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r4r1k/ppp1Nppp/3p4/8/4P3/5n2/PPP2P2/1K1R3R w - - 0 20
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bg4 9. O-O-O Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ne5 11. Qe2 Nfd7 12. h4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Ne5 14. Qe2 Bxg5+ 15. hxg5 Qxg5+ 16. Kb1 Qf4 17. Nd5 Qxf3 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Qxf3 Nxf3 *
h1h7 h8h7 d1h1 f3h4 h1h4
Rxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Nh4 Rxh4#
anastasiaMate attraction endgame kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
5rk1/pp1n3p/2pb2p1/3p3q/3P2Q1/1NP2P1n/PPB3KP/R3R3 b - - 13 29
1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 f6 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Bg5 Ne4 10. Bh4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nf6 12. c3 Qd6 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qf4 15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. Qe2 Qg5+ 17. Kh1 Nf4 18. Qf1 Nd7 19. Nb3 Bd6 20. Bc2 Qh4 21. Qg1 Nh3 22. Qg2 Nxf2+ 23. Kg1 Nh3+ 24. Kf1 Nf4 25. Qf2 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Rf8 27. Qg3 Qh5 28. Qg4 Nh3+ 29. Kg2 *
h5g4 f3g4 f8f2 g2h3 f2h2
Qxg4+ fxg4 Rf2+ Kxh3 Rxh2#
fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
7k/pp3pbp/8/7K/5PQ1/4r2P/8/7q w - - 0 36
1. e4 c5 2. d3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8. g4 e6 9. Nc3 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Ndxe5 13. Qb3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qh4+ 15. Kd1 Nd4 16. Qc4 Nxf3 17. Qxc5 Bxg4 18. Bd2 Nxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Bf5 20. Rag1 Rad8 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Qxf5 Qf2+ 24. Kc1 Qxb2+ 25. Kd1 Qb1+ 26. Kd2 Qxa2+ 27. Ke3 Rfe8+ 28. Kf3 Qc2 29. Rg3 Rxd3+ 30. Kg4 Qe2+ 31. Kh4 Rxg3 32. Kxg3 Re3+ 33. Kh4 Qf2+ 34. Kh5 Qf3+ 35. Qg4 Qxh1 *
g4c8 e3e8 c8e8 g7f8 e8f8
Qc8+ Re8 Qxe8+ Bf8 Qxf8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
r5k1/p2Q1ppp/8/8/3R4/7P/P1q1rPP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 29
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Qf3 Nf6 6. Bb3 Bd6 7. d4 c6 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. O-O Bxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Bf4 Qxb2 12. Re1+ Be6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Be5 Ng4 15. Bd4 Qa3 16. h3 Nh6 17. Ne2 Nf5 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Bc3 c5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd7 Qb2 24. Rab1 Qxc2 25. Rxb7 Qd2 26. Rbb1 Rfe8 27. Rbd1 Qc2 28. Rxd4 Rxe2 *
d7d8 a8d8 d4d8 e2e8 e1e8
Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Re8 Rexe8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r4bk1/1b3p1p/4p1p1/1p4B1/2pPR2Q/2P5/1P3PPP/6K1 b - - 0 25
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Nbd2 c4 8. Bc2 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. a4 Qc7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Bg5 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh6 Bf8 23. Qh4 Qd5 24. Be4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 *
a8a1 g5c1 a1c1 e4e1 c1e1
Ra1+ Bc1 Rxc1+ Re1 Rxe1#
endgame kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3
5r1k/2Q4p/3p4/p1p5/P1PpBq2/1P1P4/4K1R1/8 b - - 3 38
1. e4 e5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 Bg4 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Be2 Nd4 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Bxg4 c6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O Qh4 14. g3 Qg5 15. h4 Qf6 16. Rb1 c5 17. Ne2 a5 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. b3 Qe5 20. a4 g6 21. f4 Qe7 22. Kg2 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Re1 Qc7 25. Bh3 Qc6+ 26. Qf3 Qc7 27. Qh5 Kh8 28. Bxf5 Rf6 29. Be4 Rg8 30. Qd5 Qg7 31. Rg1 Qxg3+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Rxg1 34. Rxg1 Qh2+ 35. Rg2 Qxh4 36. Qxb7 Qxf4 37. Qb8+ Rf8 38. Qc7 *
f4e3 e2d1 f8f1 d1c2 e3c1
Qe3+ Kd1 Rf1+ Kc2 Qc1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
8/8/pp5k/2p2QpN/1n6/4q2P/1P4PK/8 w - - 1 38
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Na5 4. Bb3 Nxb3 5. axb3 b6 6. d4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. c4 Nb4 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 O-O 14. Re1 d6 15. Nc3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 dxe5 18. Qg3 Rfe8 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Nb5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Qd3 Nb4 23. Qe4 a6 24. Nc3 Qe6 25. Ne2 f5 26. Qh4 Qxb3 27. Ng3 Qe6 28. Rd1 e4 29. Rd8 e3 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. fxe3 Qxe3+ 32. Kh2 g5 33. Qc4+ Kh8 34. Qf7 h5 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qxf5+ Kg7 37. Nxh5+ Kh6 *
f5f6 h6h5 g2g4 h5h4 f6h6
Qf6+ Kxh5 g4+ Kh4 Qh6#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
7r/5k2/4r3/p3p3/3n2p1/8/PB3PPP/3R1RK1 b - - 1 33
1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. Bd2 b5 4. Nc3 b4 5. Ne4 Bf5 6. Ng3 Bg6 7. Nf3 f6 8. Nh4 Bf7 9. Ne4 Bxd5 10. Ng3 e5 11. e3 a6 12. Bd3 c4 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 d5 15. Ng3 Nc6 16. O-O Nge7 17. Qf3 Qd7 18. c3 a5 19. Qe2 g5 20. Nf3 h5 21. Nxg5 fxg5 22. e4 Bg7 23. Nxh5 bxc3 24. bxc3 g4 25. Nxg7+ Kf7 26. Nf5 Nxf5 27. exf5 Qxf5 28. Rad1 Rae8 29. Bc1 d4 30. Qxc4+ Qe6 31. Qxe6+ Rxe6 32. cxd4 Nxd4 33. Bb2 *
d4e2 g1h1 h8h2 h1h2 e6h6
Ne2+ Kh1 Rxh2+ Kxh2 Rh6#
anastasiaMate attraction endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
4rr2/1Q1R2pk/p4qpp/1pP5/1P6/P7/5PPP/5RK1 b - - 2 27
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 Nc6 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Bxc5 Qxc5 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nge7 9. exd5 exd5 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Qd6 12. c4 b5 13. c5 Qc7 14. Qc2 Ng6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Nbd2 Bf5 17. Qc3 a6 18. Rae1 h6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Kh7 21. Rxd5 Be6 22. Rd6 Bf5 23. Qd4 Qf7 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Rd7 Qf6 26. Qxe4 Rae8 27. Qb7 *
f6f2 f1f2 e8e1 f2f1 e1f1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Re1+ Rf1 Rexf1#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
5Q2/8/6p1/p1p3kp/2P5/PP2q1PP/3p2K1/8 w - - 3 43
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. c3 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 c5 18. b3 Qc7 19. Rac1 a5 20. c4 d4 21. Qd3 Qxe5 22. Re1 Qf6 23. a3 e5 24. f3 Re8 25. Re4 g6 26. Rce1 Ra6 27. f4 Rae6 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. g3 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 Qb6 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Qb5 Qa7 34. Qc6 h5 35. Qd5 Qb6 36. Qe5+ Kh7 37. Qe8 Qe6 38. Qb5 Qe3+ 39. Kg2 d3 40. Qb7 d2 41. Qxf7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kg5 *
h3h4 g5g4 f8c8 e3e6 c8e6
h4+ Kg4 Qc8+ Qe6 Qxe6#
endgame long mate mateIn3 queenEndgame
5rk1/pQ2R1b1/5q1p/8/3N4/8/PP3PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 25
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nc3 Be6 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 Bf7 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. Qc2 Qe8 12. c5 Nbd7 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Nxd6 Qd8 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Bxg6+ Kg8 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Qc4 Qxg6 20. Qxd5+ Qf7 21. Qxd7 Qxf4 22. Qxb7 Rad8 23. Rxe7 Qf6 24. Rde1 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 *
f6f2 g1h1 f2f1 e1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r4rk1/pp2n1b1/3N2pp/4pq2/4Q3/2P5/PP4PP/R1B1R1K1 b - - 5 19
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 h6 6. d4 d6 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Bxe5 9. f4 Bg7 10. e5 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Qd3 Ne7 15. Qe4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Na3 O-O 18. Nc4 Qf5 19. Nd6 *
