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5r1k/ppp1R2p/3p4/7Q/8/8/P1q2PPP/4R1K1 b - - 1 27
1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Be3 Bg4 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Bxe5 10. O-O Ne7 11. Rad1 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nd5 O-O 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Qg4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Re4 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Nd5 Qe5 19. Qxe4 Qxb2 20. Ne7+ Kf7 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Qxf5+ Kg7 23. Rde1 Rf8 24. Re7+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qh5 Qxc2 27. Rfe1 *
c2f2 g1h1 f2f1 e1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
5rk1/p5p1/3Np2p/4P3/Q7/8/3q1PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 28
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Be6 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Bxc4 Bxc4 6. Qxc4 e6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rab1 Nb6 16. Qd3 c5 17. Nd2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. Ne4 Nc4 20. Rfc1 b5 21. a4 Na3 22. Ra1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 bxa4 24. Nd6 Qg5 25. Ra1 f6 26. Qxa3 fxe5 27. Qxa4 Qd2 28. dxe5 *
d2f2 g1h1 f2f1 a1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r1bq3r/pp1nbk1p/2n1p1p1/3pP1pQ/2pP1N2/2P5/PPB2PPP/R1B1K2R w KQ - 0 13
1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 d5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 c4 6. Bc2 Be7 7. Nd2 Nf6 8. e5 Nd7 9. Nf3 f6 10. Nf4 Kf7 11. Ng5+ fxg5 12. Qh5+ g6 *
c2g6 h7g6 h5g6 f7f8 f4e6
Bxg6+ hxg6 Qxg6+ Kf8 Nxe6#
deflection long mate mateIn3 opening
r5rk/pp3p2/4N2P/q2p4/5PQ1/1P1n4/5RP1/1K5R w - - 1 32
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Nc3 g6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Be2 e6 13. h4 Qf6 14. Qh3 h6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. h5 g5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. h6 Bxd4 19. f4 d5 20. Nxg5 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Qb4+ 22. Rd2 Qxc4 23. b3 Qc3 24. Qg4 Bf2+ 25. Kd1 Kh8 26. Rxf2 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qxa2+ 28. Kc3 Qa5+ 29. Kb2 Nb4 30. Kb1 Nd3 31. Nxe6 Rg8 *
g4g7 g8g7 h6g7 h8g8 h1h8
Qg7+ Rxg7 hxg7+ Kg8 Rh8#
advancedPawn doubleCheck exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5r2/ppp3bk/5qpp/4p1B1/4R3/2PP3Q/PP3PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 22
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 e5 5. Qh5 Qf6 6. Ne4 Qe7 7. Ng5 g6 8. Qf3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. d3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Bg7 12. O-O Nf6 13. c3 O-O 14. Qh3 h6 15. Nxe6 Kh7 16. Nxf8+ Rxf8 17. Ng3 Nd8 18. Re1 Nf7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qf6 21. Be3 Ng5 22. Bxg5 *
f6f2 g1h1 f2f1 a1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5Q2/8/kpp5/3pnp2/3b4/PP6/K1P5/4r3 w - - 4 37
1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 h6 6. h3 Bb4 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. Be3 d6 10. O-O-O a6 11. g4 Qd7 12. h4 Nxg4 13. Rhg1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 O-O-O 15. Rxg7 Bf6 16. Rgg1 Rhg8 17. Kb1 h5 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Rxg1 20. Nxg1 Nxe5 21. Bxa6 Qxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Ka2 Bxa6 24. Ne2 Re1 25. Qh6 Bxh4 26. Nc3 Bxf2 27. Qxh5 Bd4 28. Qh8+ Kb7 29. Qh3 Bc4+ 30. b3 Bd5 31. Qg3 Re3 32. Qf2 f5 33. Nxd5 exd5 34. Qg2 c6 35. Qg7+ Ka6 36. Qf8 Re1 *
f8a8 a6b5 a8a4 b5c5 a4b4
Qa8+ Kb5 Qa4+ Kc5 Qb4#
endgame fork long mate mateIn3
8/q1R2pkp/4pNp1/pQ1pP3/Pp2nP2/1P6/1P4PP/7K b - - 0 30
1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bc4 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nge2 b5 6. Bb3 a5 7. a4 b4 8. Nb1 Qb6 9. Be3 c5 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. O-O Nd4 12. Nc4 Qa7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. f3 dxe3 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Nxe3 Bxb3 17. cxb3 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Kh1 e6 20. f4 Be7 21. Rac1 O-O 22. Rc6 Rac8 23. Rfc1 Bc5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. d4 g6 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Qb5 Rc7 28. Ng4 Kg7 29. Nf6 Ne4 30. Rxc7 *
e4f2 h1g1 f2h3 g1f1 a7f2
Nf2+ Kg1 Nh3+ Kf1 Qf2#
doubleCheck endgame kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3
6k1/5pp1/1p2p2p/1P6/3PN3/6QP/4nPPK/2q5 w - - 4 35
1. e4 e6 2. d4 c6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Ng3 Be7 8. Nf3 b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Re1 Qb4 15. Rb1 N7f6 16. a3 Qd6 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. Qa4 a5 19. Nc4 Qb8 20. Qb5 Rc7 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Rfc8 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Nde4 h6 25. h3 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Rc2 27. Qd3 Rdc8 28. b5 Qf4 29. Rf1 Ra2 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Rc1+ 32. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 33. Kh2 Nf4 34. Qg3 Ne2 *
e4f6 g8h8 g3b8 c1c8 b8c8
Nf6+ Kh8 Qb8+ Qc8 Qxc8#
endgame long mate mateIn3 pin
4rrk1/2p2qp1/3b3B/p1p3R1/6Q1/2P4P/PP3PP1/5RK1 b - - 2 31
1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nc6 3. c3 e5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be2 dxe4 7. dxe4 Bd6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 Bg6 12. Ncd2 Nd7 13. Re1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nc5 17. Qc2 Ne6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Qb3 Qc8 20. Be3 Kh8 21. Rad1 b6 22. Rd5 a5 23. Nxe5 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Bd6 26. Rh5 bxc5 27. Qc4 Qe8 28. Qg4 Qf7 29. Rf1 Rae8 30. Bxh6 Kg8 31. Rg5 *
f7f2 f1f2 e8e1 f2f1 e1f1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Re1+ Rf1 Rexf1#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
7R/1qp1Pk2/6p1/Qr4B1/8/P7/5P1P/6K1 b - - 0 40
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 Bg4 5. Nf3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Qxd4 7. Be3 Qd8 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. O-O e6 10. Rad1 Qc8 11. Bb5 Bb4 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Bc1 a5 16. Qg3 Ne7 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Bg5 Nf5 19. Qg4 h6 20. Qh5 Be7 21. g4 Bxf6 22. exf6 g6 23. Qh3 h5 24. gxh5 Kg8 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rfe1 Rf7 27. Qb3 Rb8 28. Qc4 Rb4 29. Qxc6 Rb6 30. Qc5 Rh7 31. a3 Kf7 32. Re5 Rxb2 33. Qxa5 Qb7 34. Rd7+ Ke8 35. Rxh7 Rb1+ 36. Re1 Rb5 37. Rxe6+ Kf8 38. Rh8+ Kf7 39. Re7+ Nxe7 40. fxe7 *
b5b1 g5c1 b1c1 a5e1 c1e1
Rb1+ Bc1 Rxc1+ Qe1 Rxe1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
8/6pk/3NQ2p/4P3/1P3K2/r3B2P/5Pq1/8 b - - 0 45
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Nge7 7. Nc3 Nf5 8. Bb5 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Na4 Be7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nd4 Ba6 13. Nxf5 Bxf1 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Kxf1 Qc7 16. Nc5 Rad8 17. Qd4 Qb6 18. b4 Qb5+ 19. Kg1 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Rfe8 22. Bf4 Rb8 23. c3 Ra8 24. Rc1 Ra2 25. h3 Rea8 26. Nb3 h6 27. Bd2 R8a3 28. c4 dxc4 29. Nc5 c3 30. Bxc3 Re2 31. Ra1 Rxa1+ 32. Bxa1 Ra2 33. Bc3 Qe2 34. Ne4 Rc2 35. Bd2 Ra2 36. Be3 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Ra8 38. Qc5 f5 39. Nd6 Ra1 40. Qxc6 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Ra3 42. Qc5 f4+ 43. Kxf4 Qxg2 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qxe6 *
g7g5 f4f5 g2f3 e3f4 f3f4
g5+ Kf5 Qf3+ Bf4 Qxf4#
endgame long mate mateIn3
