Diagonal
Selection of chess games featuring chess diagonals
simple example to show the strength of the longest diagonal
1.Bb2 Rf8 2.Rd7+ Kg8 3.Rg7+ Kh8 4.Ka2 Ra8+ 5.Ra7+
the strength of the diagno the game ended in a mate
1.Nxe4 Ncxe4 2.Rxe4 Nxe4 3.Rxe4 Qxe4 4.Ng5 Qg6 5.Qxh7+ Qxh7 6.Nf7#
the strength of the diagno the game ended in a mate
1.Qf6+ Kh5 2.Qf5+ Kh6 3.Be3+ Kg7 4.Qg5+ Kf8 5.Bc5+ Bd6 6.Qe5 Kg8 7.Bxd6 Qd8 8.Qg3+ Kh8 9.Be5+ f6 10.Qg5 fxe5 11.Qxd8+
the strength of the diagno attack ended in a queen loss for black
1... Rcd8 2.Rxd8 Rxd8 3.Qb6 Qc8 4.h3 Rd5 5.Qb4 Qe8 6.Bd4 Bb5 7.Rc1 Rd8 8.Qc5 Bd7 9.Qg5 Bb5 10.Bf6 Rc8 11.Rd1 Qe6 12.Qh4 Qxf6 13.Qxf6
strong queen and bishop on the diagno
1.Qe1 Be6 2.b3 c5 3.h3 b5 4.Qf1 b4 5.Be5 Qd8 6.Qb5 Qc8 7.Kh2 Bd5 8.Bd6 a6 9.Qa5 Kf7 10.Bxc5 Qc6 11.Qxb4 Be6 12.Bd4 h5 13.Qb8 Ke7 14.Qe5 Qd5 15.Qf6+ Ke8 16.Qxg6+ Kd7 17.Qf6 Qd6 18.Qg7+ Qe7 19.Qh6 Qf7