f5f2 g1h1 f2f1 e1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2r3k1/pp3qpp/2b2pN1/b1p1pP1Q/P3P3/2P2R2/2r3PP/2B1R1K1 w - - 0 24
1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 Bxb4 4. f4 d6 5. Bc4 Qe7 6. f5 Nh6 7. Qh5+ Nf7 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. c3 Ba5 12. a4 c6 13. d4 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Nbd2 Rc8 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 O-O 18. Nh4 Bc6 19. Rae1 Rfd8 20. Rf3 Rd2 21. Bc1 Rc2 22. Ng6 Qd7 23. Bxf7+ Qxf7 *
h5h7 g8h7 f3h3 h7g8 h3h8
Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh3+ Kg8 Rh8#
attraction kingsideAttack long master mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
8/1p6/4rkr1/p1Q5/8/P3P1B1/1P1q3P/6K1 w - - 3 37
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c4 a5 7. a3 Nc6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Ne4 Qxd3 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxc4 16. Qh3 Qe6 17. Qh4 Rad8 18. Rac1 Rd6 19. Bg5 Qf5 20. g4 Qe4 21. Rc3 f5 22. f3 Qd5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Rg6+ 26. Bg3 Kh8 27. Qf4 Ne5 28. Rxc7 Qd3 29. Rxh7+ Kxh7 30. Qh4+ Kg7 31. Qf4 Ree6 32. Rc1 Qd2 33. Rc7+ Nf7 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qxf5+ Ke7 36. Qc5+ Kf6 *
c5f8 f6g5 f8f4 g5h5 f4h4
Qf8+ Kg5 Qf4+ Kh5 Qh4#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
r2qr3/p1pn1RpB/1pk1p2p/8/2PPb2P/8/PP1N2P1/2KR4 w - - 0 26
1. e4 e6 2. Qh5 Be7 3. f4 Nf6 4. Qxf7+ Kxf7 5. e5 Nh5 6. d4 Rf8 7. Be2 Nxf4 8. Bxf4 Kg8 9. Be3 d6 10. Nf3 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bf6 12. Nf3 b6 13. c3 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Nd7 15. O-O-O Rb8 16. h4 Ra8 17. Bc4 Re8 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Bd5 20. Bd3 h6 21. Bh7+ Kf8 22. Rhf1+ Ke7 23. Rf7+ Kd6 24. Nge4+ Kc6 25. c4 Bxe4 *
h7e4 c6d6 c4c5 b6c5 d2c4
Bxe4+ Kd6 c5+ bxc5 Nc4#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
2r1k2r/1b2npp1/p3p2p/1p2p1P1/4P2P/1PqQ1P2/P1P1B3/2KR3R w k - 0 19
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bb7 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Qd2 d6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. f3 Be7 13. h4 h6 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. g5 Bb4 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Qd3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qxc3 *
d3d7 e8f8 d7d8 c8d8 d1d8
Qd7+ Kf8 Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8#
backRankMate fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
6k1/1R3ppp/1p1r4/p2P4/4rP2/P3P3/KP1B1b2/8 w - - 3 38
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. O-O e6 7. a3 Bd6 8. h3 O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 e5 11. d5 e4 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Ba2 Bc8 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. f4 Nd3 17. Rc2 Kh8 18. Bc4 Rg8 19. g4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Qb1 Bf3 22. Bxd3 Qg4+ 23. Kf2 Qg2+ 24. Ke1 exd3 25. Rf2 Qg3 26. Rc1 Be7 27. Qxd3 Bh4 28. Qf1 Bg2 29. Qe2 Rge8 30. Kd1 Qxf2 31. Qxf2 Bxf2 32. Kc2 Be4+ 33. Kb3 a5 34. Ka2 Rad8 35. Nxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxc7 Kg8 37. Rb7 Rd6 *
b7b8 d6d8 b8d8 e4e8 d8e8
Rb8+ Rd8 Rxd8+ Re8 Rxe8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
3r2k1/pp3rpp/2p3q1/8/4Q1b1/8/P5PP/4RR1K w - - 0 24
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 d6 11. Nf4 Ne5 12. Nh5 c6 13. Bb3 Qh4 14. f4 Bg4 15. Qc2 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Qxh5 17. fxe5 Rad8 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. e5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Rae1 Qh5 22. Qe4 Qg6 23. Bxf7+ Rxf7 *
e4e8 d8e8 e1e8 f7f8 f1f8
Qe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Rf8 Rfxf8#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r3k1r1/ppR2pB1/3Pp3/8/5P2/1P5Q/q4RPP/7K b q - 0 25
1. d4 c6 2. e3 d5 3. b3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bb2 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be4 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. exd4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 h5 14. Bf3 h4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 h3 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qc6 19. Qf3 Qxc2 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Qg3 Nf6 22. Rac1 Qxa2 23. Rc7 Ne4 24. Qxh3 Nf2+ 25. Rxf2 *
a2b1 c7c1 b1c1 f2f1 c1f1
Qb1+ Rc1 Qxc1+ Rf1 Qxf1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
7k/1p4qp/4p3/Pb1pRp1Q/3P1P1P/1r6/5P1K/2B5 b - - 2 42
1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. Bd3 Nf5 9. Bb1 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd3 g6 12. a3 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. b4 Rac8 17. Bb2 Nce7 18. Qd2 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. g3 Bf6 21. Nf4 Nf5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Re1 Bg5 24. Re2 Qd6 25. Rae1 Rc4 26. Re5 Rfc8 27. Qe3 Rc2 28. Ba1 a5 29. bxa5 Ra2 30. h4 Bh6 31. Qf3 Rxa3 32. Qh5 Bxf4 33. gxf4 Kh8 34. Kh2 Rg8 35. Bb2 Rb3 36. Bc1 Qb4 37. Rd1 Be8 38. Qe2 Bb5 39. Qh5 Qe7 40. Rg1 Rxg1 41. Kxg1 Qg7+ 42. Kh2 *
b3h3 h2h3 b5f1 h3h2 g7g2
Rh3+ Kxh3 Bf1+ Kh2 Qg2#
attraction endgame exposedKing long master mate mateIn3 sacrifice
6k1/r3b1p1/pp2p2r/3q2NQ/3p1P2/7P/1PP4K/6R1 w - - 3 28
1. e4 b6 2. f4 Bb7 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 e6 5. d4 c5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bxc6+ Bxc6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Be3 Nf5 11. dxc5 Nxe3 12. Qe2 Nxf1 13. Rxf1 Bxc5+ 14. Kh1 d4 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Qe1 Qxa2 19. Qh4 h6 20. g4 Ra7 21. g5 Be7 22. Qh5 Qc4 23. Rg1 hxg5 24. h3 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Nxg5 Qd5+ 27. Kh2 Rh6 *
h5f7 g8h8 f7e8 e7f8 e8f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qe8+ Bf8 Qxf8#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
8/2Nb1r2/1p1p3p/1P4k1/2P5/R3P1nP/6P1/3B2K1 b - - 0 38
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Qd5 Nb4 8. Qd2 a5 9. h3 Nh6 10. Nc3 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. a3 O-O 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Be2 Nf5 15. O-O d6 16. Nd5 Bxd2 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Nxd2 Bd7 19. b4 a4 20. b5 h6 21. Rfd1 Nh4 22. Bd3 g5 23. Bg3 Nf5 24. Bh2 b6 25. Bc2 a3 26. Ne4 Rf7 27. Ng3 Nh4 28. Nh5 Raf8 29. Bg3 Be6 30. Bb3 Nf5 31. Rf1 Kh7 32. Rxa3 Kg6 33. Bd1 Bd7 34. f4 gxf4 35. Nxf4+ Kg5 36. Nd5 Nxg3 37. Rxf7 Rxf7 38. Nxc7 *
f7f1 g1h2 g5h4 e3e4 f1h1
Rf1+ Kh2 Kh4 e4 Rh1#
endgame fork long mate mateIn3
2rR4/R4ppk/5n1p/8/8/4PN2/5PPP/6K1 b - - 0 29
1. b4 d6 2. Bb2 c6 3. e3 e5 4. a4 Qc7 5. c4 Nf6 6. b5 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rc1 Qd8 12. d4 h6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Na3 O-O 16. Rd2 Ne4 17. Rd3 Nec5 18. Rdd1 Nxa4 19. Qc2 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Nf6 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 cxb5 24. cxb5 Rfe8 25. Nf3 a6 26. bxa6 bxa6 27. Rxa6 Kh7 28. Ra7 Red8 29. Rxd8 *
c8c1 d8d1 c1d1 f3e1 d1e1
Rc1+ Rd1 Rxd1+ Ne1 Rxe1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
8/5p1p/p1b1pB1k/2b1P3/1pp1PPPK/8/PPB5/3r4 w - - 0 30
1. c4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bd2 a6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bb3 c5 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. f3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. e4 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Rfd8 19. h3 b4 20. Bd2 g6 21. Bg5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Kg7 23. Bf6+ Kh6 24. g4 Ra7 25. Kg2 Bc6 26. Kg3 g5 27. h4 gxh4+ 28. Kxh4 Rd7 29. f4 Rxd1 *
g4g5 h6g6 f4f5 e6f5 e4f5
g5+ Kg6 f5+ exf5 exf5#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