7Q/1p3q2/r3p1k1/3pb1p1/4n3/4B1P1/P4PK1/7R w - - 5 32
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 Nf6 7. d4 Nc6 8. O-O e6 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Re1 Nxd4 13. Qa4 Bc5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Ne2 Nxe2+ 16. Rxe2 Re8 17. d4 Kg8 18. Bg5 Bxd4 19. b5 Bxa1 20. h4 h6 21. Bf4 Ra8 22. g3 Ne4 23. Kg2 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Be3 a6 26. bxa6 Rxa6 27. Qb5 Qc7 28. Re1 Be5 29. Qxe8+ Kg7 30. Rh1 Qf7 31. Qh8+ Kg6 *
h8h6 g6f5 g3g4 f5g4 h6h3
Qh6+ Kf5 g4+ Kxg4 Qh3#
attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r3k2r/pp3pp1/2n1p3/2bpPn2/P4P1p/2P5/1P2Q1PP/RNB2R1K b kq - 0 16
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 Qb6 6. Ne2 Qa6 7. Qf3 e6 8. O-O c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Qg4 Nge7 11. f4 h5 12. Qf3 Nf5 13. dxc5 Bxc5+ 14. Kh1 h4 15. a4 Qxe2 16. Qxe2 *
f5g3 h2g3 h4g3 e2h5 h8h5
Ng3+ hxg3 hxg3+ Qh5 Rxh5#
discoveredAttack kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r1b2rk1/pp2bppp/1q6/3NP3/2p2P2/5B2/PPP2nPP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 2 14
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 c4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Bf3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Ne4 13. Nxd5 Nf2+ 14. Kg1 *
f2h3 g1h1 b6g1 f1g1 h3f2
Nh3+ Kh1 Qg1+ Rxg1 Nf2#
doubleCheck kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 opening sacrifice smotheredMate
r5k1/pp2rpp1/6n1/2p5/5q2/2PP3Q/P1P2P2/1K1R3R w - - 2 23
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Qf3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. g4 h6 8. g5 hxg5 9. Bxg5 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7+ 13. Nge2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. Rg1 Bxh3 16. Qxh3 Rfe8 17. Qf3 Qh4 18. O-O-O Re7 19. Rh1 Qg5+ 20. Nf4 Ne5 21. Qh3 Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 Ng6 *
h3h7 g8f8 h7h8 g6h8 h1h8
Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8+ Nxh8 Rxh8#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
4r1k1/pp1n1Rp1/2pb4/6N1/3P2Pq/1Q6/PP2rBK1/R7 b - - 1 25
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Kg2 Nbd7 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nh2 Qh4 17. Rf1 g5 18. Be1 Qh7 19. f4 exf3+ 20. Nxf3 Rxe3 21. Nxg5 Qh6 22. h4 Rae8 23. Rxf7 Re2+ 24. Bf2 Qxh4 25. Qb3 *
h4h2 g2f1 h2h1 f2g1 h1g2
Qh2+ Kf1 Qh1+ Bg1 Qg2#
exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame
5k2/K1R5/1P6/6R1/4b3/6P1/1r5P/8 b - - 0 51
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nbd7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Qf3 Bd4 14. Bf4 b5 15. Rad1 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qe7 17. cxb5 Nd5 18. Qg3 f5 19. Bd6 f4 20. Bxe7 fxg3 21. Bxf8 gxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Rxf8+ 23. Kg3 g5 24. Be4 Bxb5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rxd5 Bc4 27. Rd7 Bxa2 28. Ree7 Bb1 29. Rxa7 h5 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rxg5 Rb8 32. Rxh5+ Kg8 33. Rg5+ Kh8 34. Rc5 Rg8+ 35. Kf2 Rf8+ 36. Ke2 Re8+ 37. Kd2 Rf8 38. b4 Be4 39. g3 Rd8+ 40. Ke3 Bb1 41. Rac7 Re8+ 42. Kd4 Rd8+ 43. Ke5 Re8+ 44. Kd6 Re2 45. Rh5+ Kg8 46. b5 Rd2+ 47. Kc5 Rc2+ 48. Kb6 Rb2 49. Rg5+ Kf8 50. Ka7 Be4 51. b6 *
b2a2 g5a5 a2a5 a7b8 a5a8
Ra2+ Ra5 Rxa5+ Kb8 Ra8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
3k4/2p2p1p/R1P5/4Kp2/8/1P3r1P/8/8 w - - 3 40
1. e4 e5 2. f3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Bd6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qxf6 gxf6 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Nbc3 Nb4 10. Nd4 Be5 11. a3 Bxd4 12. axb4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 d6 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Rfe8 17. Ke2 f5 18. Ke3 d5 19. Kd4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Rxe4+ 21. Kd3 Rg4 22. g3 Re8 23. Rxa7 Rb8 24. Rf1 Kg7 25. Rf4 Rxf4 26. gxf4 Kf6 27. Kd4 Ke6 28. c4 Rd8+ 29. Kc3 Rb8 30. h3 Kd6 31. Kd4 b6 32. c5+ bxc5+ 33. bxc5+ Kc6 34. Ra6+ Kd7 35. Kc4 Re8 36. Kd4 Re4+ 37. Kd5 Rxf4 38. c6+ Kd8 39. Ke5 Rf3 *
e5f6 f3b3 a6a8 b3b8 a8b8
Kf6 Rxb3 Ra8+ Rb8 Rxb8#
endgame long mate mateIn3 rookEndgame
1r4k1/5ppp/8/5Q2/8/1P6/q5PP/5RK1 w - - 2 30
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nc3 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Rab8 18. Nd5 Qe5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. b3 Be6 21. Qxa6 Rd2 22. Qxc6 Rc8 23. Qe4 Bf5 24. Qf4 Rdxc2 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Qxa1+ 28. Rf1 Qxa2 29. Qf5 Rb8 *
f5f7 g8h8 f7f8 b8f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2rr2k1/5ppp/p1n3q1/1p1Q4/2p5/2P2N2/PP2RPPP/3R2K1 w - - 2 23
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. c3 a6 4. Nf3 b5 5. Be2 Bb7 6. d4 Bxe4 7. O-O Bxb1 8. Rxb1 Nc6 9. d5 exd5 10. Qxd5 Be7 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Qg5 O-O 13. Bd3 Ne4 14. Qe3 d5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Rc8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rbd1 Qg6 21. Qd5 c4 22. Re2 Rfd8 *
d5d8 c8d8 d1d8 c6d8 e2e8
Qxd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Nxd8 Re8#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
4r1k1/p4ppp/1pp5/8/3qr1P1/5Q2/PPP3KP/R4R2 w - - 2 20
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Be3 Bb6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 d5 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Bd3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. g4 Qd4+ 16. Kg2 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Rxe4 19. Qf3 Rae8 *
f3f7 g8h8 f7f8 e8f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2r2rk1/5q1p/pp2p3/2b3PQ/4Nn2/7R/PP3P1P/5R1K w - - 6 31
1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 c5 4. Nf3 b6 5. e4 Bb7 6. Bb5+ Nd7 7. Ne5 Nf6 8. g4 a6 9. Bc6 Bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qc7 11. g5 Ng8 12. Qf3 Rc8 13. d3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qd4 16. O-O e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qh3 Qd7 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Be5 Ng6 21. Qh5 Bd6 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. d4 O-O 24. e5 Be7 25. Kh1 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Bc5 27. Rg4 Nxe5 28. Rh4 Ng6 29. Rh3 Qf7 30. Ne4 Nf4 *
e4f6 g8h8 h5h7 f7h7 h3h7
Nf6+ Kh8 Qxh7+ Qxh7 Rxh7#
arabianMate kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r4r1k/ppp3np/2n2QpN/2q1p3/4P3/3P4/PP3RPP/5R1K w - - 3 22
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Be7 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. O-O Qd4+ 9. Kh1 Qxc4 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Nxe7+ Kh8 12. d3 Qxc2 13. Rf2 Qc5 14. Nf5 Nc6 15. Qg3 g6 16. Bh6 Rfd8 17. Raf1 Nh5 18. Qg5 f6 19. Bg7+ Nxg7 20. Qxf6 Rg8 21. Nh6 Rgf8 *
f6f8 a8f8 f2f8 c5f8 f1f8
Qxf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
8/1p2P1pk/pPp3qp/P6r/3p1n2/1Q1P1Nn1/3R2P1/4R1K1 b - - 2 39
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. b4 Bb6 11. a4 a6 12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. a5 Ba7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Ng3 Qd7 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Rad1 c6 21. c4 Qc7 22. Nf1 Rad8 23. e4 d4 24. Ng3 Nf4 25. Nf5 Rf7 26. b5 Rdf8 27. b6 Qb8 28. c5 Kh7 29. Nd6 Rd7 30. Nxe5 Rxd6 31. cxd6 Qxd6 32. Nf3 N6h5 33. e5 Qg6 34. Rd2 Nxh3+ 35. Kh1 N3f4 36. e6 Ng3+ 37. Kh2 Rf5 38. e7 Rh5+ 39. Kg1 *
h5h1 g1f2 g3e4 d3e4 g6g2
Rh1+ Kf2 Ne4+ dxe4 Qxg2#
discoveredAttack kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r5k1/2p3r1/bp1p3Q/3P3n/1PPR1N2/4pqP1/7P/1BR3K1 b - - 2 36
