A clean strike: Mon T.'s pawn topples the knight on B3.

Slug answers by moving the pawn from D6 to D5. From B2 to C3, Mon T.'s pawn swallows Slug's pawn.

With dungeon cunning, Slug brings the pawn to F5. With a steady hand, Mon T. brings the pawn to F3, while slug's king advances from E8 to E7.

From F3 to E4, Mon T.'s pawn swallows Slug's bishop.

Slug sets the pawn on F4, watching every square. A clean strike: Mon T.'s pawn topples the pawn on D5.

From the dark, Slug pushes the king to F8, and right after that mon T.'s king takes F2, leaving E1 behind. Slug answers by moving the king from F8 to G7; then mon T. slides the pawn across the board, from D2 to D4.

With dungeon cunning, Slug brings the king to F8. From D4 to C5, Mon T.'s pawn swallows Slug's pawn.

Slug's king advances from F8 to G7. A clean strike: Mon T.'s pawn topples the pawn on B6.

Slug sets the pawn on F3, watching every square, and right after that without hurry or fear, Mon T. places the pawn on B7. From the dark, Slug pushes the king to H7.

Promotion: on B8, Mon T. turns a pawn into a queen.

Slug answers by moving the king from H7 to G7. From B8 to B5, Mon T.'s queen swallows Slug's pawn.

With dungeon cunning, Slug brings the king to F6. With a steady hand, Mon T. brings the pawn to D6, while slug's king advances from F6 to E6.

Mon T. advances the queen from B5 to C6. Check from Slug: the pawn plants itself on G3.

A clean strike: Mon T.'s pawn topples the pawn on G3.

From the dark, Slug pushes the king to E5. From F2 to F3, Mon T.'s king swallows Slug's pawn.

Slug answers by moving the king from E5 to E6. Mon T. gives check with the pawn on D7.

With dungeon cunning, Slug brings the king to F7. Promotion: on D8, Mon T. turns a pawn into a queen.

Slug's king advances from F7 to G7. Check: Mon T. tightens the net by bringing the queen to D7.

Slug sets the king on F8, watching every square. And it is checkmate: Mon T. ends the game on C8.