8/2R3pk/8/6PK/8/8/8/3r4 w - - 1 51
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bd7 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Re1 Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ne5 b5 11. a4 a6 12. axb5 cxb5 13. Bxa8 h6 14. Nxd7 Nbxd7 15. Bg2 Ng4 16. h3 Ngf6 17. Rxa6 Nh7 18. Ra5 Ndf6 19. Rxb5 Ng5 20. h4 Nge4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. f3 Nxc3 23. Qa4 Nxb5 24. Qxb5 Qxd4+ 25. Kg2 f5 26. e3 Qc3 27. Rd1 Qc2+ 28. Rd2 Qxc1 29. Qb2 Qe1 30. Re2 Qa5 31. e4 c3 32. Qb3 fxe4 33. fxe4 Re8 34. Rc2 Qe5 35. Rxc3 Qxe4+ 36. Kh3 Qh1+ 37. Kg4 Qe4+ 38. Kh3 Qf5+ 39. Kh2 Qf2+ 40. Kh3 Qf1+ 41. Kg4 Kh7 42. Qc2+ Kh8 43. Rc7 Qf5+ 44. Qxf5 exf5+ 45. Kxf5 Rf8+ 46. Kg6 Rf6+ 47. Kh5 Kh7 48. g4 Rd6 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Rd1 *
g5g6 h7h8 c7c8 d1d8 c8d8
g6+ Kh8 Rc8+ Rd8 Rxd8#
endgame long mate mateIn3 rookEndgame
8/5pkp/1R4p1/3r1PP1/8/5K2/8/8 w - - 1 50
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. d5 Nce7 6. Be2 Qd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qd3 Bg6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. O-O-O c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Qa6 Rd8 13. Nxe5 Qe6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Qxc6+ Qd7 16. Bb5 Be7 17. e5 Nh5 18. exd6 Bf6 19. Rhe1 Qxc6 20. Bxc6+ Kf8 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 g6 23. Bc5 Kg7 24. Bc6 Rc8 25. d7 Rxc6 26. Re8 Rxc5 27. Rxh8 Kxh8 28. g4 Nf4 29. d8=Q+ Bxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Rd7 Ne2+ 32. Kd2 Ng1 33. Rxa7 Nf3+ 34. Ke3 Ne5 35. f4 Nc4+ 36. Kd3 Nxb2+ 37. Kd4 Rxc2 38. a4 Rd2+ 39. Ke5 Rd3 40. Ke4 Ra3 41. a5 Rxh3 42. a6 Ra3 43. Ra8 Nc4 44. a7 Nb6 45. Rb8 Ra4+ 46. Kf3 Rxa7 47. Rxb6 Re7 48. f5 Rd7 49. g5 Rd5 *
f5f6 g7h8 b6b8 d5d8 b8d8
f6+ Kh8 Rb8+ Rd8 Rxd8#
endgame long mate mateIn3 rookEndgame
r3r1k1/1p1n1pp1/p1p3p1/3qB3/3P3R/1P5P/P2Q1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 4 25
1. e4 e6 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Ne2 c6 7. Be3 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nd2 Re8 10. Nf3 Nf8 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Rxe2 Bd6 15. Bf4 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Rae1 Nf8 19. h3 Qd7 20. b3 a6 21. c4 Ne6 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Re4 Nc5 24. Rh4 Nd7 *
h4h8 g8h8 d2h6 h8g8 h6g7
Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh6+ Kg8 Qxg7#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame pin sacrifice
2r2r1k/1b3Bpp/pp2Q3/4N3/P4P2/2P5/1P3qPP/R6K w - - 0 24
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Qc2 a6 11. e4 Rc8 12. Qb3 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd6 16. Ndc4 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qd6 18. f4 c4 19. Bxc4 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Nxe4 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Qe6 Nf2+ 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 *
e5g6 h7g6 e6h3 f2h4 h3h4
Ng6+ hxg6 Qh3+ Qh4 Qxh4#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r4rk1/pppq1p1p/1bn3p1/7Q/1P3R2/P3P1P1/1B1P2KP/RN6 w - - 0 16
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Ne2 Bc5 7. a3 Be6 8. b4 Bb6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O Qd7 11. f4 exf4 12. Nxf4 Nxf4 13. Rxf4 Bh3 14. Qh5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 g6 *
h5h7 g8h7 f4h4 h7g8 h4h8
Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh4+ Kg8 Rh8#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
7r/pp2bk2/5p2/3q4/8/2B3Pp/PPP1Q2P/4RRK1 b - - 4 23
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. O-O Qf6 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. d4 Bd7 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qb6+ 10. Kh1 Be6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Nxf7 Nf6 13. e5 Qxf7 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Qe2+ Be7 16. Bf4 h5 17. Bxc7 h4 18. Nc3 h3 19. g3 Rc8 20. Be5 Rxc3 21. Bxc3 Qd5+ 22. Kg1 Kf7 23. Rae1 *
e7c5 c3d4 c5d4 f1f2 d5g2
Bc5+ Bd4 Bxd4+ Rf2 Qg2#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame pin
6k1/p3Pb1p/3p2p1/4P3/8/4rQP1/7P/q4B1K w - - 0 31
1. e4 c5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bg7 8. Nbc3 O-O 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bd2 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. f3 Nf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Kh1 Rc8 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Ne2 Ne8 17. Bf4 f5 18. Nxd4 fxe4 19. fxe4 Qb6 20. Be3 Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qxa2 23. Rxb7 Ba4 24. Qg4 Rc3 25. Ne6 Qa1 26. Rxg7+ Nxg7 27. Qf3 Nxe6 28. dxe6 Be8 29. e7 Bf7 30. e5 Rxe3 *
f3a8 f7e8 a8e8 g8g7 e8f8
Qa8+ Be8 Qxe8+ Kg7 Qf8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
8/3R1p2/BkP1p1p1/1P5p/P7/8/1rR2PPP/6K1 b - - 0 40
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qa5+ 6. c3 Qxe5+ 7. Ne2 d6 8. Nd2 e6 9. Nc4 Qc5 10. Nxd6+ Ke7 11. Bf4 Be5 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. Nxc8+ Kf6 14. Nd6 Nc6 15. Nc4 Qb5 16. Nd4 Qg5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qf3+ Kg7 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. O-O Rad8 21. Be2 h5 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Nxe3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Bf3 Rd2 26. b4 Rc2 27. Rfc1 Rd2 28. Bxc6 Rc8 29. b5 a6 30. Bb7 Rc7 31. Bxa6 Rb2 32. c4 Rd7 33. c5 Rdd2 34. Rf1 Kf8 35. c6 Rdc2 36. a4 Ke7 37. Rac1 Kd6 38. Rfd1+ Kc7 39. Rd7+ Kb6 40. Rxc2 *
b2b1 c2c1 b1c1 d7d1 c1d1
Rb1+ Rc1 Rxc1+ Rd1 Rxd1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
3B1r1k/pp4p1/1pn4p/4p3/1P2R3/PQP5/3q1PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 22
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. O-O Nd4 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Nxe5+ dxe5 8. Qxg4 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bb4 10. d3 Rf8 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Na4 Kg8 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. c3 Nc6 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Qxd3 19. Rfe1 Nxe4 20. Re3 Qd2 21. Rxe4 Rad8 22. Bxd8 *
d2f2 g1h1 f2f1 a1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5k2/3b1ppp/p1p1p3/4P3/8/3P4/q1P2RPP/5RK1 w - - 0 23
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3 Be7 9. Na4 O-O 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Qe2 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Qa5 13. b3 Bd7 14. Rae1 Rab8 15. Re2 Bf6 16. Ref2 Rb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Rxa4 20. bxa4 Qxa4 21. Qxc5 Qxa2 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 *
f2f7 f8e8 f7f8 e8e7 f1f7
Rxf7+ Ke8 Rf8+ Ke7 R1f7#
endgame fork long mate mateIn3
5rk1/4b1p1/3qp3/2p1npN1/1pPpBQ1R/rP1P3P/5P2/2R3K1 w - - 2 32
1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Qc2 b5 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. e4 Qa5 13. Bc3 b4 14. Ba1 Qb6 15. h3 Bh5 16. Bd4 c5 17. Be3 d4 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. e5 Nd7 21. g4 Bg6 22. Rfe1 a5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 a4 25. Qd2 axb3 26. axb3 Ra8 27. g5 hxg5 28. Nxg5 Ra3 29. Rh4 Nxe5 30. Be4 f5 31. Qf4 Qd6 *
h4h8 g8h8 f4h4 h8g8 h4h7
Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh4+ Kg8 Qh7#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2b2rk1/p4pp1/2pp3p/5q1Q/Np1r4/1P5R/1PP3R1/6K1 w - - 0 28
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nge7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 d6 7. Na4 Bxe3 8. fxe3 Na5 9. Bb3 c6 10. Nc3 b5 11. O-O Qb6 12. Qe2 Ng6 13. d4 Bg4 14. Rfd1 Nh4 15. h3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bxh3 17. f4 Nxb3 18. axb3 exd4 19. exd4 Rae8 20. Qh5 Be6 21. f5 Bc8 22. Rd3 b4 23. Na4 Qb5 24. Rh3 h6 25. Rf1 Rxe4 26. Rf2 Rxd4 27. Rg2 Qxf5 *
g2g7 g8g7 h5h6 g7g8 h6h8
Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qxh6+ Kg8 Qh8#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