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Nh3 a5 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Nf2 Re8 12. Nd3 Ba6 13. b3 Qd7 14. Rc1 h6 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rfd1 Nxd3 17. Bxd3 Nh5 18. g3 Bc8 19. Nb5 Re7 20. a3 Qh3 21. Bf1 Qd7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Ba6 24. Nc3 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Bd3 Kg8 27. Ne2 e4 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Bb1 Qg4 30. Bd4 e3 31. Qc2 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Qf3 33. Qg6+ Rg7 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Nf4 *
g7g3 h2g3 f3f2 g1h1 h5g3
Rxg3+ hxg3 Qf2+ Kh1 Nxg3#
intermezzo kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
8/R5pk/1pbR1q1p/2p5/4p3/1P2Q3/P4PPP/6K1 b - - 0 30
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. e5 Re8 11. Nf3 d5 12. Be2 Ne4 13. O-O c5 14. Be3 b6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Rad1 Qf5 18. Qc1 f6 19. Bd3 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rfe1 Qf6 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. b3 h6 25. Qe3 Kh7 26. Rd2 Re8 27. Red1 Re6 28. Rd7 Bc6 29. Rxa7 Rd6 30. Rxd6 *
f6a1 d6d1 a1d1 e3e1 d1e1
Qa1+ Rd1 Qxd1+ Qe1 Qxe1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
2r3k1/pp3ppp/4p3/4P3/2q5/5Q2/PP5P/5R1K w - - 0 26
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Rd8 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. f4 Be8 15. g4 c5 16. g5 cxd4 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. exd4 Rxd4 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Bc6+ 23. Rf3 Rc8 24. Rf1 Bxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qxc4 *
f3f7 g8h8 f7f8 c8f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2k5/pbp1r3/1p2p1p1/2n3q1/8/P6Q/P1R3PP/3R3K w - - 3 24
1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. d4 Nc6 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Bxg6+ hxg6 13. Qxh8 Qg5 14. e4 Qc5+ 15. Kh1 Qxc2 16. Qh3 O-O-O 17. Na3 Qxe4 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Rfe1 Qd5 20. Rad1 Qxg5 21. Re2 Bxa3 22. bxa3 Nc5 23. Rc2 Re7 *
h3h8 e7e8 h8e8 g5d8 d1d8
Qh8+ Re8 Qxe8+ Qd8 Rxd8#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack
1k6/R5pp/1pB5/2bP4/2P4r/5r2/2P1K3/R7 b - - 10 40
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Be3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qd7 11. Rb1 O-O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Qe2 f5 14. d4 e4 15. Qa6+ Kb8 16. Be2 Ka8 17. Bb5 Nb8 18. Bxd7 Nxa6 19. Bc6+ Kb8 20. d5 Bd6 21. Rfd1 Rhf8 22. Rd4 Bc5 23. Ra4 Bxe3 24. Rxa6 Bc5 25. c4 f4 26. a4 e3 27. fxe3 Bxe3+ 28. Kh1 f3 29. gxf3 Rxf3 30. a5 Rd6 31. axb6 cxb6 32. Rba1 Rxh3+ 33. Kg2 Rh5 34. Kf3 Bc5 35. Rxa7 Rf6+ 36. Ke2 Rf2+ 37. Kd3 Rh3+ 38. Ke4 Rh4+ 39. Kd3 Rf3+ 40. Ke2 *
f3f2 e2d3 h4h3 d3e4 h3e3
Rf2+ Kd3 Rh3+ Ke4 Re3#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
r5k1/ppp3pp/8/4P3/8/P2qp1PP/1P3Q2/5RK1 w - - 0 31
1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 Qd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bh3 7. e4 Bxg2 8. Kxg2 Nf6 9. h3 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Nh4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nhf3 f5 14. Nc4 e4 15. dxe4 fxe4 16. Nfe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qe6 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Qd4 Nxf4+ 20. gxf4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qg6+ 22. Kh2 Rf3 23. Rg1 Qh6 24. Rg3 Qf4 25. Kg2 Rxg3+ 26. fxg3 Qf3+ 27. Kh2 Qe2+ 28. Kg1 Qxc2 29. Rf1 Qd3 30. Qf2 e3 *
f2f7 g8h8 f7f8 a8f8 f1f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r7/2k5/8/3P4/1B2N3/4P3/1R3PPP/6K1 b - - 0 32
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 b5 8. a4 a6 9. axb5 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Bxc4 axb5 12. Bxb5+ c6 13. Bc4 Rxa1 14. Bxa1 O-O 15. O-O Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Qc2 Nd6 18. Rd1 Qa5 19. c4 Ra8 20. Bc3 Qb6 21. d5 cxd5 22. cxd5 Nc4 23. Ng5 Nb4 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qxg7+ Ke7 26. Qxf7+ Kd6 27. Qxe6+ Kc5 28. Ne4+ Kb5 29. Qxb6+ Kxb6 30. Bxb4 Nb2 31. Rb1 Kc7 32. Rxb2 *
a8a1 b2b1 a1b1 b4e1 b1e1
Ra1+ Rb1 Rxb1+ Be1 Rxe1#
backRankMate endgame fork long mate mateIn3
3r2k1/p3r1pp/4p3/3B4/2p2P2/4Q1P1/Pq5P/3R2K1 w - - 1 33
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Na4 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Bd7 12. Nc5 Qc8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. O-O Be6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qe3 Ng4 17. Qg5 Nf6 18. Bh3 Qd7 19. Qe5 Rae8 20. Rac1 Rf7 21. Rc3 Rfe7 22. Ra3 c5 23. Qc3 c4 24. Rd1 Qd6 25. Ra4 Qb6 26. Rb4 Qc5 27. Bg2 Ng4 28. e3 Rf8 29. f4 Nxe3 30. Qd4 Qxb4 31. Qxe3 Qxb2 32. Bxd5 Rd8 *
d5e6 e7e6 e3e6 g8h8 d1d8
Bxe6+ Rxe6 Qxe6+ Kh8 Rxd8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
r1r5/6k1/3p1pp1/8/1p2P2P/1P3P1R/2PR4/Q1K5 b - - 0 26
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be3 g6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 10. Bh6 b5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. g4 b4 13. Nd5 a5 14. h4 h5 15. Nxf6 exf6 16. gxh5 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Be6 18. b3 Qc7 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bh3 Rfc8 21. Rd2 Bxh3 22. Rxh3 a4 23. Kb2 axb3 24. axb3 Qa5 25. Kc1 Qa1+ 26. Qxa1 *
a8a1 c1b2 c8a8 c2c3 a8a2
Rxa1+ Kb2 Rca8 c3 R8a2#
endgame long mate mateIn3 quietMove
4Rr2/1Qb3pp/pNp4n/P1kp4/7q/7P/1PP2PP1/R5K1 b - - 0 25
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. O-O Qf6 9. Qb4 O-O-O 10. Qb3 Kb8 11. Nc3 c6 12. a4 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Re1 Bd6 15. a5 a6 16. Na4 Nh6 17. h3 Qh4 18. Qb6 Rde8 19. Be3 Rhf8 20. Qa7+ Kc8 21. Qa8+ Kd7 22. Qxb7+ Bc7 23. Nb6+ Kd6 24. Bc5+ Kxc5 25. Rxe8 *
h4f2 g1h1 f2f1 a1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
3r1r1k/p3npb1/1p3Np1/2p1p1Pp/4P3/2Pq1Q2/P5K1/1RB4R w - - 0 30
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. Qb3 Bf5 11. d3 Qc7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ne4 b6 14. h3 Rac8 15. g4 Be6 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. g5 h5 18. h4 Nd4 19. Qd1 Nf5 20. Bh3 Nxh4 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Kh2 Qc7+ 23. f4 e5 24. f5 Nxf5 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. e4 Ne7 27. Kg2 Qd6 28. Qf3 Rcd8 29. Rh1 Qxd3 *
h1h5 g6h5 f3h5 g7h6 h5h6
Rxh5+ gxh5 Qxh5+ Bh6 Qxh6#
exposedKing kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
7k/1p2qr1p/5p1R/p3pQ2/r7/4P1R1/2P3PP/6K1 w - - 0 30
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. O-O Rc8 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Nxc6 Rxc6 11. d3 O-O 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Be7 16. Rf3 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rh3 Qe7 20. Qh5 Rf8 21. Rf1 Kh8 22. Rf4 e5 23. Rfh4 Rf7 24. Qf5 Rc7 25. Rh6 a5 26. a4 c4 27. dxc4 dxc4 28. bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rg3 Rxa4 *
h6h7 f7h7 f5c8 e7d8 c8d8
Rxh7+ Rxh7 Qc8+ Qd8 Qxd8#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
rn2r1k1/ppp2ppp/8/2NP1q2/2B5/2NPp1P1/PPP5/R1B1K2Q b Q - 0 17
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nge2 Bc5 7. Ng3 Bg4 8. Nge2 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. hxg4 Nxg4 11. Ng3 Nf2 12. Qh5 Nxh1 13. Qxh1 e3 14. d3 Qd6 15. Nge4 Qxf4 16. g3 Qf5 17. Nxc5 *
f5f2 e1d1 e3e2 c3e2 f2e2
Qf2+ Kd1 e2+ Nxe2 Qxe2#
advancedPawn exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r3r3/ppp2pk1/6p1/6P1/5B2/2P2PPK/PPQNq3/R6R b - - 0 30
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. c3 O-O 8. Qc2 Be6 9. Re1 Bd6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Rxe5 Qd6 13. Rg5 Ng4 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. h3 Qh2+ 16. Kf1 Qh1+ 17. Ke2 d4 18. hxg4 Bc4+ 19. Kf3 Bd5+ 20. Rxd5 g6 21. Bf4 Kxh7 22. Rxd4 Rfe8 23. Rd1 Qh4 24. g3 Qf6 25. Rh1+ Kg8 26. Kg2 Qc6+ 27. f3 Qb5 28. Nd2 Qe2+ 29. Kh3 Kg7 30. g5 *
e8h8 h3g4 e2e6 c2f5 g6f5
Rh8+ Kg4 Qe6+ Qf5 gxf5#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
4r1k1/p1B2ppp/1p5q/2pQ4/2Pb4/8/P3r1PN/5R1K w - - 0 33
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 7. d4 e4 8. Be2 Bb4+ 9. c3 Bd6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O Na5 12. f3 c6 13. c4 dxc4 14. bxc4 exf3 15. Nxf3 Qc7 16. Rc1 c5 17. d5 Ng4 18. e4 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bg3 20. Qd3 Nf2+ 21. Rxf2 Bxf2 22. Be5 Qb6 23. Rb1 Qh6+ 24. Nh2 Rfe8 25. Bc7 b6 26. d6 Nc6 27. Rd1 Ne5 28. Qd5 Bd4 29. d7 Nxd7 30. Qxd7 Rxe4 31. Qd5 Rae8 32. Rf1 Rxe2 *
d5f7 g8h8 f7f8 e8f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r6k/5Qbp/4R3/p1pN4/7q/5p2/PP5P/7K w - - 0 30
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bb5 cxd4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. cxd4 Ba6 8. Ne2 Ne7 9. O-O Nf5 10. Kh1 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxd4 12. Qd3 Nf5 13. f4 Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. g4 Nh4 16. f5 c5 17. f6 gxf6 18. Bh6 fxe5 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Rf2 e4 21. Qh3 Ng6 22. Raf1 Ne5 23. Rf6 Bg7 24. g5 a5 25. Qh5 Nf3 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Rxe6 Qxg5 28. Nxd5 Qh4 29. Rxf3 exf3 *
e6e8 a8e8 f7e8 g7f8 e8f8
Re8+ Rxe8 Qxe8+ Bf8 Qxf8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
7k/p6p/1p3q2/8/3NQ3/2P3rb/PP1P3K/R1B1R3 b - - 1 26
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Ng3 e4 8. Ng1 Bc5 9. c3 Qf6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qxd5+ Be6 12. Qxc5 Rhf8 13. N1e2 Kg7 14. O-O b6 15. Qxc6 Rae8 16. Nh5+ gxh5 17. Qxc7+ Rf7 18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Nd4 Rg7 20. Qe3 Reg8 21. g3 Bh3 22. Re1 h4 23. Qxe4 hxg3 24. fxg3 Rxg3+ 25. hxg3 Rxg3+ 26. Kh2 *
f6f2 h2h1 h3g2 e4g2 f2g2
Qf2+ Kh1 Bg2+ Qxg2 Qxg2#
exposedKing fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame
4r1k1/R5pp/6r1/1pQ5/1P1P4/2P2P1b/5RPP/6K1 b - - 2 32
1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Be3 Be7 6. c3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Rb8 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 Nc6 13. Bc4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nxe4 Ne7 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Bg5 Rg6 21. Bh4 b5 22. Bd3 Nf5 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Qf3 Bc6 26. Qh3 Rh6 27. Qxf5 Rf8 28. Qe5 Rg6 29. f3 Re8 30. Qc5 Bd7 31. Rxa7 Bh3 32. Rf2 *
e8e1 f2f1 g6g2 g1h1 e1f1
Re1+ Rf1 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rxf1#
deflection endgame long mate mateIn3 pin
r3k2r/3b1p2/p3p1p1/qpbpP1Bp/2n2Q1P/PN6/2P1BPP1/1NKR3R b kq - 1 18
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nf3 h5 9. Qf4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Be2 b5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. a3 Na5 15. b4 Nc4 16. bxc5 Qa5 17. Nb1 Bxc5 18. Nb3 *
c5a3 b1a3 a5a3 c1b1 a3b2
Bxa3+ Nxa3 Qxa3+ Kb1 Qb2#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack
7k/5qpp/p7/8/4n3/1BQ5/2Pr2PP/6K1 w - - 0 30
1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 c4 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. b3 b5 8. Be2 b4 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. exd6 Qb6 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qxd6 14. O-O Ngf6 15. f5 O-O 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ng5 Nb6 18. Bb3 Nbd5 19. a3 bxa3 20. Bxa3 Nb4 21. Qd2 Rb8 22. Bxb4 Rxb4 23. Rae1 Rxd4 24. Qc3 Rd2 25. Rxe6 Bxe6 26. Nxe6 Ne4 27. Ng5+ Kh8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Nf7+ Qxf7 *
c3c8 d2d8 c8d8 f7e8 d8e8
Qc8+ Rd8 Qxd8+ Qe8 Qxe8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
2r2r2/ppq1k2p/3p1p2/3RpP1Q/4P1P1/8/PPP4P/1K1R4 b - - 5 23
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. g4 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 e5 17. f5 g5 18. Qxg5+ Kf7 19. Nd5 Nf6 20. Nxf6 exf6 21. Qh5+ Ke7 22. Rd5 Qc7 23. Rhd1 *
c7c2 b1a1 c2c1 d1c1 c8c1
Qxc2+ Ka1 Qc1+ Rxc1 Rxc1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
5rk1/1p3pnp/p3b1p1/q3Q3/4PP2/5N2/nPPRB1PP/1K1R4 b - - 3 22
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. O-O-O c5 7. dxc5 Nh5 8. Bh6 Qa5 9. cxd6 exd6 10. Bxg7 Nxg7 11. Qxd6 Be6 12. Kb1 Nc6 13. Qa3 Qb6 14. f3 Ne5 15. f4 Nc6 16. Nf3 Rac8 17. Be2 a6 18. Rd2 Nb4 19. Rhd1 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Nxa2 21. Qd4 Qa5 22. Qe5 *
a2c3 e5c3 a5a2 b1c1 a2a1
Nc3+ Qxc3 Qa2+ Kc1 Qa1#
clearance long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack sacrifice
3q1nk1/3b2pp/2p1p3/r1PpP3/3Pp1B1/P3P2P/5QP1/5RK1 w - - 0 24
1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 f5 6. a3 Nf6 7. h3 a6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Ne5 Bf6 11. f4 Qb6 12. c5 Qc7 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Be2 b6 15. b4 a5 16. Bd2 bxc5 17. bxc5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Nd7 20. Bg4 Nf8 21. Qf2 Bd7 22. Rf1 Qd8 23. Bxa5 Rxa5 *
f2f7 g8h8 f7f8 d8f8 f1f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qxf8+ Qxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate deflection long mate mateIn3 middlegame
3rkb1r/BQpq2p1/p6p/4p3/5p2/7N/PP2NPPP/R3K2R b KQk - 1 18
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. d5 Nce7 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qb3 Nf6 11. Qxb7 Rd8 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxd5 14. Ne2 f5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nh3 Ne3 17. Bxe3 f4 18. Ba7 *
d7d2 e1f1 d2d1 a1d1 d8d1
Qd2+ Kf1 Qd1+ Rxd1 Rxd1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5rk1/6pp/8/8/4P3/2Q5/q5PP/2R3K1 b - - 0 39
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Qe7 10. Rc1 c5 11. Bb1 Rad8 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. b3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. Rc2 Ne4 18. Rce2 f5 19. Qc1 Ba6 20. c4 dxc4 21. bxc4 b5 22. Qa3 bxc4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Ng5 Qf6 25. Nxe4 Qe5 26. Nxc5 Bc8 27. Qxa7 Rf7 28. Qa5 Rd5 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qxc5 31. Qd8+ Rf8 32. Qh4 c3 33. Qa4 Bb7 34. Rc1 Qd5 35. f3 Qd2 36. Qb3+ Bd5 37. Qxc3 Qxa2 38. e4 Bxe4 39. fxe4 *
a2f2 g1h1 f2f1 c1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
6r1/ppk1Pp1Q/n1p2B2/2NqP3/6r1/P4P2/7P/2R2R1K b - - 0 31
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. e3 d5 4. Nge2 dxc4 5. Ng3 e6 6. Bxc4 Bb4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. d4 Nc6 12. Bb2 Nd5 13. e4 Nde7 14. c4 Na5 15. Ba2 Nac6 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Nb8 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bf6 c6 20. d6 Na6 21. dxe7 Qc8 22. Qh5 Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. e5 Rg6 25. Qxh7 Kd7 26. Rad1+ Kc7 27. Ne4 Rag8 28. Rc1 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 R2g4 30. Nc5 Qd5+ 31. f3 *
g4g1 f1g1 d5f3 g1g2 f3g2
Rg1+ Rxg1 Qxf3+ Rg2 Qxg2#
deflection kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
1k3b1r/npp2ppp/4p3/5qNn/Q1P5/5P2/P3BP1P/3R3K w - - 0 19
1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Qe4+ 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Qxd4 8. Be3 Qxb2 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. O-O Qf6 11. Qa4 Kb8 12. Ne4 Qg6+ 13. Kh1 Nf6 14. Rg1 Qf5 15. Ng5 Nh5 16. Rgd1 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 e6 18. Bxa7+ Nxa7 *
d1d8 a7c8 d8c8 b8c8 a4e8
Rd8+ Nc8 Rxc8+ Kxc8 Qe8#
attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack sacrifice
2r5/p3p1kp/r2p2p1/3P2P1/qpP2P2/P6R/K3B3/7R w - - 0 29
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4 Qa5 12. g5 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. a3 Rfc8 15. h4 Ne5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. h5 Nxb2 19. Kxb2 Rc6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rb6+ 22. Ka2 Rc8 23. c4 Qa4 24. Qc3 Ra6 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rh3 b5 27. Rdh1 b4 28. Qg7+ Kxg7 *
h3h7 g7g8 h7h8 g8f7 h1h7
Rxh7+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kf7 R1h7#
endgame long mate mateIn3
1r5k/1bp3p1/p1p1p1B1/6q1/2PB4/P7/1P3QPP/6K1 w - - 1 27
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O a6 8. a3 Be7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f3 Rb8 12. Qc2 Qe8 13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bb7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Rf3 Bxd4+ 19. Be3 Rxf3 20. Bxd4 Rf4 21. Be5 Rh4 22. Bg6 Qd7 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Rd4 Qc5 25. Qf2 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Qg5 *
d4g7 h8g7 f2f7 g7h8 f7h7
Bxg7+ Kxg7 Qf7+ Kh8 Qh7#
attraction endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
3r3r/1b3p2/pp4k1/4pNp1/2P1P3/P4P2/1PQ1BqPP/5R1K b - - 7 28
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Qd2 d6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. a3 h6 14. Rac1 Na5 15. Na4 e5 16. Nf5 Nb3 17. Qd3 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Nd7 19. Nxg7+ Kf8 20. Nf5 Bg5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Nxd6 Rd8 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Kg7 26. Nf5+ Kg6 27. Qc2 Qf2 28. Rf1 *
h8h2 h1h2 d8h8 f5h6 h8h6
Rxh2+ Kxh2 Rh8+ Nh6 Rxh6#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
1k2r2r/4b1p1/p7/1P1QP3/6q1/1B6/1P1B3P/R4R1K b - - 2 25
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Ne5 Nc6 6. f4 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Qb6 11. c3 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ne4 13. Kh1 Be7 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 h5 16. Qf3 O-O-O 17. Qxf7 Rde8 18. a4 h4 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. c4 h3 21. cxb5 hxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qxd4 23. Qxe6+ Kb8 24. Qxd5 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 *
h8h2 h1h2 e8h8 d2h6 h8h6
Rxh2+ Kxh2 Rh8+ Bh6 Rxh6#
attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
8/p2R4/1kp4p/2p1NP2/4P3/2r2P1P/PP2R1r1/1K6 b - - 0 34
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. c3 Be7 4. Nd2 b6 5. e4 Bb7 6. Bd3 d6 7. Qe2 e5 8. Ngf3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 Qc7 11. h3 O-O-O 12. Ba6 Rhe8 13. Bxb7+ Kxb7 14. Nh4 Bf8 15. Qf3 h6 16. Be3 g6 17. g4 Bg7 18. Qg3 Re6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nf5 gxf5 21. gxf5 Rd6 22. Qxg7 Rg8 23. Qxf7 Nc5 24. Qxc7+ Kxc7 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. f3 Rg2 27. Kc1 Rd3 28. Rhf1 Nh5 29. Nc4 Nf4 30. Nxe5 Re3 31. Rfe1 Ne2+ 32. Kb1 Rxc3 33. Rd7+ Kb6 34. Rxe2 *
g2g1 e2e1 g1e1 d7d1 e1d1
Rg1+ Re1 Rxe1+ Rd1 Rxd1#
endgame long master masterVsMaster mate mateIn3
8/2Q2p1k/6p1/7p/8/1q3P2/4r1PP/2R3K1 b - - 2 33
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Qd2 exd4 8. Bxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 a6 10. Bd3 Rb8 11. Nge2 Ne5 12. b3 b5 13. cxb5 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 axb5 15. Nxb5 Ba6 16. a4 Nxe4 17. Rc1 Nf6 18. Ned4 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qd7 20. Nc6 Rbe8 21. O-O Nh5 22. Bd4 Re6 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. Rc3 Rfe8 25. Rfc1 Nf5 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxb5 28. Rxc7 Qxb3 29. Rd7 Re2 30. Rxd6 h5 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33. Qc7 *
b3e3 g1h1 e2e1 c1e1 e3e1
Qe3+ Kh1 Re1+ Rxe1 Qxe1#
backRankMate endgame long master mate mateIn3
r2k2r1/pbpn3p/1p1p3p/1N1P1q2/8/5P2/PPP1Q1PP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 16
1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. f3 Bb4 5. Ne2 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nh6 7. Bd3 f5 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. exf5 exf5 10. O-O Qg5 11. Re1+ Kd8 12. d5 d6 13. Qe2 Rg8 14. Nb5 Nd7 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 *
e2e7 d8c8 e7e8 g8e8 e1e8
Qe7+ Kc8 Qe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
8/1p3Q2/2p5/pP4k1/P1P1q3/8/3PR1PP/7K b - - 0 33
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe6+ 4. Be2 Qc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. a3 e5 8. b4 a6 9. Bb2 e4 10. Nd4 Qb6 11. Nf5 a5 12. b5 Nc5 13. Ne3 h5 14. a4 Rh6 15. Ncd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qd6 17. c4 c6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxh5 Nd3 21. Qg4 Rc7 22. Bxg7 Bxg7 23. Qxg7 Rxh5 24. Qg8+ Ke7 25. f3 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Rf5 27. Qg3 Nf4 28. fxe4 Qxe4 29. Rae1 Ne2 30. Qxc7+ Kf6 31. Rxf5+ Kxf5 32. Qxf7+ Kg5 33. Rxe2 *
e4b1 e2e1 b1e1 f7f1 e1f1
Qb1+ Re1 Qxe1+ Qf1 Qxf1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
r5k1/p2n2b1/2p3Q1/3p2p1/Pq1Pp3/6PB/1P5P/R5K1 w - - 2 30
1. d4 f5 2. c3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e4 d6 8. f4 O-O 9. Nf3 fxe4 10. Nfd2 d5 11. Na3 c6 12. O-O b5 13. Nc2 Bg7 14. Ne3 Nd7 15. f5 g5 16. Qh5 Nf6 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Nb3 Qe8 19. Nc5 e5 20. fxe6 Bxe6 21. a4 b4 22. cxb4 Nd7 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Qh5 Bg7 26. Bh3 Qe7 27. Nf5 Qxb4 28. Nxh6+ Bxh6 29. Qg6+ Bg7 *
h3e6 g8h8 g6h5 g7h6 h5h6
Be6+ Kh8 Qh5+ Bh6 Qxh6#
exposedKing fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame pin
4r2k/5RR1/2p5/2N3p1/2p4p/P1P3n1/1P1K4/4r3 w - - 12 42
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 Re8 8. f3 a5 9. O-O-O a4 10. a3 Be6 11. Nxe6 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Rxe6 13. Bc4 Re8 14. Bb5 c6 15. Bxa4 b5 16. Bb3 Qc7 17. Rd2 d5 18. Rhd1 dxe4 19. fxe4 Na6 20. g4 Nxg4 21. Qf3 Ne5 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Rd7 Qb8 24. Bxf7 Rf8 25. Be6 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Qxg3 27. hxg3 bxc4 28. Re7 Rae8 29. Ra7 Nc5 30. Na4 Nxe4 31. c3 Nxg3 32. Rdd7 Rg8 33. Nc5 h5 34. Rf7 h4 35. Rf4 g5 36. Rff7 Re1+ 37. Kd2 Rge8 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rag7+ Kf8 40. Rf7+ Kg8 41. Rhg7+ Kh8 *
g7h7 h8g8 f7g7 g8f8 c5d7
Rh7+ Kg8 Rfg7+ Kf8 Nd7#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
3r2k1/5p2/3q1pp1/pN5p/5P1Q/8/PPP3PP/2K4R b - - 0 24
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. exd5 Bb4 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Qd4 Bd6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bd3 Be5 12. Qb4 a5 13. Qe4 g6 14. Nb5 Bf5 15. Qh4 h5 16. d6 Bxd3 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Rxd3 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nf3 Qc5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Nc3 b5 23. f4 Qd6 24. Nxb5 *
d6d2 c1b1 d2d1 h1d1 d8d1
Qd2+ Kb1 Qd1+ Rxd1 Rxd1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2b2rk1/r1q1Qp1p/p2p2p1/1ppP4/2P3P1/7P/PP1B4/4RKR1 w - - 2 21
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f4 O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 a6 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nh5 12. g4 Ng3 13. Rg1 Nxf1 14. Kxf1 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Ne4 b5 19. Nxd6 exd6 20. Qe7 Ra7 *
e7f8 g8f8 d2h6 f8g8 e1e8
Qxf8+ Kxf8 Bh6+ Kg8 Re8#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5k2/4r3/p7/1p1R4/5ppp/P6P/1P3PP1/4R1K1 b - - 0 34
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e5 4. Nf3 d6 5. a3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. d3 Be7 9. Bg5 Nd4 10. Qd1 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. Ne2 h4 14. Bh2 a6 15. c3 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 b5 17. Ba2 Nh5 18. Qg4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qf5 Rf8 21. Bd5 Ra7 22. Bc6+ Rd7 23. O-O Qc7 24. Bxd7+ Qxd7 25. Qd5 f6 26. Rfe1 Rf7 27. d4 cxd4 28. cxd4 Kf8 29. e5 fxe5 30. dxe5 Qf5 31. Rad1 g4 32. exd6 Qxd5 33. dxe7+ Rxe7 34. Rxd5 *
e7e1 g1h2 g4g3 f2g3 h4g3
Rxe1+ Kh2 g3+ fxg3 hxg3#
endgame hangingPiece long mate mateIn3 rookEndgame
5qk1/p1n3pR/2p3B1/2Pp4/1P6/P1Q5/5rP1/6K1 w - - 1 41
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. c5 Qc7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O b6 12. Na4 bxc5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Ne4 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Qc2 Bg6 17. Ne5 O-O 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. a3 Rab8 21. Ra1 Nd7 22. b4 Qc7 23. Rab1 Rf6 24. h4 Kh8 25. h5 Nf8 26. e4 Qe5 27. Rfe1 Qxh5 28. exd5 exd5 29. Qc3 Ne6 30. Re5 Qh4 31. Rbe1 Qf4 32. R1e2 Nc7 33. Re7 Rf7 34. R7e3 Rbf8 35. Rf3 Qg5 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. Re3 Qd8 38. Rh3 Qf8 39. Bxg6 Rxf2 40. Rxh7+ Kg8 *
h7h8 g8h8 c3h3 h8g8 h3h7
Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh3+ Kg8 Qh7#
attraction endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
8/2Q1R2p/6pk/8/4B3/3P1p1P/r4rPK/8 b - - 4 44
1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Qd2 a6 9. Bh6 b5 10. a3 b4 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. b3 a5 14. O-O Bd7 15. Ra3 d5 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rfa1 Nb4 19. Qc3+ Kg8 20. Ne5 Be6 21. Qxc5 Rc8 22. Qxa5 Nxc2 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. Nc4 Nxa3 25. Rxa3 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Ra8 27. Rb3 Ra1+ 28. Kh2 e5 29. Rb7 Ra2 30. Bf3 Rxf2 31. Bd5 Rf8 32. Re7 Re2 33. Be4 f5 34. Bd5+ Kh8 35. Kg3 Re3+ 36. Kh2 f4 37. Be4 Ra8 38. Rxe5 Ra2 39. c5 Ree2 40. c6 Rf2 41. c7 f3 42. c8=Q+ Kg7 43. Qc7+ Kh6 44. Re7 *
f2g2 h2h1 a2a1 c7c1 a1c1
Rxg2+ Kh1 Ra1+ Qc1+ Rxc1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
7k/4Nrpp/rp2pn2/3p4/3P4/4P3/Pq3PPP/2R2RK1 w - - 0 21
1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bxd6 cxd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 d5 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Nc3 b6 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qxa6 O-O 13. O-O Rac8 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Nb5 Qc2 16. Nxa7 Ra8 17. Rac1 Qxb2 18. Nc8 Rxa6 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nxf7+ Rxf7 *
c1c8 f6e8 c8e8 f7f8 e8f8
Rc8+ Ne8 Rxe8+ Rf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
6k1/4q2p/p1b1p1p1/4PpRQ/1p2pP2/6RP/Prr3PK/1N6 w - - 0 25
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Ne5 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Rf3 Bb7 12. Rg3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qe2 f5 16. Qh5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rac8 18. Re1 b4 19. Nb1 Rxc2 20. Rg5 Rfc8 21. h3 Rxb2 22. Kh2 Rcc2 23. Re3 Bc6 24. Reg3 g6 *
g5g6 h7g6 h5g6 e7g7 g6g7
Rxg6+ hxg6 Qxg6+ Qg7 Qxg7#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
kr6/ppR5/5qp1/3p3r/1Q1P1B2/8/PP5P/6K1 w - - 7 36
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Ne2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O Qb6 9. f4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Nd2 Nf5 12. Nf3 g6 13. g4 Nfe7 14. Ng3 Bg7 15. f5 Bxe5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Be3 Bg7 18. Ng5 Nb4 19. Qd2 h6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Rae1 Qb6 22. g5 h5 23. Rf6 Bxf6 24. gxf6 Nbc6 25. fxe7 Nxe7 26. Bg5 Rh7 27. Qe3 Qd6 28. Qd3 O-O-O 29. Nxh5 Rxh5 30. Qc2+ Qc6 31. Qd2 Kb8 32. Rxe7 Rf8 33. Bf4+ Ka8 34. Rc7 Qf6 35. Qb4 Rb8 *
b4b7 b8b7 c7c8 b7b8 c8b8
Qxb7+ Rxb7 Rc8+ Rb8 Rxb8#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2r3k1/5pb1/Q2B2p1/3P4/4Pn2/5P2/P6P/6K1 b - - 0 33
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d3 e5 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Kh1 a6 11. Nc2 b5 12. Qe1 b4 13. Ne3 bxc3 14. bxc3 exf4 15. Nf5 Ne5 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Re8 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21. Bxf4 Rg8 22. Qc3 Rg6 23. d5 Rc8 24. Qd4 Kg8 25. Rxg6+ hxg6 26. Rg1 Nh5 27. Bh6 Bf6 28. Qa7 Bg7 29. Bg5 Qc7 30. Qxa6 Qc5 31. Be7 Nf4 32. Bxd6 Qxg1+ 33. Kxg1 *
g7d4 g1h1 c8c1 a6f1 c1f1
Bd4+ Kh1 Rc1+ Qf1 Rxf1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
r6k/ppp2p1p/4bprQ/8/4qp2/7P/PPPR2P1/3R3K w - - 5 24
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. O-O Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d4 d6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Be7 12. Rad1 Qd6 13. Qh5 Re8 14. Rd3 Qe6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Rg3+ Kh8 17. f4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Qxc4 19. Rd1 exf4 20. Rgd3 Qxe4 21. h3 Rg8 22. R3d2 Be6 23. Qh6 Rg6 *
d2d8 a8d8 d1d8 g6g8 h6f6
Rd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Rg8 Qxf6#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
5bk1/pp2B3/4p1p1/3pP3/1P1P2P1/1qr5/5R2/5RK1 w - - 0 30
1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Bg4 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe1 Rc8 10. Ne5 Bf5 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rf3 Ne4 13. Rf1 cxd4 14. exd4 Nd6 15. g4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 g6 17. Ndf3 Ne4 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 Qb6 20. b4 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Rc4 22. Rf2 Bf8 23. Raf1 Re7 24. h4 Qa6 25. h5 Qxa2 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bg5 Qb3 28. Bxe7 Rxc3 29. Qxg6+ fxg6 *
f2f8 g8h7 f1f7 h7h6 f8h8
Rxf8+ Kh7 R1f7+ Kh6 Rh8#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
3r1r1k/ppp3b1/2b3Bp/4qP2/4p2R/2P4Q/PP4PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 26
1. e4 e6 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Nd7 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d3 h6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Qc1 f5 10. Nh4 Kh7 11. Qe1 e5 12. Qg3 exf4 13. Bxf4 g5 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. exf5 gxf4 16. Rxf4 Nf6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Qf6 19. c3 Bd7 20. Bh5 Bc6 21. Rg4 Qe5 22. Bg6+ Kh8 23. Re1 Rad8 24. Qh3 d5 25. Rh4 dxe4 *
h4h6 g7h6 h3h6 h8g8 h6h7
Rxh6+ Bxh6 Qxh6+ Kg8 Qh7#
exposedKing kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r4r2/ppp2p1k/2n4p/4P3/3P2Q1/2P2R2/2q3PP/5RK1 w - - 2 27
1. e3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bc4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. d4 e4 8. Qh5 Qf6 9. Nh3 Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Ng5 Qf6 12. Nxe4 Qe6 13. Qh4 Be7 14. Ng5 Qf6 15. e4 h6 16. e5 Qg6 17. Qh3 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. O-O O-O 20. f4 Qg6 21. f5 Qg5 22. Rf3 Qd2 23. Raf1 Qxa2 24. f6 Qc2 25. fxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg4+ Kh7 *
f3f7 f8f7 f1f7 h7h8 g4g7
Rxf7+ Rxf7 Rxf7+ Kh8 Qg7#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
6rk/p3B2p/2p1q2r/P3p3/1P3p2/2PR1P2/3Q2PP/6RK b - - 0 35
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. f3 Bf5 6. Nc3 c6 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Nge2 e5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. d3 Bc5 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bd4 16. c3 Bxe4 17. dxe4 Qa5 18. Bd2 Bb6 19. a4 Qc5 20. b4 Qe7 21. a5 Bd8 22. O-O Qe6 23. Be3 Be7 24. Rfd1 g6 25. Rd3 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Rf1 f4 28. Bf2 Kh8 29. Re1 Bf6 30. Qd2 Be7 31. Rd1 Rg8 32. Kh1 Rg6 33. Rg1 Rag8 34. Bc5 Rh6 35. Bxe7 *
h6h2 h1h2 e6h6 e7h4 h6h4
Rxh2+ Kxh2 Qh6+ Bh4 Qxh4#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2k2b1r/1p1r1ppn/8/1p1P2Pp/3p1B1P/P7/1P4B1/4R1K1 w - - 0 30
1. g4 h6 2. d4 e6 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Bg2 exd5 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Ne4 8. c4 d6 9. cxd5 Ng5 10. h4 Nh7 11. f4 h5 12. g5 Bg4 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Nc3 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxe5 18. Qe4 Ng4 19. Qa4 Qe5 20. Bf4 Qd4+ 21. Qxd4 cxd4 22. Nb5 Kd7 23. a3 a6 24. Rac1 axb5 25. Rc7+ Ke8 26. Re1+ Ne3 27. Bxe3 Rd7 28. Bf4+ Kd8 29. Rc8+ Kxc8 *
e1e8 d7d8 g2h3 f7f5 g5f6
Re8+ Rd8 Bh3+ f5 gxf6#
discoveredAttack enPassant long mate mateIn3 middlegame pin
6k1/5pbp/4pnp1/2Q5/P3pP2/Bq2P3/6PP/6K1 w - - 0 28
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c5 b6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxd7+ Nexd7 10. cxb6 axb6 11. Qb3 Bd6 12. Qb5 Bf8 13. f4 Bg7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. b3 Nf6 18. a4 Qd6 19. Ba3 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rfc1 Rac8 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Rac1 Rfd8 24. Rxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qb7 26. Qc1 Rxc5 27. Qxc5 Qxb3 *
c5c8 f6e8 c8e8 g7f8 e8f8
Qc8+ Ne8 Qxe8+ Bf8 Qxf8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
3r2k1/Q3pp1p/6p1/1r6/2R1B3/5P1P/P4PK1/q6R b - - 2 24
1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. bxc4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 Qa5 11. Bd3 Rd8 12. d5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bxc3+ 14. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 Rxd5 16. Rc1 Qf6 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Qxb7 Rad8 19. Be4 Nd4+ 20. Kf1 Rb5 21. Qxa7 Bc4+ 22. Rxc4 Nxf3 23. gxf3 Qa1+ 24. Kg2 *
b5g5 g2h2 a1e5 f3f4 e5f4
Rg5+ Kh2 Qe5+ f4 Qxf4#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r1b2rk1/pp3Nbp/8/2pQ1P2/2P4q/7n/P3N2P/1R3R1K w - - 2 28
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O Ng4 10. Ng5 Nh6 11. Be3 Nf8 12. Bf2 f5 13. Bg3 fxe4 14. Ngxe4 Nf5 15. Bf2 e6 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. g4 Nfd4 18. Bg3 Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bg7 21. Nxd6 Rf8 22. Qd5 Kh8 23. f5 gxf5 24. gxf5 Ng5 25. Bh4 Nh3+ 26. Kh1 Qxh4 27. Nf7+ Kg8 *
f7h6 g8h8 d5g8 f8g8 h6f7
Nh6+ Kh8 Qg8+ Rxg8 Nf7#
doubleCheck kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice smotheredMate
3rr2k/pbp3q1/1p3NQ1/3Pp3/2P3n1/P3P1R1/1P6/2K5 w - - 7 37
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Qd2 O-O 5. Bh6 Re8 6. Bxg7 Kxg7 7. h4 e6 8. e3 Ne4 9. Qd3 Nf6 10. Nc3 b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. f3 Na6 13. a3 Nb8 14. Be2 Nh5 15. Rh3 d6 16. g4 Nf6 17. f4 Nbd7 18. g5 Ng8 19. h5 e5 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. d5 Qxg5 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Ne4 Rad8 25. Rdh1 h6 26. Rg1 Ndf6 27. Rxg6+ Kxg6 28. Nh4+ Kf7 29. Bh5+ Nxh5 30. Qf1+ Nhf6 31. Nf5 Qd7 32. Nxh6+ Nxh6 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. Rg3+ Ng4 35. Qg6+ Qg7 36. Nf6+ Kh8 *
g3h3 g4h6 h3h6 g7h6 g6h6
Rh3+ Nh6 Rxh6+ Qxh6 Qxh6#
exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame
1k5r/Rbp3bp/1N2p3/1P1rPpp1/8/BP1q4/2Q2P1P/4K1R1 w - - 1 25
1. d4 b6 2. e3 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nbd2 Qe7 6. b3 Nc6 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. e4 Nc3 10. Qf3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 Nb5 12. c3 f5 13. e5 g5 14. a4 c5 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. axb5 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bb7 19. Rxa7 Qc5 20. Bb2 Rd5 21. Nc4 Bg7 22. Ba3 Qd4 23. Qc2 Qxd3 24. Nxb6+ Kb8 *
a7b7 b8b7 c2c6 b7b8 c6a8
Rxb7+ Kxb7 Qc6+ Kb8 Qa8#
attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack sacrifice
r1b3k1/ppp3p1/2nbpqB1/3p3Q/3P4/4P3/PPP2PP1/RN2K3 w Q - 1 15
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 d5 4. e3 Nxg5 5. hxg5 e6 6. g6 fxg6 7. Bd3 Qf6 8. Qg4 Kf7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Ng5+ Kg8 11. Rxh7 Rxh7 12. Nxh7 Kxh7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Bxg6 Bd6 *
h5h7 g8f8 h7h8 f8e7 h8e8
Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8+ Ke7 Qe8#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
6k1/ppq1p1bp/4P1p1/1Q1r1p2/8/7P/PP3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 23
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Nh6 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nxd5 Ncxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Qe4 Nxb5 15. O-O Nc7 16. Rad1 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. e6 f5 20. Qe2 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Rd8 22. Qb5 Rxd5 *
b5e8 g7f8 e8f7 g8h8 f7f8
Qe8+ Bf8 Qf7+ Kh8 Qxf8#
deflection endgame long mate mateIn3
8/5P2/4p2p/4P1p1/p7/k1K5/8/7q w - - 0 49
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 Nbd7 11. c5 b6 12. b4 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qc3 Nd5 15. Qc4 Nb6 16. Qc2 Nb7 17. Qxc6+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Rac1 Bd6 21. Ne5+ Bxe5 22. dxe5 Ke7 23. Ne4 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 f5 27. Ba3+ Kd7 28. Nc5+ Nxc5 29. Bxc5 a5 30. a3 Kc6 31. Bd6 Nb6 32. Bf8 g6 33. f4 Nc4 34. Kf2 Kb5 35. Ke2 Ka4 36. Kd3 Nxa3 37. Bxa3 Kxa3 38. Kc3 Ka4 39. Kc4 Ka3 40. Kc3 h6 41. g3 g5 42. h3 Ka2 43. Kc4 a4 44. Kc3 Ka3 45. g4 fxg4 46. f5 gxh3 47. f6 h2 48. f7 h1=Q *
f7f8q a3a2 f8f2 a2a1 f2b2
f8=Q+ Ka2 Qf2+ Ka1 Qb2#
advancedPawn endgame long mate mateIn3 promotion queenEndgame
2kr4/ppp3p1/1b3p2/3P4/4P1N1/1PP5/P3BqP1/R2Q3K b - - 2 22
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. c3 Bb6 9. Re1 e4 10. dxe4 Ng4 11. Nd2 h5 12. Nf3 h4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bxh4 Qd6 15. Bg3 Qc5 16. b3 Nxf2 17. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 Bg4 19. Re2 Rxh2+ 20. Nxh2 Bxe2 21. Bxe2 O-O-O 22. Ng4 *
d8h8 g4h2 h8h2 h1h2 f2h4
Rh8+ Nh2 Rxh2+ Kxh2 Qh4#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
N5k1/5ppp/p4n2/2p2q2/1p6/6KP/b3rPP1/3RR3 w - - 0 26
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. Nc3 b6 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Bb5 Nbd7 13. O-O-O a6 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. h3 b5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qf5 18. Rhe1 b4 19. Na4 Bxd5 20. Nb6 Bxa2 21. Nxa8 Qb1+ 22. Kd2 Qxb2+ 23. Ke3 Qxe5+ 24. Kf3 Qf5+ 25. Kg3 Rxe2 *
d1d8 f6e8 d8e8 e2e8 e1e8
Rd8+ Ne8 Rxe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame xRayAttack
8/p6p/2p1N1p1/7k/4P2P/1R4PK/PP3q2/5n2 w - - 11 38
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nd4 Qxd5 5. c3 Bc5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 Bxd4 8. cxd4 Qxd4 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 exd3 12. Be3 Qe5 13. Qxd3 Ng4 14. g3 Bf5 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bh3 17. Nd2 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nd7 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. h4 Ne5 21. Qf2 Nd3 22. Qc2 Nb4 23. Qb1 Rad8 24. Ng5 Nd5 25. e4 Ne3 26. Bxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Rd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kh2 Qe2+ 30. Kh3 Qg4+ 31. Kh2 g6 32. Rxb7 Nf1+ 33. Kg2 Qe2+ 34. Kh3 Qf2 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Ne6+ Kh6 37. Rb3 Kh5 *
g3g4 h5h6 g4g5 h6h5 e6g7
g4+ Kh6 g5+ Kh5 Ng7#
endgame long mate mateIn3
1r6/7R/p4kqQ/2pP4/3nPp2/5P2/1p5P/3K4 w - - 5 36
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Qe2 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Ng4 12. Qd2 exf4 13. Na3 Nge5 14. O-O-O Nxf3 15. gxf3 e5 16. Rdg1 Kh8 17. Rg4 Na7 18. Rhg1 Rf7 19. Qg2 Qe7 20. Nc4 b5 21. Nd2 bxa4 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 Rc8 24. Nc4 c5 25. d5 Nb5 26. Qh3 Nd4 27. Kd1 Rb8 28. Rh4 h6 29. Rg6 a3 30. Nxd6 axb2 31. Nxf7+ Qxf7 32. Rgxh6+ gxh6 33. Rxh6+ Kg7 34. Rh7+ Kf6 35. Qh6+ Qg6 *
h6f4 g6f5 e4e5 f6g6 f4h6
Qxf4+ Qf5 e5+ Kg6 Qh6#
endgame exposedKing fork long mate mateIn3 pin
2k2r2/2p3Q1/1p4n1/pP2pq2/P3p3/1N2P3/2PP2PP/R5K1 b - - 0 23
1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nc6 7. b3 Be7 8. Ba3 Qd7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. a4 Ng6 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. b4 f6 16. b5 a5 17. Rf2 e5 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Nb3 b6 20. Qh5 Rhf8 21. Rxf8 Rxf8 22. Qxh7 Qf5 23. Qxg7 *
f5f2 g1h1 f2f1 a1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
3r1Nk1/p1p2pp1/1p5p/8/1P2b3/1QPq2R1/P3NR2/4K3 b - - 2 33
1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. c3 Nc6 4. h3 Bc5 5. Be2 d5 6. Qc2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8. Bf3 b6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. b4 Bxf2+ 13. Rxf2 Ne7 14. Rf1 Ng6 15. Na3 h6 16. Be3 Nh4 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. Nb2 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qxh3 20. Rf2 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Qxe3 22. Rf1 Bxe4 23. Qb3 Qh3 24. Rh2 Qg4+ 25. Kf2 Qf3+ 26. Ke1 Qg4 27. Rg1 Qf3 28. Rf2 Qe3 29. Nc4 Qd3 30. Nxe5 Qh3 31. Nd7 Rad8 32. Nxf8 Qd3 33. Rg3 *
d3d2 e1f1 d2d1 b3d1 d8d1
Qd2+ Kf1 Qd1+ Qxd1 Rxd1#
exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame
3r1r1k/3q2pp/8/2R4R/p7/8/P1Q2BPP/6K1 b - - 1 33
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Bg3 exd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qc4 Be6 10. Qa4 b5 11. Qa3 d5 12. b4 dxe4 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxb5 e3 15. O-O Bxb4 16. Bxc6+ Qxc6 17. Qxb4 a5 18. Qd4 exf2+ 19. Bxf2 O-O 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. Rd3 Bc4 22. Rg3 Nh5 23. Rg4 f5 24. Rg5 Rcd8 25. Qh4 Nf6 26. Rxf5 Be6 27. Rc5 Qd7 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Bf5 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Ree5 Bxc2 32. Qxc2 a4 33. Rh5 *
d7d1 c2d1 d8d1 f2e1 d1e1
Qd1+ Qxd1 Rxd1+ Be1 Rxe1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r2q1rk1/pnpb1pbp/1p1p2pQ/3P4/3N4/2BB4/P1P2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 4 17
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be7 8. cxd4 O-O 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd3 d6 11. Bd2 b6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Re1 Nb7 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 Bf6 16. Bc3 Bg7 *
h6g7 g8g7 d4f5 g7g8 f5h6
Qxg7+ Kxg7 Nf5+ Kg8 Nh6#
attraction doubleCheck kingsideAttack long master mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
8/k1p4Q/p3p1pB/2RpP2p/3P3P/2P2K2/2P2PP1/4rq2 b - - 8 38
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Nh3 Qd7 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 g6 14. Bg5 Qc6 15. Bf6 Rg8 16. Qd3 Nb8 17. a4 Kd7 18. Kd2 Kc8 19. a5 b5 20. a6 Nxa6 21. Rhb1 Rb8 22. Ra5 Rb6 23. Rbxb5 Nb8 24. Be7 a6 25. Rc5 Qb7 26. Qf3 Rg7 27. Qf6 Rh7 28. Bf8 Nc6 29. Bg7 Nxa5 30. Qxf7 Nc4+ 31. Rxc4 Kb8 32. Rc5 Rb1 33. Qg8+ Ka7 34. Qxh7 Qb2 35. Bh6 Qc1+ 36. Kd3 Qf1+ 37. Ke3 Re1+ 38. Kf3 *
f1e2 f3g3 e2g4 g3h2 g4h4
Qe2+ Kg3 Qg4+ Kh2 Qxh4#
deflection endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
5k2/5pp1/p4n1p/1p6/4QP1P/6Pb/5q2/4R2K w - - 3 36
1. e4 e6 2. Bc4 d5 3. Bb5+ c6 4. exd5 cxb5 5. dxe6 Bxe6 6. Qe2 a6 7. d3 Nf6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. O-O Re8 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Qf3 Bg6 14. h4 h6 15. Nh3 Bh5 16. Qg3 Bd6 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Bg4 19. f3 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Bf5 21. Nfe2 Rxe2 22. Nxe2 Qxb2 23. Rfc1 Re8 24. Nf4 Nd4 25. c3 Ne2 26. Nxe2 Qxe2 27. Re1 Qxd3 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Qb8 Kf8 30. Qxb7 Qxc3 31. Rg1 Qc4 32. g3 Qxa2 33. Re1 Bh3 34. f4 Qf2 35. Qe4 Nf6 *
e4a8 h3c8 a8c8 f6e8 c8e8
Qa8+ Bc8 Qxc8+ Ne8 Qxe8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
3r1rk1/5nqp/p3p1p1/1b6/2ppN2Q/8/1P4P1/R3KB1R w KQ - 4 26
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ b5 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a4 c6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. e4 Nd7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nd6 Qc7 14. Ng5 g6 15. Nge4 c5 16. h4 cxd4 17. f4 Nxf4 18. Qf2 Bxe4 19. Qxf4 Bc6 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. h5 Rad8 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Qh6 Nxe5 24. Ne4 Qg7 25. Qh4 Nf7 *
e4f6 g8h8 h4h7 g7h7 h1h7
Nf6+ Kh8 Qxh7+ Qxh7 Rxh7#
arabianMate kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r3r1k1/p4pp1/4q2p/1p1R4/3Q4/P7/1P3PPP/3R1K2 b - - 3 24
1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Ba4 Nf6 8. d3 e5 9. Bg5 Bb4 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Bxa4 12. Qxa4 Nc6 13. a3 Be7 14. Rad1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. dxe4 Qxe4 19. Rxd4 Qf5 20. Rd7 b5 21. Qd4 Rfe8 22. Rd1 h6 23. Rd5 Qe6 24. Kf1 *
e6e2 f1g1 e2e1 d1e1 e8e1
Qe2+ Kg1 Qe1+ Rxe1 Rxe1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r1b5/ppp2kpp/2n2b2/8/2N1Nn2/8/PPP2P1P/2K1R1R1 w - - 8 19
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Be7 6. e5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Bxd8 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Bf4 Re8 10. O-O-O Nh5 11. Bc4 Nxf4 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Bxe8 Kxe8 14. Rhe1 Nxg2 15. Rg1 Bf6 16. Nc4 Nf4 17. Rde1+ Kf7 18. Ne4 Nc6 *
e4d6 c7d6 c4d6 f7g8 e1e8
Ned6+ cxd6 Nxd6+ Kg8 Re8#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5rk1/4bpp1/4p1p1/3pB3/3P1QP1/7R/p4PPK/1q6 w - - 0 33
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. Bf4 e6 8. Nd2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Nf1 a6 12. Ne3 Bh5 13. Qd2 b5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Qf3 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Rxc4 19. Nf1 b4 20. Be5 bxc3 21. bxc3 Ne4 22. Re3 Qa5 23. Qf4 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. Rc1 Qb2 26. Re1 Qxa2 27. Ng3 Nxg3 28. hxg3 a5 29. Re3 a4 30. g4 a3 31. Rh3 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 a2 *
h3h8 g8h8 f4h6 h8g8 h6g7
Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh6+ Kg8 Qxg7#
attraction endgame long mate mateIn3 pin sacrifice
3r4/1PN2pk1/6p1/4rb2/3q4/5BQ1/5PPP/2RR2K1 b - - 1 38
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b4 Qc7 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 e5 11. Be2 d5 12. Qb3 e4 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. cxd5 Nbxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qxe4 Bd5 18. Qg4 h5 19. Qh3 a5 20. Bf3 Be6 21. Qg3 Qb6 22. Bc3 Rad8 23. O-O Bf6 24. Bxh5 Kg7 25. Bg4 Bd5 26. Bf3 Be6 27. Ne4 Be7 28. Nc5 Bf5 29. d5+ Bf6 30. Bxf6+ Kxf6 31. e4 Bc8 32. dxc6 axb4 33. e5+ Kg7 34. cxb7 Bf5 35. axb4 Qxb4 36. Na6 Qd4 37. Nc7 Rxe5 38. Rfd1 *
d4d1 c1d1 d8d1 f3d1 e5e1
Qxd1+ Rxd1 Rxd1+ Bxd1 Re1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r2k3N/pp2qpQ1/1np4p/3pB3/3Pn3/2P3PP/P1P2P2/2KR3R b - - 0 21
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. Be2 c6 8. Qd3 Bd6 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Ng6+ Kd8 15. Nxh8 Nb6 16. g3 Qd7 17. Bf4 Bb4 18. Be5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne4 20. Qg4 Qe7 21. Qxg7 *
e7a3 c1b1 e4c3 b1a1 a3a2
Qa3+ Kb1 Nxc3+ Ka1 Qxa2#
fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame