However if you want the knight to be star of the show smothered mate is one possibility, look at the little diagram at the top of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smothered_mate and add a white king somewhere legal on the board  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_5 on 2016-01-17. Score: 6
  
  How about Philidor's mate?
  
  <http://ashbyivanhoechessclub.org.uk/juniors/checkmates/philidors-mate/>
  
  ```
  [Title "Philidor's Mate"]
      [FEN "1r4k1/3Q2pp/8/6N1/6K1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
  
      1. Qe6+ Kh8 2. Nf7+ Kg8 3. Nh6+ Kh8 4. Qg8+ Rxg8 5. Nf7#
  
  ```
  
  A well known pattern that involves a (sham) Queen sacrifice, a double-check, and a smothered mate delivered by the lowly Knight.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-01-15. Score: 5
  
  Maybe this very famous puzzle suits your cake :) White mates with knight extremely elegantly.
  
  This puzzle was also in [Chessbase Christmas puzzles](http://en.chessbase.com/post/fifteen-years-of-chessbase-christmas-puzzles) in 2001.
  
  ```
  [Title "Genrikh Kasparian, Shakhmaty v SSSR 1935"]
  [FEN "2B3K1/8/3N1p1p/6pk/5P1P/6P1/7r/5r2 w - - 0 1"]
  
  1. Ne8 Kg6 ( 1... f5 2. Bxf5 ) ( 1... Rxf4 2. Ng7+ Kg6 3. Bf5+ Rxf5 4. h5+ Rxh5
  5. g4 ) 2. h5+ Rxh5 3. f5+ Rxf5 4. g4 Rf4 5. Bf5+ Rxf5 6. Ng7 Rf1 7. gxh5#   
  
  ```
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: Position after 6.Ng7 is super sweet :-)  
  
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