3Q3Q/p7/5rk1/5q1p/8/2P5/P4PPP/3R2K1 b - - 0 34
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. cxd5 Bb4 8. e4 f5 9. Qh5+ Kf8 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. d6 fxe4 12. Bc4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qb7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rab1 Qg7 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. Qh4 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 f5 20. d7 Qe7 21. Qh6+ Qg7 22. Qd6+ Qe7 23. Qxc6 Rd8 24. Qh6+ Qg7 25. Qd6+ Qe7 26. Qc6 h5 27. Be6 Kg7 28. Bxf5 Rh6 29. Qxe4 Qg5 30. Qxe5+ Rf6 31. Qe7+ Kh6 32. Qxd8 Qxf5 33. Qh8+ Kg6 34. d8=Q *
f5f2 g1h1 f2f1 d1f1 f6f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
R7/3rkpp1/1Q5p/2p5/4n3/1P1q4/6PP/4R1K1 b - - 3 25
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 Be6 6. fxe5 Nxe5 7. Bb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 Nfg4 11. Nf3 c5 12. Nc3 h6 13. Nd5 Nf6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qxb2 17. Bxd6 b6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Qf4 Qxc2 21. Rxa7 Qxd3 22. Qc7 Rd7 23. Qxb6 Nxe4 24. Ra8+ Ke7 25. Re1 *
d3e3 e1e3 d7d1 e3e1 d1e1
Qe3+ Rxe3 Rd1+ Re1 Rxe1#
clearance endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
5k2/2p2p1p/1p1q2p1/3p1p2/2n5/8/1P3PPP/2Q1R1K1 w - - 4 27
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 Ne7 6. Bg5 Nbc6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. c5 Qd7 10. cxb6 axb6 11. Nb5 O-O 12. O-O Nf5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Qd2 Na5 15. a4 Nc4 16. Qc1 Ba6 17. Bf6 Bxb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Bxf6 20. exf6 Qxb5 21. Qc1 Qc6 22. Ne5 Qxf6 23. Nd7 Qxd4 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Rd1 Qe5 26. Re1 Qd6 *
c1h6 f8g8 e1e8 d6f8 e8f8
Qh6+ Kg8 Re8+ Qf8 Rxf8#
endgame killBoxMate long mate mateIn3
3r2k1/pp3r1n/4pqN1/3pQ3/8/7R/PPP2PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 21
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Ne2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf4 Be7 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Re3 Nc6 14. Rh3 Rf7 15. Ne2 Rd8 16. Nf4 Ne5 17. Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qxe5 Qf6 21. Nxg6 *
f6f2 g1h1 f2f1 a1f1 f7f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
4rr1k/p1p3pp/1p1p4/3Q2N1/8/2P1q3/PP3RPP/5RK1 b - - 3 20
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Qb3 Bb7 10. Nxc6 Bxe3 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. fxe3 Qxe4 13. Bxf7+ Kh8 14. Rf2 Qxe3 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rae8 18. Raf1 d6 19. Nf3 Qe3 20. Ng5 *
e3f2 f1f2 e8e1 f2f1 e1f1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Re1+ Rf1 Rexf1#
clearance kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
1r3rk1/p4pp1/2Q1p3/6NR/3q2P1/1P6/2P5/1K6 w - - 0 30
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bd2 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be2 e6 9. g3 Bd6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Ne4 15. Qb4 Ndf6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. Qb3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Nf2 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. h4 Nxh1 22. Rxh1 Qg3 23. Qxb7 O-O 24. Ng5 Qxe3+ 25. Kb1 Rab8 26. Qxc6 Qxa3 27. b3 Qb4 28. h5 gxh5 29. Rxh5 Qxd4 *
h5h8 g8h8 c6h1 h8g8 h1h7
Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh1+ Kg8 Qh7#
attraction endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
rnb2rk1/5ppp/p7/3N3Q/3R4/2pK4/2P1BPqP/8 w - - 0 22
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 a6 8. O-O-O b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qe3 c4 11. Be2 Qa5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 b4 15. Nd5 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxa2 17. Rd4 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qxh1 19. Qh5 c3+ 20. bxc3 bxc3+ 21. Kd3 Qxg2 *
d5e7 g8h8 h5h7 h8h7 d4h4
Ne7+ Kh8 Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh4#
anastasiaMate attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r3r1k1/pp3pb1/2np1n2/4p1N1/1P2N3/P3P2Q/4KPPP/7q w - - 1 23
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. dxc5 Qa5+ 4. Nd2 Qxc5 5. Ngf3 d6 6. e3 g6 7. a3 Bg7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. b4 Qc7 10. Bd3 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bxg5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Bg4 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Bh5 Bxc2 17. Qf3 Bxb1 18. Qh3 Qc1+ 19. Ke2 Qxh1 20. Bf3 Nc6 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Ndxe4 Rfe8 *
e4f6 g7f6 h3h7 g8f8 h7f7
Nxf6+ Bxf6 Qh7+ Kf8 Qxf7#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
2k4r/ppp5/7p/4p1p1/5q2/3Q4/PP3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 22
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Bxe7 Nxe7 5. e3 Nf5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2 g5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qe7 12. c4 Qxe5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Rad1 O-O-O 16. Nb3 Qe5 17. Nc5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 f4 19. exf4 Qxf4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qd3 e5 *
d3d7 c8b8 d7d8 h8d8 d1d8
Qd7+ Kb8 Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r2kn2Q/2p2rR1/p2p2N1/3Pp3/2q3B1/7P/Pp3P2/1K6 w - - 0 32
1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 Bg4 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nce7 8. h3 Bd7 9. Qd2 f5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O-O Ng6 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. g3 h6 17. Nf3 a6 18. Rdg1 b5 19. g4 b4 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Nh4 Qd7 22. Rxg6+ Bxg6 23. Rg1 bxc3 24. Rxg6+ Kf7 25. Qxh6 Ke7 26. Rg7+ Rf7 27. Ng6+ Kd8 28. Bg4 cxb2+ 29. Kb1 Qb5 30. Qh8+ Ne8 31. c4 Qxc4 *
h8e8 d8e8 g7g8 f7f8 g8f8
Qxe8+ Kxe8 Rg8+ Rf8 Rxf8#
attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5k1B/1p3r1p/3p2p1/3P4/1Pq5/P6P/2r2PP1/Q3R1K1 w - - 9 31
1. c4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O cxd5 12. cxd5 Nc5 13. b4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bd7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qd2 e4 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Nxf5 Bxc3 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qa2 Bxa1 23. Qxa1 Rc2 24. Bxa7 Qc7 25. Bd4 e3 26. Bxe3 Qc4 27. Bd4 Rd2 28. Bh8 Rf7 29. Rc1 Rc2 30. Re1 Kf8 *
h8g7 f7g7 a1f6 g7f7 f6h8
Bg7+ Rxg7 Qf6+ Rf7 Qh8#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
7k/R5pp/4rp2/8/5K2/6P1/3r1PP1/8 w - - 0 39
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Nge2 Nc6 5. d4 Qe6 6. d5 Qd6 7. dxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Ndc3 Ba6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. O-O-O e6 12. Nd4 Bxf1 13. Rhxf1 Bb4 14. Nxc6 Bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O 16. Bd4 Nd5 17. c4 Nb6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Rd3 Nxc4 20. Rg3 f6 21. Re1 Rab8 22. Rxe6 Na3 23. Bb2 Nc4 24. Bc3 Na3 25. Nc6 Rb1+ 26. Kd2 Nc4+ 27. Kd3 Nd6 28. Re7 Rd1+ 29. Ke3 Nf5+ 30. Ke2 Rc1 31. Rxc7 Nxg3+ 32. hxg3 Rxc2+ 33. Bd2 Rxa2 34. Nd4 Rd8 35. Ke3 Ra5 36. Ne6 Re5+ 37. Kf4 Rxe6 38. Rxa7 Rxd2 *
a7a8 d2d8 a8d8 e6e8 d8e8
Ra8+ Rd8 Rxd8+ Re8 Rxe8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 rookEndgame
R2R4/2p1rp1k/2p1b2p/8/4PB2/2P4P/p1P4K/r7 w - - 0 28
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. f3 d5 10. Bg5 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bg4 15. Rd4 Rab8 16. O-O Rb2 17. h3 Be6 18. Rf2 Rxa2 19. Rfd2 h6 20. Bf4 Re7 21. Rd8+ Kh7 22. g4 a5 23. Kh2 a4 24. g5 a3 25. gxh6 gxh6 26. Ra8 Ra1 27. Rdd8 a2 *
d8h8 h7g6 a8g8 g6f6 h8h6
Rh8+ Kg6 Rag8+ Kf6 Rxh6#
deflection endgame long mate mateIn3
r5k1/ppRQ1ppp/1r3q2/8/8/P3P3/5PPP/5RK1 w - - 4 21
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. a3 Re8 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ba2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxb2 17. Rc7 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. O-O Rb6 20. Qd7 Qf6 *
c7c8 a8c8 d7c8 f6d8 c8d8
Rc8+ Rxc8 Qxc8+ Qd8 Qxd8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
6rk/2R2Qpp/8/1p1p1p2/3Pp1n1/RPB1Pq2/5P2/4K3 b - - 0 33
1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be2 b5 6. cxb5 axb5 7. d4 Bf5 8. O-O e6 9. b3 Bb4 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. Qc1 O-O 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Rfc8 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Ne1 Qc7 19. Rdc1 Bxh2+ 20. Kf1 Bd6 21. Nc2 f5 22. Nb4 Bxb4 23. Qxb4 Qh2 24. Qe7 Nf6 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Rxc6 Re8 27. Qf7 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxg2 29. Rc7 Rg8 30. Bc3 Qf3+ 31. Ke1 Ng4 32. Ra2 Rxa3 33. Rxa3 *
f3f2 e1d1 g4e3 d1c1 f2c2
Qxf2+ Kd1 Nxe3+ Kc1 Qc2#
attackingF2F7 long mate mateIn3 middlegame
6k1/p3prb1/1p2P1Q1/8/3B4/P1P1p3/4q1PP/R5K1 b - - 0 32
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Bc4 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qd2 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 Bh6 16. Qe3 b6 17. Ne2 Qc7 18. c3 Rf7 19. Qh3 Bg7 20. Qxe6 Qb7 21. Qh3 Nc5 22. Rad1 Ne4 23. Ng3 Qa6 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. a3 Qe2 26. Qe6 Qxb2 27. f5 Rf8 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Qxg6 Qe2 31. Ra1 e3 32. e6 *
e2f2 g1h1 f2f1 a1f1 f7f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2k2r2/pp1n2p1/2p2q2/8/1PP4p/PQ5P/R3rPPB/5RK1 b - - 3 26
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Be2 Bg4 5. d4 Bxe2 6. Ngxe2 Qa5 7. Bd2 e6 8. O-O Nf6 9. a3 Qh5 10. Bf4 c6 11. Bg3 Nbd7 12. Qd3 Be7 13. Nf4 Qa5 14. b4 Qb6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxd6 O-O-O 19. Qxe6 Qxd4 20. Bg3 Rde8 21. Qb3 Re2 22. c3 Qf6 23. c4 h5 24. h3 h4 25. Bh2 Rf8 26. Ra2 *
f6f2 f1f2 e2e1 f2f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Re1+ Rf1 Rfxf1#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2r3k1/1p4pp/p2pp3/1b1P2q1/4P3/5Q1P/PP3RPK/8 w - - 0 26
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nc6 4. d5 Nce7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Be3 Ng6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nf4 10. Qd2 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Ng4 12. h3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Bd7 14. Rac1 c6 15. Qd3 cxd5 16. cxd5 Rc8 17. Ne2 Bg5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxf4 a6 22. Qf3 Bb5 23. Rf2 Rc1+ 24. Kh2 Rc8 25. Ne6 fxe6 *
f3f7 g8h8 f7f8 c8f8 f2f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r1bq2kr/pppnb1pp/5n2/4N3/3p4/2P5/PP3PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w - - 1 10
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Be7 6. e5 dxe5 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Nxe5+ Kg8 9. c3 Nbd7 *
d1b3 f6d5 b3d5 g8f8 d5f7
Qb3+ Nd5 Qxd5+ Kf8 Qf7#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 opening
5r2/p3Q3/1p4pk/n7/3P4/P4q2/1P4RP/4b2K w - - 4 30
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Qc2 b6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Bb7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a3 Bf6 12. Be3 Na5 13. Bd3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qd5 16. Nd2 Bh4 17. Rf1 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Qxe3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Rg1 g6 21. Rg2 Bf2 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Rd1 Rae8 24. Ne4 Qxf3 25. Rf1 Rxe4 26. Qxc7 Re1 27. Rxe1 Bxe1 28. Qe5+ Kh7 29. Qe7+ Kh6 *
e7g5 h6h7 g5g6 h7h8 g6h6
Qg5+ Kh7 Qxg6+ Kh8 Qh6#
endgame long mate mateIn3
1k3qr1/p1p5/1P2Q3/1R4Bp/3pP1nP/3P4/2P2rP1/1R4K1 b - - 0 27
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. h3 Nf6 5. a3 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Nc3 Bd7 8. Na4 Qe7 9. Nxc5 dxc5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. b4 g5 12. bxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qf8 14. Qb1 h5 15. Bxg5 Qg7 16. h4 Rdg8 17. Qb3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bxf7 Rf8 20. Be6 Bxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kb8 22. Rab1 Ng4 23. Rb5 Rhg8 24. Rfb1 b6 25. a4 Rxf2 26. a5 Qf8 27. axb6 *
f2g2 g1g2 f8f2 g2h3 f2h2
Rxg2+ Kxg2 Qf2+ Kh3 Qh2#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
4r1k1/pb4pp/8/1Q6/4q3/2P1N3/PP4PP/4R2K b - - 2 26
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Bg5 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Qxd5 Bb7 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Qb4 17. Ng3 e4 18. c3 Qe7 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 f4 22. Nf1 e3 23. fxe3 Qe4 24. Qe2 fxe3 25. Nxe3 Re8 26. Qb5 *
e4g2 e3g2 e8e1 b5f1 e1f1
Qxg2+ Nxg2 Rxe1+ Qf1 Rxf1#
discoveredAttack endgame long mate mateIn3 pin sacrifice
3r1rk1/1b4p1/p3p1Qp/1p2P3/2pq4/P1R5/1P3PPP/1B3RK1 b - - 0 22
1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Ne7 11. Ngf3 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. a3 Nb6 14. Rc1 Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Ba2 Bb7 17. Bb1 Qb6 18. Rc3 Rad8 19. Qc2 Ng6 20. Nh4 Qxd4 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 *
d4f2 f1f2 d8d1 f2f1 d1f1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Rd1+ Rf1 Rdxf1#
clearance kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
4r2k/2p2p2/2p2rp1/3p2Q1/p2PqP2/P3B1Rp/1P2NP1P/6K1 b - - 3 34
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 O-O 6. c3 Re8 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb4 9. Bd2 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Rxe4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bxb4 a5 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Bc3 Ba6 15. Nf1 Be2 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 a4 18. a3 Qf6 19. Qd3 d5 20. Ng3 Re6 21. Kh1 Rae8 22. Rg1 g6 23. Nh5 Qh4 24. Ng3 Rf6 25. Bd2 Kh8 26. Be3 Qh3 27. f4 Qg4 28. Qe2 Qh3 29. Qf3 h5 30. Qg2 Qe6 31. Ne2 h4 32. Qg5 h3 33. Rg3 Qe4+ 34. Kg1 *
e4b1 e3c1 b1c1 e2c1 e8e1
Qb1+ Bc1 Qxc1+ Nxc1 Re1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
1rbR1nk1/2q2r1p/4p2P/1p2b3/4P3/PP2PQ2/1P4P1/5RK1 w - - 2 30
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. h3 Nxe3 8. fxe3 g6 9. Bc4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qf3 e6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. h4 Ne5 15. Qg3 b5 16. a3 Bd7 17. h5 Rab8 18. Nce2 a5 19. Nf4 Rfe8 20. Qh4 a4 21. h6 Bh8 22. Nh5 gxh5 23. Qxh5 Ng6 24. Qf3 Bc8 25. Nf5 axb3 26. Nxd6 Rf8 27. cxb3 Be5 28. Nxf7 Rxf7 29. Rd8+ Nf8 *
f3g4 g8h8 d8f8 f7f8 f1f8
Qg4+ Kh8 Rxf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
deflection kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame xRayAttack
3Q4/p4k1p/1p6/2p2PQ1/3p3P/4r1PK/PP1qr3/2R2R2 b - - 0 34
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. d3 d6 5. g3 f5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Nge2 fxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Bh3 12. Bg2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. f4 Qd7 16. h3 d5 17. Qb3 Qc6 18. cxd5 Qd6 19. f5 Kh8 20. Nf4 Bf6 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Ne6 Rf7 23. Ng5 Rfe7 24. Ne4 Qa6 25. Rc1 b6 26. d6 Re5 27. Nxf6 gxf6 28. Qf7 Qxd3 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. h4 Re2+ 31. Kh3 R8e3 32. Qg5+ Kf7 33. d7 Qd2 34. d8=Q *
e2h2 h3g4 d2e2 f1f3 e2f3
Rh2+ Kg4 Qe2+ Rf3 Qxf3#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
2bkr3/R2n1p2/1pBbq3/6p1/Q6p/B1P5/5PPP/3R1K2 b - - 5 25
1. e4 c5 2. a3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. axb4 Nxb4 5. c3 Nc6 6. d4 d5 7. Na3 e5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nb5 Kd8 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. O-O g5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Bb2 Rg8 16. Nxa7 b6 17. Re1 Bg7 18. Qc2 Qe6 19. Be4 Rxa7 20. Rxa7 Bxe5 21. Rd1 h5 22. Qa4 h4 23. Bc6 Bd6 24. Ba3 Re8 25. Kf1 *
e6e2 f1g1 e2e1 d1e1 e8e1
Qe2+ Kg1 Qe1+ Rxe1 Rxe1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
3rk2r/1Q2bppp/p3p3/4P3/3N1n2/P4P1b/1P5P/3R2K1 w k - 1 25
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O dxe5 10. dxe5 Be7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Bf4 Nb4 15. Rac1 Nxd3 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxc7 N3xf4 18. Qd2 Bb4 19. Qc2 Nxc7 20. Qxc7 Bc6 21. a3 Be7 22. Nd4 Bxg2 23. f3 Bh3 24. Qxb7 Rd8 *
b7e7 e8e7 d4c6 e7f8 d1d8
Qxe7+ Kxe7 Nc6+ Kf8 Rxd8#
attraction deflection discoveredAttack fork long master mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
1r4k1/Q4ppp/4p3/P2p4/2p5/1q4P1/7P/5R1K w - - 0 34
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Qb6 6. O-O cxd4 7. c3 Nge7 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc3 Nfxd4 10. Be3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Qc7 12. b3 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bd6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Kh1 a6 17. Rfe1 O-O 18. Rac1 Qd8 19. Qd3 Qh4 20. g3 Qf6 21. Ne2 Bc6 22. Kg1 Rac8 23. Nd4 Be5 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Qxa6 Bd4 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Qc3 29. Rf1 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 c5 31. a4 Qxb3 32. a5 Rb8 33. Qa7 c4 *
a7f7 g8h8 f7f8 b8f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r3r1k1/p1p2p1p/2Q3p1/8/8/2B1qP2/PP3nPP/1R3RK1 b - - 4 23
1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Qd3 g6 4. Be2 Bf5 5. Qb5+ Nbd7 6. Qxb7 Bxc2 7. Bb5 Bg7 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Qxd5 O-O 10. Ne2 Bd3 11. Nf4 e6 12. Qc6 Bxb1 13. Rxb1 Nf6 14. O-O Re8 15. Bd2 e5 16. Ne2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne4 18. Bb4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Qxd4 20. Bc3 Qd3 21. f3 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Nf2+ 23. Kg1 *
f2h3 g1h1 e3g1 f1g1 h3f2
Nh3+ Kh1 Qg1+ Rxg1 Nf2#
doubleCheck kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice smotheredMate
5r1k/p5bp/1p2B1p1/8/4Q3/1P6/q4PPP/3R2K1 b - - 2 25
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. d4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Be4 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 d5 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxd4 17. b3 b6 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Rd5 Qa3 20. Rfd1 Qxa2 21. Rd7 e6 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Qxa8+ Rf8 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Qe4 *
a2f2 g1h1 f2f1 d1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
4rr1k/1p1R4/p2R1qpp/2p5/8/1P4PP/2Q2P2/1B4K1 b - - 1 33
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 d5 6. g3 dxc4 7. Nxc4 O-O 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O Ng4 10. h3 Nf6 11. Nfe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Nd5 13. e4 Ne7 14. Qa4 f6 15. Nd3 e5 16. Rad1 exd4 17. Nc5 Nc6 18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. Nb3 a6 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Qe7 22. Rc1 c6 23. Rcd1 Be6 24. Qc3 Bxa2 25. b3 Qf7 26. R4d3 h6 27. Qb2 f5 28. Qxa2 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Rae8 30. Rd7 Qf6 31. Bb1 c5 32. Qc2 g6 33. R1d6 *
e8e1 g1h2 f6f2 c2f2 f8f2
Re1+ Kh2 Qxf2+ Qxf2 Rxf2#
deflection long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r1b2bk1/p4ppp/1p1q4/2pP4/2B1r3/6P1/PP3QPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 19
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b6 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Bf4 Bf8 12. Rad1 Nh5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Qf2 Qe7 17. Nb5 Rxe4 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 *
f2f7 g8h8 f7f8 d6f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qxf8+ Qxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate deflection long mate mateIn3 middlegame
5r1k/PQN2q2/3p3p/4pn2/8/2PP4/5RPp/R6K b - - 0 33
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. a5 Ba7 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nbd2 Qf6 14. Bd5 g4 15. Bh4 Qg6 16. Ng1 Be6 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. b5 axb5 19. Qxb5 Nd8 20. Bxb7 f5 21. Bd5 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Qf7 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. O-O Nef4 25. Nxf4 Nxf4 26. Qb7 Ng6 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Nxe8 Nxh4 29. Nxc7 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 g3 31. a6 Nf5 32. a7 gxh2 33. Rxf2 *
f5g3 h1h2 f7h5 h2g1 h5h1
Ng3+ Kxh2 Qh5+ Kg1 Qh1#
long master mate mateIn3 middlegame
8/1R4pp/6k1/2B1pN2/4P3/2PB1nPK/r7/8 b - - 8 35
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nf3 c6 6. c5 Na6 7. O-O Nc7 8. a3 Ncd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. a4 d6 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. a5 b6 15. axb6 axb6 16. Ra7 c5 17. Rd1 Nd5 18. Ba3 f4 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Qc4 fxg3 21. hxg3 Bb7 22. e4 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Ne3 24. Rxd8 Nxc4 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Bxc5+ Ke8 27. Nd4 e5 28. Nf5 Kf7 29. Bf1 Nd2 30. Nd6+ Kg6 31. Rxb7 Ra8 32. Bd3 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Ra2 34. Kh3 Nf3 35. Nf5 *
f3g5 h3h4 a2h2 h4g4 h7h5
Ng5+ Kh4 Rh2+ Kg4 h5#
endgame long master mate mateIn3
2r1k2r/Q4ppp/5B2/1b6/4p3/1B2P3/P2q1PPP/R5KR b k - 0 22
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. e3 e5 7. Nf3 e4 8. Nd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb4 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Bd7 14. Qd6 Rc8 15. Bb3 Rxc3 16. Bb2 Rc6 17. Qe5+ Qe7 18. Qb8+ Rc8 19. Qxa7 Qb4+ 20. Kf1 Bb5+ 21. Kg1 Qd2 22. Bxf6 *
c8c1 a1c1 d2c1 b3d1 c1d1
Rc1+ Rxc1 Qxc1+ Bd1 Qxd1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
4rr1k/6b1/1p4R1/pP1Q3p/3P4/2P5/1P1q1PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 31
1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Qd2 Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rfe1 Nb6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 c6 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. Qg5 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Nd4 Ng4 17. Nb5 Nxh6 18. Qxh6 e6 19. c3 b6 20. d4 Ba6 21. Bc2 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qf6 23. Re3 Bg7 24. Qh3 h5 25. Rf3 Qg5 26. Rg3 Qd2 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Rxg6 Rf8 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Rf1 Rae8 31. Qxd5 *
d2f2 f1f2 e8e1 f2f1 e1f1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Re1+ Rf1 Rexf1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r5k1/1p1b2pp/1pn1p3/3nP1B1/2q5/2P2Q2/PP4PP/5R1K w - - 6 20
1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 Bc5 3. d4 Bb6 4. e4 d6 5. Bc4 Ne7 6. O-O d5 7. e5 dxc4 8. Kh1 O-O 9. c3 f6 10. Nh4 fxe5 11. fxe5 Nd5 12. Nd2 Qxh4 13. Nxc4 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc4 15. Rxf8+ Kxf8 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Bg5 Nc6 18. Qf3+ Kg8 19. Rf1 Bd7 *
f3f7 g8h8 f7f8 a8f8 f1f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5rk1/4p2p/2Qq2p1/1B1pb3/1p6/3RB3/P1P3PP/6K1 b - - 0 26
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Rc8 11. Nd4 Be6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qd2 a6 14. Rad1 b5 15. f4 b4 16. Nb1 Nxe4 17. Qd3 d5 18. Qxa6 Bxb2 19. Bb5 Qd6 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 Bc3 22. Rd3 e5 23. fxe5 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rf8+ 25. Kg1 Bxe5 26. Qxc6 *
e5h2 g1h1 f8f1 e3g1 f1g1
Bxh2+ Kh1 Rf1+ Bg1 Rxg1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
1rk3r1/pb6/4pp1q/Q1p5/2Bp4/6P1/PRP2P1P/5RK1 b - - 4 27
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bg5 d5 8. e5 h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Bxg7 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Qxg5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. O-O Qxc3 16. Bd3 Qc5 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. Qg7 Qf8 19. Qe5 Kd7 20. Rb2 f6 21. Qg3 Rg8 22. Qf3 c5 23. Bb5+ Kc7 24. Qa3 d4 25. g3 Qh6 26. Qa5+ Kc8 27. Bc4 *
h6h2 g1h2 g8h8 h2g1 h8h1
Qxh2+ Kxh2 Rh8+ Kg1 Rh1#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
6k1/3nbrpp/2q2pN1/4pP2/2p5/4P1RQ/2r3PP/2B2RK1 w - - 2 25
1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bg4 5. b3 Qb6 6. Bxc6+ Qxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bb2 e6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe1 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Nd7 13. Qg3 f6 14. Nh4 b5 15. Qh3 a5 16. Rf3 a4 17. Raf1 axb3 18. axb3 Ra2 19. Bc1 Rxc2 20. Rg3 c4 21. bxc4 bxc4 22. f5 e5 23. dxc4 dxc4 24. Ng6 Rf7 *
h3h7 g8h7 g3h3 h7g8 h3h8
Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh3+ Kg8 Rh8#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
rn4k1/pR3rpp/2p5/8/6B1/8/PPPq1PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 24
1. e3 d5 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ne5 Qf6 5. d4 exd3 6. Nxd3 Be6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O Ne7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qd4 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. Bg4 Bd5 13. Bf4 Qc6 14. Nb4 Qc4 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Re1+ Ne7 17. Qf3 c6 18. Re4 Qd5 19. Rae1 O-O 20. Rxe7 Qc5 21. Rxb7 Qa5 22. Bd2 Qxd2 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7 *
e1e8 f7f8 g4e6 g8h8 e8f8
Re8+ Rf8 Be6+ Kh8 Rxf8#
deflection long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r1b4Q/p2k4/2n1R1p1/1B1p1pN1/3P4/8/PPP2qP1/1K6 b - - 0 34
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 f6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 c6 8. h4 d5 9. Bh6 dxe4 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h5 Rh8 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. O-O-O b5 16. Rxh8 Qxh8 17. Ng5 Nf6 18. Re1 Qg8 19. Ne2 Ne8 20. Nf4 Nc7 21. Qb4 Kf6 22. Nf3 Ncd5 23. Nxd5+ cxd5 24. Qxb5 Qh8 25. Qc5 Bb7 26. Qd6 Bc8 27. Ne5 Qh6+ 28. Kb1 Qd2 29. Nf3 Qxf2 30. Qe5+ Kf7 31. Ng5+ Ke8 32. Qh8+ Kd7 33. Bb5+ Nc6 34. Rxe6 *
f2g1 b5f1 g1f1 e6e1 f1e1
Qg1+ Bf1 Qxf1+ Re1 Qxe1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
5r1k/1pp3b1/1n2Q1P1/pN6/P4P2/2P5/1P1K4/q7 w - - 2 35
1. Nc3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. d3 O-O 7. h4 e5 8. Nf3 Nb6 9. Bb3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Qf6 12. f3 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. a4 a5 15. Qe2 Nf5 16. Rh3 h6 17. Nb5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Qc6 19. c3 e4 20. dxe4 dxe4 21. f4 e3 22. h5 Rad8 23. hxg6 Rd2 24. Qh5 Rfd8 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxf5 Rf8 27. Qh5 Rd8 28. Qf5 Rf8 29. Qd3 Qxg2 30. Rxe3 Qg1+ 31. Qf1 Qxe3+ 32. Qe2 Qg1+ 33. Kd2 Qxa1 34. Qe6+ Kh8 *
e6h3 g7h6 h3h6 h8g8 h6h7
Qh3+ Bh6 Qxh6+ Kg8 Qh7#
endgame exposedKing fork long mate mateIn3
r5k1/5ppp/p5r1/4p3/2Q1P1q1/2P1B1P1/PP5P/5RK1 w - - 3 27
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. c3 c4 6. Qa4 a6 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. g3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Rg1 e6 13. Bg2 Bd3 14. f3 Be7 15. e4 O-O 16. Rd1 Re8 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 c5 19. Be3 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc5 21. Kf2 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 e5 23. Be3 dxe4 24. fxe4 Qg4 25. Qxc4 Re6 26. Kg1 Rg6 *
c4f7 g8h8 f7f8 a8f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
3Q4/q2R1pkp/6p1/pp2rr2/8/P7/1P3PPP/5RK1 b - - 4 28
1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. O-O Rc8 9. Rb1 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc5 Rxc5 12. Re1 Nh6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. Be4 a5 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. c3 Rc4 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Rxd4 20. Bf3 Nf5 21. Bg4 Rxd5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Rf1 Rc8 24. Qxe7 Rcc5 25. Rbd1 Rce5 26. Qxd6 Qa7 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Rd7 *
a7f2 f1f2 e5e1 f2f1 e1f1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Re1+ Rf1 Rexf1#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2k2r2/1pp2q2/3b4/1P2p3/3pN1p1/3P2Pn/2PBR1QP/5R1K b - - 0 38
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Be6 5. O-O Qd7 6. Nbd2 O-O-O 7. e4 d4 8. Re1 f6 9. b3 g5 10. Bb2 h5 11. Nf1 h4 12. Qd2 hxg3 13. fxg3 Bh3 14. Qe2 Qh7 15. a3 Bxg2 16. Qxg2 g4 17. Nh4 Nge7 18. Nd2 Ng6 19. Nf5 Nce7 20. Nxe7+ Bxe7 21. Rf1 Qh6 22. Rf2 Nf8 23. Raf1 Ne6 24. Re2 Ng5 25. Rfe1 Rhf8 26. Bc1 Nh3+ 27. Kh1 Qg6 28. Nf1 f5 29. exf5 Rxf5 30. Nd2 Bd6 31. Ne4 Rdf8 32. a4 Bb4 33. Bd2 Bd6 34. Rb1 a6 35. b4 Qf7 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Rf1+ 38. Rxf1 *
f7f1 g2f1 f8f1 h1g2 f1g1
Qxf1+ Qxf1 Rxf1+ Kg2 Rg1#
hookMate kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r3r2k/1R4Rp/8/p7/2pP4/4n3/2q3PP/5Q1K w - - 3 27
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. Nge2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. f4 a6 8. f5 c5 9. Ng3 c4 10. Be2 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bf3 a5 13. Nxb5 exf5 14. Nxf5 Ne4 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nf6 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Ba3 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Qxc3 21. Rb1 Qxa3 22. Rxb7 Qxa4 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Rfxf7 Qxc2 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Qf1 Ne3 *
g7g8 e8g8 f1f6 g8g7 f6g7
Rg8+ Rxg8 Qf6+ Rg7 Qxg7#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r5k1/1pQ2rpp/2p5/3p4/1P4b1/2q5/P5P1/5RK1 w - - 0 28
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. c3 Qf6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O Ne5 9. Be2 c6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Nd2 d5 12. f4 N5g6 13. e5 Qh4 14. N2f3 Qg4 15. h3 Qg3 16. Qd2 Bxh3 17. Rf2 Nf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Qe3 Qxf4 21. Qxb6 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Re1 Bc8 24. Ref1 Qxc3 25. Qc7 Be6 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 *
c7f7 g8h8 f7f8 a8f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
4r1k1/1pq3p1/p3p2p/5p2/3R4/P6Q/1P2RPPP/6K1 b - - 0 25
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 a6 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qd7 16. Ng5 f5 17. Qh4 h6 18. Nf3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Be7 20. Qh3 Bf6 21. Bc3 Qc7 22. Re2 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 *
c7c1 d4d1 c1d1 e2e1 d1e1
Qc1+ Rd1 Qxd1+ Re1 Qxe1#
endgame fork long mate mateIn3
1bq3k1/1p3ppp/2p4r/p1Pp4/1P1N4/P3P2b/5QP1/R4R1K w - - 0 33
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. h3 Ngxe5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O a5 10. a3 Ra6 11. Nd5 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. b3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Rg6 15. Bb2 d6 16. Nf4 Rf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Rfb1 c6 20. Nc3 Re6 21. Ne4 Ba7 22. b4 Bb8 23. Rd1 Rg6 24. Ng3 Be6 25. c5 d5 26. Ne2 Qc8 27. Kh1 Rf6 28. Qh5 Rxf2 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. Qh4 Rf6 31. Rf1 Rh6 32. Qf2 Bxh3 *
f2f7 g8h8 f7f8 c8f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Qxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
8/1p2k2r/4p3/1p1pKp1r/2pP3P/P1P1P2R/1P5R/8 b - - 3 43
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Be2 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Rc8 10. h3 e6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. f3 Bg6 15. Kf2 f6 16. Bh2 Be7 17. g4 O-O 18. h4 h5 19. gxh5 Bxh5 20. Rhg1 Kf7 21. f4 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 Rh8 23. Bg3 f5 24. Rh1 Rh5 25. Rh3 Rch8 26. Rah1 b5 27. a3 R8h6 28. Kf3 Rg6 29. Bf2 Rg4 30. R1h2 Rg6 31. Rg2 Rgh6 32. Rgh2 g5 33. fxg5 Bxg5 34. Bg3 Be7 35. Bf4 Rh8 36. Bg3 Ke8 37. Be5 R8h7 38. Bg3 Kd7 39. Bf2 Kc6 40. Bg3 Bd6 41. Bxd6 Kxd6 42. Kf4 Ke7 43. Ke5 *
f5f4 e5f4 h5f5 f4g4 h7g7
f4+ Kxf4 Rf5+ Kg4 Rg7#
attraction discoveredAttack endgame long mate mateIn3 rookEndgame
4r1k1/ppr2ppp/1np1P3/3p4/q7/2P5/PP4PP/4RR1K w - - 0 28
1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Be2 e5 5. O-O Qc7 6. c3 Be7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Nh4 Nc5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Qd7 12. f4 Qxf5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. d4 Qe3+ 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Bg4 Nb6 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Qc2 Qe2 20. Qb3 Qc4 21. Qa3 d5 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxg4 24. Rae1 Qa4 25. Qd6 Rad8 26. Qc7 Rd7 27. e6 Rxc7 *
e6f7 c7f7 e1e8 f7f8 f1f8
exf7+ Rxf7 Rxe8+ Rf8 Rfxf8#
advancedPawn discoveredAttack endgame fork long mate mateIn3
kr6/p2Q4/5R2/P2p4/4p1p1/6P1/5PKP/3q4 b - - 2 39
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 h6 14. Qe2 hxg5 15. Re1 Be6 16. dxe6 f6 17. Re3 c6 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. g3 O-O-O 20. b4 d5 21. Bf1 Kb8 22. Rc3 Rc8 23. a4 Qd6 24. Qb1 Rh6 25. Bg2 f5 26. Rc5 g4 27. Rec1 Rxe6 28. b5 Ka8 29. a5 Rb8 30. Qa1 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxc5 32. Qxg7 Nc8 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Qd7 Nd6 35. Re6 Ne4 36. Bxe4 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 fxe4 38. Rxc6 Qd1 39. Rf6 *
d1f3 f6f3 e4f3 g2f1 b8b1
Qf3+ Rxf3 exf3+ Kf1 Rb1#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
8/1p6/p1bB4/1k6/6R1/P5K1/r7/8 w - - 18 82
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Bf5 7. Qa4 d3 8. e3 Be4 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Bf5 11. e4 Be6 12. Rd1 Ne7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Rxd3 Qc8 15. Be2 Ng6 16. Be3 Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rd2 Rd8 19. O-O Rd6 20. Rxd6 cxd6 21. Rd1 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxc4 24. Rxd6 Re8 25. f3 h6 26. Kf2 a6 27. Bd4 Bb5 28. Bc3 Bc6 29. g3 Kf8 30. Bb4 Kg8 31. Bc3 g6 32. h4 h5 33. Ke3 Kf8 34. Bb4 Kg8 35. Kf4 Kg7 36. Bc3+ Kf8 37. g4 hxg4 38. Kxg4 f5+ 39. exf5 gxf5+ 40. Kxf5 Bxf3 41. Bb4 Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kg8 43. Kf4 Bc6 44. Re7 Rf8+ 45. Kg5 Rf3 46. Rc7 Rg3+ 47. Kf4 Rf3+ 48. Kg4 Rf6 49. Kg5 Rf1 50. Bc3 Rg1+ 51. Kf4 Rf1+ 52. Kg3 Rf3+ 53. Kg4 Rf1 54. Rc8+ Kf7 55. Bb4 Rg1+ 56. Kf4 Rf1+ 57. Kg3 Rg1+ 58. Kf2 Rg2+ 59. Ke3 Rxb2 60. Rf8+ Kg6 61. Rg8+ Kh7 62. Rb8 Rb3+ 63. Kf4 Rh3 64. Kg5 Rg3+ 65. Kf4 Rf3+ 66. Kg4 Re3 67. Rd8 Re4+ 68. Kg3 Kg6 69. Rd6+ Kh5 70. Rf6 Re3+ 71. Kf2 Rh3 72. Rf5+ Kxh4 73. Be7+ Kg4 74. Rg5+ Kf4 75. Bd6+ Ke4 76. Rg4+ Kd3 77. Rg5 Rf3+ 78. Kg2 Kc4 79. Kh2 Rf2+ 80. Kg3 Ra2 81. Rg4+ Kb5 *
g4b4 b5a5 d6c7 b7b6 c7b6
Rb4+ Ka5 Bc7+ b6 Bxb6#
endgame long mate mateIn3
2r1kr2/pQ1b2pp/8/3pN3/3Pn2q/8/PP3PPP/RN3RK1 b - - 2 17
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ d5 11. Ne5+ Ke8 12. Qxb4 Qh4 13. O-O Rf8 14. Qb5+ c6 15. Nxc6 Bd7 16. Qxb7 Rc8 17. Ne5 *
h4f2 f1f2 c8c1 f2f1 c1f1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Rc1+ Rf1 Rcxf1#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
rnb2bkr/pppp2pp/8/4N3/5P1q/2P3n1/PP1P3P/RNBQK2R w KQ - 0 9
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 5. Nxe5+ Kg8 6. c3 Qf6 7. f4 Qh4+ 8. g3 Nxg3 *
d1b3 d7d5 b3d5 c8e6 d5e6
Qb3+ d5 Qxd5+ Be6 Qxe6#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 opening
4r3/pb3k2/3q2p1/6Q1/3p4/P2Br3/1PP3PP/R5RK b - - 0 30
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd2 Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Qe1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qh5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxb5 d4 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. e6 Bf6 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Qg3 Re7 23. Bd6 Re3 24. Qf2 Rce8 25. Qf4 Qd5 26. Rg1 Bg5 27. Qf5 Qxd6 28. Qxh7+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ g6 30. Qxg5 *
d6h2 h1h2 e8h8 g5h4 h8h4
Qxh2+ Kxh2 Rh8+ Qh4 Rxh4#
attraction long master masterVsMaster mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
4r1k1/pp5p/6p1/8/8/2P3B1/PP1q1PPR/Q3NK2 b - - 2 30
1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 O-O 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nh5 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Ne4 Nc6 11. Nf6+ Nxf6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Nb4 14. h4 Qc6 15. c3 Qe4+ 16. Be2 Nc2+ 17. Kf1 Nxa1 18. Qxa1 e5 19. h5 Qc2 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Bxe5 Re8 22. Bc4+ Be6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Bxc7 Qd3+ 25. Kg1 Rae8 26. Bf4 Qc2 27. Rh2 Re2 28. Bg3 Re1+ 29. Nxe1 Qd2 30. Kf1 *
d2e2 f1g1 e2e1 a1e1 e8e1
Qe2+ Kg1 Qxe1+ Qxe1 Rxe1#
backRankMate deflection endgame long mate mateIn3
5rk1/1pq2p2/p5p1/3Q2Pp/4P1bP/2PB4/2PK4/RR6 b - - 0 26
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. g4 Rc8 13. h4 h5 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Ne5 17. f4 Qa5 18. fxe5 Rxc3 19. exd6+ Kg8 20. bxc3 Qxa2+ 21. Kc1 exd6 22. Kd2 Qa5 23. Bd3 Bg4 24. Ra1 Qc7 25. Rhb1 d5 26. Qxd5 *
c7f4 d2e1 f4e3 d3e2 e3e2
Qf4+ Ke1 Qe3+ Be2 Qxe2#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
3k2r1/pp2pQ2/3p3p/2pPP3/2P2P2/P3q2P/R6K/5R2 b - - 0 27
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Qc2 c5 10. d5 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bg7 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. O-O Bd7 16. a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 O-O-O 18. e4 Rdg8 19. e5 gxf4 20. gxf4 Rg3 21. Bf5 Qxc3 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Qf5+ Kd8 24. Qxf7 Rhg8 25. Ra2 Qe3+ 26. Kh2 Rh3+ 27. gxh3 *
e3g3 h2h1 g3h3 a2h2 h3f1
Qg3+ Kh1 Qxh3+ Rh2 Qxf1#
deflection endgame fork long master mate mateIn3
5r1k/p3Npbp/3p1Pp1/8/1p2PQP1/2r4P/q1P2Rn1/6K1 w - - 0 29
1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Ne1 Nc6 8. f4 Bg4 9. Nf3 Nd4 10. h3 Nxf3+ 11. Rxf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Rb8 13. d3 b5 14. g4 b4 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Rc1 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bg7 19. f5 Ne5 20. Qg3 Qa5 21. d4 Qxa2 22. Rf1 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Rbc8 24. Rf2 Rc3 25. Qf4 Nc4 26. Nc6 Nxe3 27. Nxe7+ Kh8 28. f6 Nxg2 *
f6g7 h8g7 f4f6 g7h6 e7f5
fxg7+ Kxg7 Qf6+ Kh6 Nf5#
advancedPawn attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame pin
1r3r2/2p2pk1/3p2p1/3P2Rn/ppB4q/3Q1P2/PPP5/1K4R1 w - - 0 24
1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nge2 a6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qd2 e5 7. O-O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bd4 Nf6 11. f3 O-O 12. Kb1 b5 13. g4 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 a5 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. h4 h5 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rhg1 Qf6 21. Rg5 a4 22. Rdg1 Qf4 23. Qd3 Qxh4 *
g5g6 f7g6 d3g6 g7h8 g6h6
Rxg6+ fxg6 Qxg6+ Kh8 Qh6#
long master mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2r5/pp3k1r/3p2p1/3Np1Q1/4P3/1n3P2/2q3P1/5RK1 w - - 2 30
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxg7+ Kf8 8. Bh6 Kg8 9. Qf3 d6 10. Qg3 Bg4 11. f3 Nd4 12. h3 Nxc2+ 13. Kd2 Nxa1 14. hxg4 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Bc4 Qa3 17. Rb1 Rc8 18. Bb3 Nxb3+ 19. Ke1 Qxa2 20. Rd1 Qc2 21. g5 Qxc3+ 22. Kf1 Qc4+ 23. Kg1 Nh5 24. Nxh5 f6 25. Nxf6+ Kf7 26. Nd5 Qc2 27. g6+ hxg6 28. Rf1 Rxh6 29. Qg5 Rh7 *
g5e7 f7g8 d5f6 g8h8 e7h7
Qe7+ Kg8 Nf6+ Kh8 Qxh7#
fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame