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r5r1/ppp2p1k/2np1P1q/6p1/4PNP1/1N6/PPP5/2KR3Q w - - 0 30
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 Ng4 10. Qd2 Nge5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. f4 Ng6 13. h3 Qf6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. g4 Re8 16. f5 Nge5 17. Qf2 Ne7 18. Nf4 g6 19. f6 N7c6 20. g5 Bd7 21. Qh4 h5 22. gxh6 Kh7 23. Be2 Rg8 24. Rhg1 Qf8 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Nf3 27. Qg3 Nxg1 28. Qxg1 Qxh6 29. Qh1 g5 *
h1h6 h7h6 d1h1
Qxh6+ Kxh6 Rh1#
attraction mate mateIn2 middlegame short
R7/4Pppk/2b4p/p3PK2/Pp2r1PP/8/8/6R1 b - - 3 37
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. d4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 a6 8. O-O Qd6 9. Nc3 Qb4 10. Bb3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Qd3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qc5 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. f4 b5 17. h3 Bb7 18. Kh2 a5 19. a4 b4 20. Rac1 Qc6 21. Rc2 Qb6 22. Rcd2 bxc3 23. Qxc3 c5 24. Rd6 Qb4 25. Qxb4 cxb4 26. Rd7 Be4 27. g4 h6 28. h4 Bf3 29. Rg1 Be4 30. Kg3 Rfc8 31. f5 Rc3 32. fxe6 Rxb3 33. e7 Bc6 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rxa8 Rxe3+ 36. Kf4 Re4+ 37. Kf5 *
g7g6 f5f6 e4f4
g6+ Kf6 Rf4#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
8/p1q3k1/1p1bpp1p/3p4/1P1P3N/P2Q3P/5PP1/7K b - - 12 37
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. a3 Qb6 9. b4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. O-O Nf5 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Rac8 15. Rfc1 Qd8 16. Nc5 b6 17. Na6 Nb8 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Nxb8 Qxb8 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. h3 h6 23. Nd2 Kf8 24. Bc3 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Nb3 Kf7 27. Bd2 Qg8 28. Qa6 Nh4 29. Qf1 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Nxd2 31. Nxd2 Qg5 32. Nf3 Qf4 33. Qa6 Qc1+ 34. Ng1 Qc7 35. Nf3 Bd6 36. Qd3 Kg7 37. Nh4 *
c7c1 d3d1 c1d1
Qc1+ Qd1 Qxd1#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
6k1/4Qp1p/p1b3p1/5q2/2pB4/5P1P/6P1/6K1 w - - 4 34
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Bg4 5. Be2 g6 6. h3 Bd7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. a3 e5 14. d5 Nd4 15. Qd1 b5 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Re8 18. Bf4 Nxe4 19. Qd3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Qd1 Rc4 22. Bxc4 Bxa1 23. Qxa1 bxc4 24. Bxd6 Bb5 25. Bg3 Qxd5 26. Rd1 Qe6 27. a4 Bc6 28. f3 Qe3+ 29. Bf2 Qb3 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Qxa4 32. Bd4 Qb5 33. Qe7 Qf5 *
e7d8 c6e8 d8e8
Qd8+ Be8 Qxe8#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
6k1/4bpp1/4p3/p2pP1N1/1q1P3P/1P1Q2K1/5P2/8 w - - 1 34
1. e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3. d4 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bb5 Ne7 7. Bg5 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Qc7 10. Kf1 Nc6 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 Be7 13. g4 Be4 14. Rg1 c4 15. Bc2 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 b4 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 bxc3 19. Nxc3 Nb4 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. Na4 Nc2 22. Kg2 Nxe3+ 23. Qxe3 O-O 24. Rgc1 Qb7 25. Kg3 Rxc1 26. Rb1 Rfc8 27. Rxc1 Nb6 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Qd3 Nb6 30. Nxb6 Qxb6 31. h4 a5 32. g5 hxg5 33. Nxg5 Qb4 *
d3h7 g8f8 h7h8
Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
7k/p1q3pp/2p1Q1p1/8/8/5rN1/P1P3P1/6K1 w - - 0 27
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 e6 8. N1e2 c5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Rab1 Bxc5 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Rb3 Qa5 19. h4 O-O 20. h5 Bxe3 21. hxg6 Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2 fxg6 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rf3 Rxf3 *
e6e8 f3f8 e8f8
Qe8+ Rf8 Qxf8#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
4r1rk/pp3p1p/2pqnPpQ/3p2P1/3P1R2/2N4P/PPP5/3R2K1 w - - 4 28
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 c6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Rad1 Bg5 14. f4 Bh4 15. Qg4 Nd7 16. g3 Be7 17. f5 Nf6 18. Qf3 Kh8 19. g4 Bd6 20. g5 Nd7 21. f6 g6 22. Qg4 Qc7 23. Bf4 Rae8 24. Qh4 Rg8 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Rf4 Nf8 27. Qh6 Ne6 *
h6h7 h8h7 f4h4
Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh4#
attraction kingsideAttack mate mateIn2 middlegame sacrifice short
r1b1qbkr/pp2p1p1/1nnpP2p/6N1/3P4/5Q2/PP3PPP/RNB1K2R w KQ - 0 12
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. e6+ Kg8 10. Ng5 Qe8 11. Qf3 h6 *
f3f7 e8f7 e6f7
Qf7+ Qxf7 exf7#
advancedPawn kingsideAttack mate mateIn2 opening short
6k1/p4pp1/7p/8/1P1B4/r1RP4/5PPP/6K1 b - - 2 28
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nd4 6. c3 b5 7. cxd4 bxc4 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxc4 exd4 10. d3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qxd4 h6 13. Ne4 Nxd5 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Be3 d5 20. Bd4 Rbc8 21. Rac1 Bg4 22. Qxd5 Rxc3 23. Qxd7 Rxc1 24. Qxg4 Ree1 25. Qe2 Rxe2 26. Rxc1 Rxa2 27. b4 Ra3 28. Rc3 *
a3a1 c3c1 a1c1
Ra1+ Rc1 Rxc1#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 short
r1b1k2N/pppp2pp/2n5/3Qp3/8/8/PPP4P/RNB1qBKn b q - 3 12
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 8. Kg1 Qh4 9. g3 Nxg3 10. Nxh8 Nxh1 11. Qd5 Qe1+ 12. Bf1 *
e1f2 g1h1 f2f1
Qf2+ Kxh1 Qxf1#
deflection kingsideAttack mate mateIn2 middlegame short
6nr/1pN2ppp/p2Qbk2/4p3/3Bq3/8/PP2BPPP/5K1R b - - 0 19
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qd1 Qg6 9. Nc3 d5 10. Nxd5 Nd4 11. Nc7+ Ke7 12. Nxa8 Qxe4+ 13. Be2 Nxc2+ 14. Kf1 Nxa1 15. Be3 Nc2 16. Bc5+ Kf6 17. Qd6+ Be6 18. Nc7 Nd4 19. Bxd4 *
e4b1 e2d1 b1d1
Qb1+ Bd1 Qxd1#
mate mateIn2 middlegame short
2r5/pR5p/5p1k/4p3/4R3/B4nPP/PP3P2/1K6 b - - 0 27
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Ng5 d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qb4+ 11. Bd2 Qxb3 12. Bxb3 Nd8 13. Ba4+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Bb4+ Kf6 17. Bxf8 Kxg5 18. Be7+ f6 19. Rd7 Rc8+ 20. Kb1 Nc6 21. Ba3 Nd4 22. Rxg7+ Kh6 23. Rxb7 Rhg8 24. g3 Rg4 25. Re1 Nf3 26. h3 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 *
f3d2 b1a1 c8c1
Nd2+ Ka1 Rc1#
backRankMate endgame fork mate mateIn2 short
4Qr2/1pqnb2k/p2p2pp/1PpP1p2/P1P5/6PP/1B3P2/6K1 w - - 0 29
1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Be6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. d3 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. h3 Kh7 11. Qc2 g6 12. a4 a6 13. b5 c5 14. d4 exd4 15. exd4 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qb6 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. d5 Bd8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 f5 23. Qe6 Qc7 24. Re1 Nb6 25. Nh4 Bxh4 26. g3 Bd8 27. Qe8 Nd7 28. Re7+ Bxe7 *
e8e7 f8f7 e7f7
Qxe7+ Rf7 Qxf7#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
4K3/8/4k3/8/1Q6/8/P7/5q2 b - - 4 57
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bxc4 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 g4 13. Nd2 h5 14. f3 gxf3 15. gxf3 Qd6 16. f4 Bd7 17. Rxh5 Rxh5 18. Qxh5+ Kd8 19. O-O-O Na5 20. Bd3 c6 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Kc7 23. Qh6 e5 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Qxd6+ Bxd6 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Rg1 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Bg4 29. Kd2 Re8 30. Kd3 b5 31. Bb3 Kd6 32. c4 a6 33. cxb5 axb5 34. e4 Kc5 35. Rh1 Bf3 36. Rh4 Rg8 37. Ke3 Rf8 38. Rf4 Rxf4 39. gxf4 Bg4 40. f5 Bh5 41. Kf4 Kd6 42. e5+ Ke7 43. Kg5 Be8 44. f6+ Kf8 45. e6 c5 46. Bd5 c4 47. Kh6 c3 48. Be4 b4 49. Bg6 Bxg6 50. Kxg6 c2 51. e7+ Ke8 52. f7+ Kxe7 53. Kg7 c1=Q 54. f8=Q+ Ke6 55. Qxb4 Qg1+ 56. Kf8 Qf1+ 57. Ke8 *
f1f7 e8d8 f7d7
Qf7+ Kd8 Qd7#
endgame mate mateIn2 queenEndgame short
2rr4/5pkp/2R1p1p1/1b6/p3P3/P3Q3/BP3PPP/6K1 b - - 0 28
1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Nc6 5. Re1 Ne5 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. d4 exd4 8. Qf3 e6 9. Bf4 c5 10. Na3 a6 11. Rad1 Ne7 12. c3 O-O 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Nc2 Nc6 15. Bb3 a5 16. Re2 b5 17. a3 Bb7 18. Qh3 a4 19. Ba2 Ba6 20. Bh6 b4 21. Nxb4 Bxe2 22. Nxc6 Qd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxd4 Qxc6 25. Qe3 Bb5 26. Rd1 Rfd8 27. Rc1 Rac8 28. Rxc6 *
d8d1 e3e1 d1e1
Rd1+ Qe1 Rxe1#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 short
8/p7/kPQ4n/3p3p/3P4/3q2B1/PP4PP/6K1 b - - 0 31
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 g5 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Bd7 8. Nd5 Nh6 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. c3 O-O-O 11. Bd5 Kb8 12. Qd3 f5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Bxf4 Qg6 15. Qd2 Ng4 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. c4 Be4 19. Rae1 d5 20. Qb4+ Ka8 21. Bxc7 Rd7 22. Bg3 h5 23. Rf8+ Rxf8 24. Qxf8+ Kb7 25. Qb8+ Ka6 26. c5 Rb7 27. Qc8 Nh6 28. Re3 Bd3 29. Rxd3 Qxd3 30. Qxc6+ Rb6 31. cxb6 *
d3d1 g3e1 d1e1
Qd1+ Be1 Qxe1#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
1b1r1k2/p2q1p2/8/2N3Q1/4R3/P1P3pP/8/5R1K b - - 0 35
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. a3 Rc8 10. h3 Bd6 11. Ne2 Bb8 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Nc3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Qb6+ 18. Kh2 Qxb2 19. Na4 Qd4 20. c3 Qd6 21. Qf3 Qe7 22. Bc4 d5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Rd8 26. Qb5+ Kf8 27. Rad1 Kg7 28. Rde1 e4 29. Re3 h5 30. Qf5 h4 31. Rxe4 hxg3+ 32. Kh1 Qd7 33. Qxg5+ Kf8 34. Nc5 Rxh3+ 35. gxh3 *
d7h3 h1g1 h3h2
Qxh3+ Kg1 Qh2#
fork mate mateIn2 middlegame short
r2r2k1/p1p2ppp/2p1p3/4P3/N2R4/1q5P/2b2BP1/3Q1RK1 w - - 1 23
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. a3 e6 9. h3 Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Nc3 Bh4+ 12. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 13. Bf2 Qe7 14. Be2 Rfd8 15. Bf3 Nxc4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. b3 Nxa3 18. O-O Nb5 19. Na4 Qb4 20. Rc1 Nxd4 21. Rc4 Qxb3 22. Rxd4 Bc2 *
d4d8 a8d8 d1d8
Rxd8+ Rxd8 Qxd8#
backRankMate mate mateIn2 middlegame short
6k1/pbr3p1/1p4Np/2n2B2/2P5/5P2/P5KP/3R4 w - - 1 31
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 15. Rac1 Nb8 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qe2 Nf4 20. Qe3 Nxg2 21. Qg3 Qg5 22. Ng6 Rf7 23. d5 exd5 24. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 d4+ 26. f3 dxc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rc7 29. c4 Nd7 30. Bxf5 Nc5 *
d1d8 g8f7 d8f8
Rd8+ Kf7 Rf8#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
4r1k1/p4ppp/1p4b1/3P4/2PB4/5PQq/P4R1P/6K1 b - - 0 34
1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. d5 e6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 exd5 8. exd5 O-O 9. Ne2 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nf4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Re8 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qe5 17. c4 Ba6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Qh5 20. Rd2 Qh4 21. g3 Qh3 22. Qd4 d6 23. Rdc2 Rcd8 24. Qf4 Bc8 25. Rd2 Bg4 26. f3 Bh5 27. g4 Bxg4 28. Rf2 Bh5 29. Bd4 Bg6 30. Kh1 Re7 31. Rg1 Rde8 32. Qxd6 Re1 33. Qg3 Rxg1+ 34. Kxg1 *
e8e1 f2f1 h3f1
Re1+ Rf1 Qxf1#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
rn1qr1k1/pp3ppp/2p2bb1/8/3p4/3B1P2/PPP1Q1PP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 15
1. d4 d5 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. f3 e5 5. Nxe4 exd4 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. Ne2 Be7 8. O-O Bg6 9. N2g3 Nf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qe2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Re8 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 *
e2e8 d8e8 e1e8
Qxe8+ Qxe8 Rxe8#
backRankMate mate mateIn2 middlegame short
r3q1rk/pp5p/2p2n1B/3pb1Q1/3Pb3/5B2/PP2PP1P/R5RK w - - 2 25
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Nc3 Ndf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfe1 Nh5 13. Qc1 g5 14. Be3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 f4 16. gxf4 gxf4 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. Rg1 Qe8 20. Bf3 Nf6 21. Bxf4 Be4 22. Qe3 Bd6 23. Bh6 Bxe5 24. Qg5 Rg8 *
h6g7 g8g7 g5g7
Bg7+ Rxg7 Qxg7#
kingsideAttack mate mateIn2 middlegame short
6k1/p1pb1ppp/6r1/2p5/Q1Pq1P2/NP3P2/P6P/4R2K w - - 1 25
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Be7 8. Qe2 Be6 9. d4 O-O 10. b3 Bf6 11. c4 Nf5 12. Bb2 Nxd4 13. Qe4 c5 14. Na3 Bf5 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qa6 Rb6 17. Qa4 Re8 18. f3 Bxe5 19. f4 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 Bd4+ 21. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Kg2 Rg6+ 23. Kh1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bd7 *
e1e8 d7e8 a4e8
Re8+ Bxe8 Qxe8#
endgame kingsideAttack mate mateIn2 sacrifice short xRayAttack
r5nr/ppBk1Bpp/8/2pN4/2NpP2q/8/PPb2PPP/R3K2R w KQ - 2 18
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Nce2 c5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nf4 Nd7 8. Bc4 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxd1 10. Bxf7+ Ke7 11. Nd5+ Kd6 12. Nc4+ Kc6 13. Ne5+ Kd6 14. Nc4+ Kd7 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Bxc2 17. Bc7 Qh4 *
c4e5 d7c8 f7e6
Ne5+ Kc8 Be6#
mate mateIn2 middlegame short
5N1k/5Rp1/p6p/8/8/4r3/6PP/7K b - - 0 32
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 h6 6. O-O Nf6 7. c3 Bc5 8. b4 Bb6 9. a4 a6 10. a5 Ba7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. e5 Ng4 13. cxd4 Bxd4 14. Nc3 Nxe5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nxc4 17. dxc4 b6 18. axb6 cxb6 19. Nd5 Bb7 20. Nf4 Qg5 21. Rad1 Rfe8 22. Rxd7 Rab8 23. c5 bxc5 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Qxb7 Rxe3 27. bxc5 Qxc5 28. Kh1 Qc4 29. Ng6+ Kh7 30. Nf8+ Kh8 31. Qf7 Qxf7 32. Rxf7 *
e3e1 f7f1 e1f1
Re1+ Rf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 short
4r1k1/pp3r1p/6pB/8/3p4/3P2q1/PPP3b1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 25
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nf3 d5 7. e5 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O d4 10. Ne4 Nd5 11. Re1 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nxc5 Qd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 e5 16. Nxe5 Bf5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Be4 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Bg2 Bh3 23. Qe2 Bxg2 24. Qe8+ Rxe8 *
e1e8 f7f8 e8f8
Rxe8+ Rf8 Rxf8#
mate mateIn2 middlegame short
QR6/5ppk/7p/3n4/2qPp3/4P1P1/5P1P/4K3 b - - 1 36
1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. a3 a6 12. b4 b5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. Nd2 Ng4 16. g3 Nf6 17. Nb3 e5 18. Nc5 e4 19. Qe2 h6 20. Rb1 Rcb8 21. Rb3 Nd8 22. Rfb1 Ne6 23. a4 bxa4 24. N3xa4 a5 25. bxa5 Rxb3 26. Rxb3 Rxa5 27. Nb7 Qc7 28. Nxa5 Qxa5 29. Nc3 Ng5 30. Qa2 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Qc7 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Nxd5 Ne1+ 34. Kf1 Qc4+ 35. Kxe1 Nxd5 36. Rb8 *
c4c1 e1e2 d5c3
Qc1+ Ke2 Nc3#
endgame master mate mateIn2 short
8/5pkp/2p3p1/2p1P3/5Q2/2Pq4/5PPP/1rR3K1 b - - 0 35
1. d4 e5 2. c4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bf4 Qf6 8. e3 Bb4 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ne7 13. Rb1 Ng6 14. Bg3 O-O 15. O-O Rab8 16. c5 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Qa6 c5 20. Qxa7 Ra8 21. Qb7 c6 22. Qb3 Rfb8 23. Qc2 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 g6 25. Qb3 Qd2 26. a4 Qd3 27. a5 Rxa5 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kh6 30. Qf4+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kh6 32. Rc1 Rb5 33. Qf4+ Kg7 34. e4 Rb1 35. e5 *
d3d1 c1d1 b1d1
Qd1+ Rxd1 Rxd1#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 sacrifice short xRayAttack
6k1/2p2ppp/8/1R6/rp2P3/3r2PP/p4KP1/R7 w - - 0 36
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bc5 6. h3 Qd4 7. Qf3 O-O 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Be3 Qb4 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Be2 Qb4 12. Rb1 Bxa2 13. Ra1 Qxb2 14. Rxa2 Qxc3+ 15. Kf1 Qb4 16. Ra1 Qb2 17. Rd1 Qxc2 18. Kg1 a5 19. Kh2 a4 20. Rc1 Qb2 21. Rb1 Qd4 22. Rhc1 a3 23. Rc4 Qe5+ 24. Qg3 Qxg3+ 25. fxg3 a2 26. Ra1 Ra7 27. Bd1 Rfa8 28. Bb3 Nd7 29. Rc2 Nc5 30. Bc4 b5 31. Bxb5 cxb5 32. Rxc5 b4 33. Rb5 Ra4 34. Kg1 Rd8 35. Kf2 Rxd3 *
b5b8 d3d8 b8d8
Rb8+ Rd8 Rxd8#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 rookEndgame short
2r3k1/3Q1ppp/pp6/8/5P2/1Pq5/2PR2PP/7K w - - 2 25
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Be7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bc4 Be6 10. Bb3 Bxb3 11. axb3 Nd7 12. O-O Bf6 13. Be3 a6 14. f4 Nb6 15. Ra5 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bxb6 cxb6 18. Rxd5 Qc7 19. Rd7 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Rad8 21. Rd1 Rxd7 22. Qxd7 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. Rd2 Rc8 *
d7d8 c8d8 d2d8
Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 sacrifice short
8/3k1ppp/8/1N1P4/1P1R4/8/1r3PPP/6K1 b - - 2 33
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. O-O d6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg3 O-O 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 Bf6 15. a3 e4 16. Nd2 Nd3 17. Nxe4 Nxb2 18. Qb3 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxa1 20. Bxd6 Qd7 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rxa1 b5 23. Be2 Bb7 24. Qb4+ Kg8 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Nc5 Qd6 27. Nxb7 Qxb4 28. axb4 Rxe2 29. Nc5 Kf8 30. Nxa6 Ke8 31. Nc7+ Kd7 32. Nxb5 Rb2 33. Rd4 *
b2b1 d4d1 b1d1
Rb1+ Rd1 Rxd1#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 short
1rr3k1/5p1p/p5pQ/4p3/4q3/B1P1P3/PP1R1PPP/2KR4 b - - 0 27
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Qf3 b6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Be5 Qb6 13. Rd2 O-O 14. Qh3 c4 15. Bxf6 cxd3 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 17. Ba3 Rab8 18. Rxd3 Rec8 19. Rd4 e5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qc6 22. Rd2 Qa4 23. Rhd1 g6 24. Qh6 Qa5 25. Rd7 Qa4 26. R7d2 Qe4 27. c3 *
c8c3 b2c3 b8b1
Rxc3+ bxc3 Rb1#
mate mateIn2 middlegame queensideAttack sacrifice short
8/pb3kp1/1p2p2p/1B1n2q1/3P4/2r3P1/P3QP1P/4R1K1 w - - 0 25
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. exd4 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Rb1 b6 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Qa4 Ne7 18. Ne5 Qg5 19. g3 Nd5 20. Qc2 Rfc8 21. Rbc1 Rxc3 22. Qe2 Rac8 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 *
e2e6 f7f8 e6e8
Qxe6+ Kf8 Qe8#
mate mateIn2 middlegame short
1k6/ppp3pp/2p5/8/1b6/1P2R2P/P1b3PK/3r4 w - - 3 30
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Qe7 5. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 6. Qe2 Qxe2+ 7. Kxe2 dxc6 8. Bc4 Bf5 9. Re1 Bxc2 10. Nc3 O-O-O 11. Bxf7 Nh6 12. Be6+ Kb8 13. Bc4 Rhf8 14. Kf1 Rxf2+ 15. Kg1 Rf4+ 16. Kh1 Rxc4 17. b3 Rf4 18. d3 Rh4 19. Bg5 Rhd4 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Re5 Bb6 22. Rae1 Ng4 23. Re7 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nxd3+ 25. Kh1 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Ba5 27. Re3 Bxc3 28. h3 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Bb4 *
e3e8 d1d8 e8d8
Re8+ Rd8 Rxd8#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 short
r4rk1/3R2p1/4p2p/q5p1/1pP1p1P1/1P2B2P/4QP2/2KR4 b - - 0 32
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. h3 e6 5. g4 Be4 6. Nbd2 c5 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bxc6 Bh4 12. Rf1 Qb6 13. Ba4 cxd4 14. exd4 Qa6 15. Bc2 f6 16. Nf3 Bg5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxg5 fxg5 19. Qe2 Qc6 20. Be3 h6 21. O-O-O b5 22. Rfe1 b4 23. Bd2 Qd5 24. c4 Qxd4 25. Be3 Qf6 26. Bd4 Qf4+ 27. Be3 Qc7 28. b3 a5 29. Rd2 a4 30. Red1 axb3 31. Rd7 Qa5 32. axb3 *
a5a1 c1d2 a1c3
Qa1+ Kd2 Qc3#
mate mateIn2 middlegame queensideAttack short
1r6/5pkp/6p1/8/8/8/1R3PPP/rR4K1 b - - 0 39
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. e4 Bg6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Qb3 b6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O Nf6 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Rd1 Qxb3 15. axb3 O-O 16. Ne5 Bc2 17. Re1 Bxb3 18. Bf3 Bd5 19. Bg4 Bf6 20. Nd7 Nxd7 21. Bxd7 Rfd8 22. Bf5 g6 23. Bg4 a5 24. Ra3 b5 25. Rae3 a4 26. R3e2 Bc4 27. Re3 Bg5 28. Re4 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 a3 30. bxa3 Rxa3 31. Rce1 Kg7 32. Re7 b4 33. Bf3 Bb5 34. Rc7 b3 35. Bxc6 Bxc6 36. Rxc6 Rb8 37. Rb1 b2 38. Rc2 Ra1 39. Rxb2 *
a1b1 b2b1 b8b1
Rxb1+ Rxb1 Rxb1#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 rookEndgame short xRayAttack
r1r4k/4pQ1p/3p1bp1/8/1P2P3/5N2/B4PPP/2R3K1 b - - 0 23
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d3 Nc6 5. a3 g6 6. c3 a6 7. Nbd2 b5 8. Ba2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. b4 c4 12. dxc4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Bg4 14. Bb2 Rfc8 15. Ba2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nxb4 17. axb4 a5 18. Qb3 axb4 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. cxb4 Qc2 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rfc1 Qxc1+ 23. Rxc1 *
c8c1 f3e1 c1e1
Rxc1+ Ne1 Rxe1#
backRankMate mate mateIn2 middlegame short
3r3k/p3Q1pp/8/8/2p2q1n/2B2p2/PP3P1P/1K4NN b - - 0 27
1. e4 Nf6 2. d4 Nxe4 3. Bc4 Nd6 4. Bb3 e6 5. c4 Be7 6. c5 Nf5 7. g4 Nh4 8. Nc3 b6 9. Ne4 Bb7 10. Bc2 f5 11. gxf5 exf5 12. Ng3 Bxh1 13. Nxh1 O-O 14. Be3 f4 15. Bb3+ Kh8 16. Bd2 f3 17. Qc2 bxc5 18. Qe4 d5 19. Bxd5 c6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Qxc6 Qxd4 22. O-O-O Rac8 23. Qb7 c4 24. Bc3 Qf4+ 25. Kb1 Rcd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qxe7 *
d8d1 b1c2 f4c1
Rd1+ Kc2 Qc1#
fork mate mateIn2 middlegame short
4r1k1/p1R1n2p/4N3/5r2/6K1/6PP/P3R3/8 b - - 4 46
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Nd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd4 12. O-O Qxe5 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. g3 Nf6 15. Na5 c5 16. Bf4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. Nc6 O-O 20. f4 Rfe8 21. b3 Nb7 22. Rfe1 Rac8 23. Ne5 f6 24. Nd3 Nd6 25. Re2 c4 26. bxc4 Nxc4 27. Rae1 Rc6 28. f5 e5 29. Nb4 Rb6 30. Nxd5 Rd6 31. Nf4 Red8 32. Ne6 Rb8 33. Rc1 Nb2 34. Rc7 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Nd3+ 36. Kf3 e4+ 37. Kg4 Ne5+ 38. Kf4 g5+ 39. fxg6 Nxg6+ 40. Kxe4 Re8 41. Kf3 Ne5+ 42. Kf4 Ng6+ 43. Kf5 Ne7+ 44. Kxf6 Rf1+ 45. Kg5 Rf5+ 46. Kg4 *
h7h5 g4h4 e7g6
h5+ Kh4 Ng6#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
rnb2rk1/pp2ppbp/3p2p1/q1pP4/4NB2/1P2P3/P1PQNPPP/2KR1B1R b - - 0 10
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. b3 d6 5. d5 g6 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Qd2 Bg7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne4 10. Nxe4 *
a5a3 c1b1 a3b2
Qa3+ Kb1 Qb2#
mate mateIn2 opening queensideAttack short
r2q3Q/p2nbkp1/bp2p3/3pP1P1/5r2/2P5/PP3PP1/R3K2R w KQ - 2 19
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Be7 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. c3 b6 7. h4 Ba6 8. Bc2 c5 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Nf3 f6 16. Ng5 fxg5 17. hxg5 Rxf4 18. Qh8+ Kf7 *
g5g6 f7g6 h8h5
g6+ Kxg6 Qh5#
attraction mate mateIn2 middlegame short
1Q1R4/3R1p2/5k1p/6p1/8/4n1PK/1r5P/8 b - - 0 44
1. c4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qb3 Bd7 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Nc6 14. O-O a6 15. Nc3 Bf6 16. Nxd5 Be5 17. f4 Bd6 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Nb6 Rab8 20. Nc4 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 b5 22. Ba5 bxc4 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxc4 Ne5 25. Re4 Ng6 26. g3 h6 27. Rd4 Rb8 28. b4 Rc8 29. Rad1 Rc3 30. R1d3 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Ne5 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. R3d5 Rc2+ 34. Rd2 Rc3 35. a4 Rxe3 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Rb3 38. Rb8 Nc4 39. Rd7 Kg6 40. b6 Rb2+ 41. Kh3 Kf6 42. b7 g5 43. Rbd8 Ne3 44. b8=Q *
g5g4 h3h4 b2h2
g4+ Kh4 Rxh2#
deflection endgame mate mateIn2 short
r7/p1p1kp2/2P2N2/3PP3/P4q2/6p1/2Q2p2/5K2 w - - 2 38
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 exf4 4. Bc4 g5 5. O-O h6 6. d4 d6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. c3 Bd6 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. b4 Bg4 12. Qc2 h5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. a3 g4 16. c4 b6 17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Be7 19. c6 Qd6 20. a4 h4 21. Ba3 Qd8 22. Nc4 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Qe7 24. Rc3 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 h3 26. Nxe5 hxg2+ 27. Kxg2 f3+ 28. Kh1 Qd6 29. Nc4 Qf4 30. e5 Ne4 31. Rd3 Ng3+ 32. Kg1 Nxf1 33. Kxf1 Rxh2 34. Rd2 Rxd2 35. Nxd2 g3 36. Ne4 f2 37. Nf6+ Ke7 *
c2c5 e7d8 c5f8
Qc5+ Kd8 Qf8#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
2k3r1/ppp2p2/2b1p2p/2P1N3/5P2/Pq5P/3Q2BK/R5R1 b - - 1 29
1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. e3 Bb5 7. O-O Qd6 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. b3 h6 10. h3 g5 11. c4 Bc6 12. d4 Bb4 13. a3 Bc5 14. Bb2 Ne4 15. Kh2 Bb6 16. c5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qf8 18. Bxh8 Qxh8 19. Nbd2 Nxg3 20. Kxg3 gxf4+ 21. exf4 O-O-O 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Qg8+ 24. Kh2 Qg6 25. Nf3 Rg8 26. Rg1 d4 27. Qxd4 Qc2 28. Qd2 Qxb3 29. Ne5 *
b3g3 h2h1 g3h3
Qg3+ Kh1 Qxh3#
deflection mate mateIn2 middlegame pin short
2r4k/5Qpp/4p3/p2pN3/3q4/2r4P/P5P1/5R1K w - - 0 29
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. c3 e6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Be7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. b4 a5 14. b5 cxb5 15. Qxb5 Ne4 16. f3 Nd6 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. f4 Qh4 19. Nd2 Bxf4 20. Nf3 Qg3 21. Qe2 Rfc8 22. Rac1 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc4 24. Qf1 Rac8 25. Ne5 Rxc3 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Rf1 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Qxd4 *
f7f8 c8f8 f1f8
Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 sacrifice short
4r1k1/pp3p1p/3p2p1/3P3B/2Pb4/4q3/PPQ2RPP/R5K1 b - - 0 21
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Bxd4 c6 11. Bc2 cxd5 12. exd5 Re8+ 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. Be3 Rxe3 15. fxe3 Qe7 16. O-O Qxe3+ 17. Rf2 Re8 18. Bd3 Nh5 19. Qc2 Bxe2 20. Bxe2 Bd4 21. Bxh5 *
e3e1 a1e1 e8e1
Qe1+ Rxe1 Rxe1#
kingsideAttack mate mateIn2 middlegame pin sacrifice short
6k1/1p4p1/6P1/8/P3q2p/6r1/2R4K/8 w - - 3 57
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Bg4 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. h3 Be6 19. Qa4 Qf6 20. Qb5 Rd7 21. Rcd1 Rfd8 22. h4 h5 23. Ng5 a6 24. Qb6 Bg4 25. Ne4 Qe5 26. Qc5 Rd5 27. Qb6 Rb5 28. f4 Qb8 29. Qxb5 axb5 30. Ng5 b4 31. a4 b3 32. Rc1 d3 33. exd3 Qa7+ 34. Kh2 Qf2 35. Rf1 Qxb2 36. Rb1 Qc2 37. Rbc1 Qxd3 38. Be4 Qd2+ 39. Kh1 b2 40. Rb1 Qc3 41. Kg1 Qxg3+ 42. Bg2 f6 43. Rxb2 fxg5 44. hxg5 Bh3 45. Rbf2 Bxg2 46. Rxg2 Qe3+ 47. Kh1 h4 48. Kh2 Qe4 49. Rff2 Qf5 50. g6 Nd4 51. Rg5 Qe4 52. Kh3 Ne2 53. Rfg2 Nxf4+ 54. Kh2 Nxg2 55. Rxg2 Rd3 56. Rc2 Rg3 *
c2c8 e4e8 c8e8
Rc8+ Qe8 Rxe8#
endgame mate mateIn2 queenRookEndgame short
5rk1/5ppp/rn6/q1Q3P1/1p5P/1P6/P3R3/1K1R4 w - - 3 28
1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. b3 e5 5. fxe5 Nxe5 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Nf6 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. g4 Ba3 13. g5 Nfd7 14. h4 a5 15. Rhe1 a4 16. d4 Nxf3 17. Qxf3 axb3 18. cxb3 Bxb2+ 19. Kxb2 Qa3+ 20. Kb1 b5 21. e4 b4 22. Na4 Rxa4 23. Re2 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Ra6 25. d5 cxd5 26. Qxd5 Nb6 27. Qc5 Qa5 *
c5f8 g8f8 d1d8
Qxf8+ Kxf8 Rd8#
attraction mate mateIn2 middlegame sacrifice short
3Q3r/p5k1/1p3p1q/4pB2/4P3/7p/PP6/1K6 w - - 2 41
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. g4 Rc8 11. h4 Qb6 12. Nf5 Qd8 13. Nxg7 Kxg7 14. Bh6+ Kg8 15. h5 Re8 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Nd5 Ne5 18. Qh2 Nxf3 19. Qe2 Bxg4 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. Qg2 Ne5 22. Bf4 Bxd1 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Bd3 Bxc2 25. Bxc2 Qd3 26. Kb1 Qe3 27. Bb3+ Kg7 28. Qh2 h5 29. Qg2 Rh8 30. Rg1 Rh6 31. Be6 Rc7 32. Bf5 h4 33. Bxg6 Kf8 34. Bf5 Rh8 35. Qg6 Qh6 36. Qg2 Rg7 37. Qf2 Rxg1+ 38. Qxg1 b6 39. Qd1 h3 40. Qd8+ Kg7 *
d8e7 g7g8 f5e6
Qe7+ Kg8 Be6#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
3r2r1/1kpq1p1B/pp2b3/4P3/8/2B5/nPP2QPP/1K1RR3 b - - 1 22
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 b6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Qg3 Nf6 7. Bd2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Qxg7 Bd4 11. Qg3 Be5 12. f4 Bf6 13. Bb5 Qd7 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Rhg8 16. Qf2 Kb7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 a6 19. Bd3 Ncb4 20. Bxh7 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Nxa2+ 22. Kb1 *
d7d1 e1d1 d8d1
Qxd1+ Rxd1 Rxd1#
mate mateIn2 middlegame queensideAttack short
2r5/6pk/p2pQ1p1/1p3p2/3P3q/1P4RP/P1r2P1K/6R1 w - - 1 32
1. e4 e6 2. d4 Be7 3. e5 d5 4. exd6 cxd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Nf3 a6 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. h3 Ng6 12. Bg5 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Nh4 Rc8 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nc3 Nf4 20. Re3 Nxg2 21. Rg3 Nf4 22. Re1 Qh4 23. Kh2 Bg2 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rxc4 26. Rfg1 b5 27. b3 Rc7 28. Qd2 Rec8 29. Ne2 Nxe2 30. Qxe2 Rc2 31. Qxe6+ Kh7 *
e6g6 h7h8 g6g7
Qxg6+ Kh8 Qxg7#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
3r4/1pp3bk/3p3n/p2P3Q/P3p3/4q3/1P2r3/R2K2R1 w - - 0 40
1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 e5 7. d5 O-O 8. Be3 a5 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nc5 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. h3 Nh6 14. g4 Nf7 15. Bg3 Rb8 16. a4 Na6 17. Nh2 Nb4 18. Bd1 Qe7 19. h4 Rbd8 20. h5 Bc8 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 f5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Nf3 fxe4 26. Ng5 Nd3+ 27. Ke2 Nxf4+ 28. Qxf4 Qxg5 29. Qh2 Bg4+ 30. Ke1 Nh6 31. Bxg4 Qxg4 32. Rg1 Qf3 33. Ne2 Kh7 34. Kd2 Qd3+ 35. Kc1 Qxc4+ 36. Kb1 Qd3+ 37. Kc1 Qe3+ 38. Kd1 Rf2 39. Qh5 Rxe2 *
h5g6 h7h8 g6g7
Qg6+ Kh8 Qxg7#
mate mateIn2 middlegame short
6rk/p5pp/5p2/4pPR1/7Q/3P4/Pqr3PP/5RK1 w - - 0 27
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 Be7 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. d3 Qxc2 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. Nce4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf6 18. f4 Rfe8 19. f5 Rad8 20. Rf3 Rc8 21. Bh6 Qxb2 22. Raf1 Rc2 23. Rg3 Kh8 24. Bg5 Rg8 25. Qh4 Bxg5 26. Rxg5 f6 *
h4h7 h8h7 g5h5
Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh5#
attraction endgame mate mateIn2 sacrifice short
1r5r/p3kp2/bqp1pNp1/2b1P1Np/2P2P2/1P2p3/PB4PP/2KR3R w - - 0 19
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. f4 Bxc5 6. Nf3 g6 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 h5 9. Bb5 Qb6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qe2 Nf5 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. c4 Rd8 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. Ng5 d4 16. Nde4 Ne3 17. Nf6+ Ke7 18. Qxe3 dxe3 *
d1d7 e7f8 d7f7
Rd7+ Kf8 Rxf7#
mate mateIn2 middlegame short
r2qr3/ppp1bk1p/6pB/4pn2/4N3/6Q1/PPP5/2K4R w - - 0 22
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. e5 Nh5 7. g4 fxg3 8. hxg3 Nxg3 9. Qh2 Nxh1 10. Bd3 g6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Nc3 d6 13. Ne4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Bg4 15. Rf1 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Nxd4 17. Rf1 dxe5 18. Rxh1 Nf3 19. Qg3 Nh4 20. Bc4 Nf5 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 *
g3b3 d8d5 b3d5
Qb3+ Qd5 Qxd5#
mate mateIn2 middlegame short
1n3k1r/rpNR1pb1/p1bP3p/2p3p1/P1B5/7P/1PPn1K2/R7 w - - 0 24
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Qe7 4. Bc4 h6 5. O-O g5 6. Nc3 c6 7. d5 Bg7 8. Be3 a6 9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Qd2 c5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. d6 Qd7 15. Nd5 Bxe4 16. Nc7+ Kf8 17. Nh2 Ra7 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. f3 Bc6 20. Rxe5 Nxg4 21. Re7 Nxh2 22. Rxd7 Nxf3+ 23. Kf2 Nxd2 *
d7d8 c6e8 d8e8
Rd8+ Be8 Rxe8#
mate mateIn2 middlegame short
2r3Q1/3k3p/2q1p3/4B3/2p1p3/4P2P/5PPK/8 w - - 3 38
1. d4 e6 2. e3 f5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Ne2 Ne4 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Ng3 Nf6 12. c4 d5 13. b3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nh5 dxc4 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Qc2 b5 19. Bc3 Qg6 20. b4 Bb6 21. a4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rd3 23. b5 Qe8 24. Rb1 Qc8 25. Qb2 Qc7 26. Be5 Qd7 27. h3 Rc8 28. Rc1 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 Bc7 31. Bxc7 Qxa4 32. b6 axb6 33. Qxb6 Qd7 34. Be5 Qc6 35. Qa7 Kf8 36. Qxg7+ Ke8 37. Qg8+ Kd7 *
g8f7 d7d8 e5f6
Qf7+ Kd8 Bf6#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
4Rr1k/6pp/p5q1/1p6/3P1Pb1/2P5/PP1N1P1P/R5KQ b - - 0 26
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Qf3 Bg4 16. Qg2 Qh5 17. Be3 Rae8 18. Nd2 f5 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Qg2 Bh3 22. Qf3 Bg4 23. Qh1 f4 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Qg6 26. Rxe8 *
g4h3 h1g2 g6g2
Bh3+ Qg2 Qxg2#
discoveredAttack kingsideAttack mate mateIn2 middlegame short
2r3k1/p3qp1p/4p1pQ/8/4p2R/PP6/2r2PPP/4R1K1 w - - 2 25
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. d4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qd3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfe1 Qg5 15. Rad1 Rab8 16. b3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rd4 Rbc8 19. Rg4 Qe7 20. Qg3 g6 21. Qh3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qh6 Rxc2 24. Rh4 Rfc8 *
h6h7 g8f8 h7h8
Qxh7+ Kf8 Qh8#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
b5rk/6p1/1qpQR2p/5p2/3P4/5P2/1P4PP/6K1 w - - 0 33
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. a3 exd4 5. exd4 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Bd3 d5 11. Bg5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Rxe7 Ncxe7 15. Qb3 Qd6 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nd3 Kh8 18. Nc3 Rd8 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. Nxa7 c6 21. Nb4 Ba8 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxa7 24. Nxb6 Qb7 25. f3 Rb8 26. Re1 h6 27. a4 f5 28. a5 Qa6 29. Qb4 Qd3 30. Qd6 Rg8 31. a6 Qxa6 32. Re6 Qxb6 *
e6h6 g7h6 d6h6
Rxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6#
endgame mate mateIn2 sacrifice short
2r3k1/4Rp1p/6p1/pP1p4/P7/8/5PPP/6K1 b - - 0 33
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 dxe5 7. dxe5 e6 8. Be2 Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Bc5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Rc1 a6 15. Ne4 Qb8 16. Nc5 Bc7 17. Nd3 Bd7 18. Re1 Nce7 19. Nc5 Bc6 20. Qb3 Ng6 21. Nxa6 bxa6 22. Rxc6 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qd1 Qg5 26. Bf3 a5 27. b5 Rab8 28. a4 Rfc8 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Qe2 g6 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Qe7 Qxe7 33. Rxe7 *
c8c1 e7e1 c1e1
Rc1+ Re1 Rxe1#
backRankMate endgame master mate mateIn2 rookEndgame short
7k/5Rr1/5N1p/4pK2/2PpPn2/P7/7p/8 w - - 6 44
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1 Bc7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 d4 14. Na4 e5 15. Nc5 Qd6 16. b4 a5 17. a3 O-O 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Reb1 Bg4 20. Nb7 Qe6 21. Nxa5 Nh5 22. c4 f5 23. b5 f4 24. f3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 fxg3 26. Nxc6 Nf4 27. Bf1 g4 28. fxg4 Qxg4 29. b6 Qh4 30. b7 Ra6 31. b8=Q Rxb8 32. Nxb8 Rg6 33. Bg2 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Nxg2 35. Rb7+ Kh8 36. Rf7 Nf4 37. Qxh2 gxh2 38. Kf2 Rg2+ 39. Kf3 Rg1 40. Nd7 Rxa1 41. Nf6 Rf1+ 42. Kg4 Rg1+ 43. Kf5 Rg7 *
f7f8 g7g8 f8g8
Rf8+ Rg8 Rxg8#
arabianMate endgame mate mateIn2 short
6k1/pp3rpp/8/2P5/3R4/7P/5RPK/q7 w - - 0 31
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. d6 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qb6 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. b3 Nxd6 17. Qd5 Nxc4 18. Qxh5 Nf6 19. Qg5 Nd6 20. Rad1 Nde4 21. Qf5 Nc3 22. Rd2 Nfe4 23. Rd7 c4 24. bxc4 Ne2+ 25. Kh2 Nxf2 26. c5 Qb2 27. Rxf2 Qxa2 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Qa1 30. Qxf7+ Rxf7 *
d4d8 f7f8 f2f8
Rd8+ Rf8 Rfxf8#
endgame mate mateIn2 queenRookEndgame short
r1b2k2/ppq2pp1/4p2b/8/7Q/8/B1P1N1PP/3R3K w - - 0 25
1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 bxa3 4. Bxa3 Nc6 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Ng5 O-O 10. f4 h6 11. e5 hxg5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qh5 gxf4 14. Rxf4 Ne5 15. Ba2 Bg5 16. Rd4 Qb6 17. Ne2 Bxd2 18. Kh1 Bh6 19. Bxd6 Ng6 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Rad1 Kg8 22. Rd8+ Nf8 23. Qh4 Qc7 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 *
d1d8 c7d8 h4d8
Rd8+ Qxd8 Qxd8#
mate mateIn2 middlegame short
3Q1Q2/7k/6p1/7p/7r/6qP/6P1/6RK b - - 0 50
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Qxb7 Nd7 6. Qxc6 Ne7 7. Qa4 g6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd5 Qd8 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. Qd1 Rc8 16. Nf3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. O-O h5 19. Nh4 Qd7 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Qb3 Rcc8 22. Rac1 Rb8 23. Qc2 Qg4 24. h3 Qh4 25. Qd3 Rxb2 26. Qa6 Re6 27. Qxa7 Rf6 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Ne4 Rf5 30. Ng3 Rg5 31. a4 Rxg3 32. fxg3 Qxg3 33. Qf3 Qb8 34. Qxf7 Qb3 35. Qf3 Qxa4 36. d5 Qd7 37. Rcd1 Qd6 38. e4 Be5 39. Qf7+ Kh6 40. Qe6 Bh2+ 41. Kh1 Qg3 42. Rg1 Bxg1 43. Rxg1 Re2 44. d6 Re1 45. Qf7 Rxe4 46. d7 Rh4 47. Qf8+ Kh7 48. d8=Q *
h4h3 g2h3 g3h3
Rxh3+ gxh3 Qxh3#
endgame mate mateIn2 sacrifice short
7k/1p4pp/p1b5/8/6N1/7P/PP1R1K2/1r6 w - - 5 39
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O a6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Nh5 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Ba7 10. e5 f6 11. Nc3 fxe5 12. dxe5 Kh8 13. Ng5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. Nf3 d6 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Nd5 Rf5 18. Ne3 Rf6 19. Nh2 Rg6 20. Kh1 Nd4 21. Nc2 Nxe2 22. Qxe2 Bd7 23. Ne3 Bc6 24. Nf3 Qf8 25. Rg1 Re8 26. Rad1 d5 27. Qc2 d4 28. Nxd4 Be4 29. Qc3 Qxf2 30. Rd2 Qg3 31. Nf1 Qxh3+ 32. Nh2 Rh6 33. Qxh3 Rxh3 34. Nf3 Bxg1 35. Kxg1 Bxf3 36. gxh3 Bc6 37. Ng4 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Rb1 *
d2d8 c6e8 d8e8
Rd8+ Be8 Rxe8#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 short
6k1/5ppp/1R3b2/2p1pK2/4P3/1p6/2r2PPP/8 w - - 2 35
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. Re1 Be7 6. d4 Bg4 7. d5 a6 8. dxc6 axb5 9. cxb7 Rb8 10. Nc3 Rxb7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. a5 Ra7 15. a6 Bc8 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Qc4 c5 18. Qd5 Rxa6 19. Rxa6 Bxa6 20. Qc6 Bc8 21. Rd1 Be7 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. Qa6 Qa8 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. Nc4 Ra1 26. Kf1 Bb5 27. b3 Bg5 28. Ke2 Rxc1 29. Rxd6 Bxc4+ 30. bxc4 Rxc2+ 31. Kf3 Rxc4 32. Kg4 Bf6 33. Kf5 b3 34. Rb6 Rc2 *
b6b8 f6d8 b8d8
Rb8+ Bd8 Rxd8#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 short
6kb/pp2qp2/2prr3/4PQp1/3P2P1/5P2/PP6/2K4R w - - 0 28
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nd2 O-O 7. f3 h6 8. g4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh7 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nhf6 12. h4 Re8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. O-O-O e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. e4 d4 18. Nc4 Re8 19. e5 Nd5 20. cxd4 Nf4 21. Bf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Re6 23. Nd6 Qe7 24. Nh3 Nxh3 25. Rxh3 Rd8 26. Rdh1 Rdxd6 27. Rh8+ Bxh8 *
f5h7 g8f8 h7h8
Qh7+ Kf8 Qxh8#
deflection endgame mate mateIn2 short
7k/pb3rpp/2p5/5p2/3P4/8/PPP2PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 22
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Bd3 Qh5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rfe1 Nb4 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nc6 14. Qf4 f5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxd6 Bb7 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Ne5 Rae8 19. Nf7+ Qxf7 20. Qxf7 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rxf7 *
e1e8 f7f8 e8f8
Re8+ Rf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 short
r1k4r/1p1nQ1p1/p4p2/1N3P1p/3P4/2P5/q5PP/4R2K w - - 0 26
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 Nd7 6. O-O Qb6 7. c3 e6 8. Be2 Ne7 9. Kh1 Ng6 10. f4 h5 11. f5 exf5 12. exf5 Nh4 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Qe1 Qxb2 16. Qxh4+ f6 17. Qe4+ Kf7 18. Bc4+ d5 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 20. Qxd5+ Ke7 21. Re1+ Kd8 22. Qe4 Qxa1 23. Na3 Qxa2 24. Qe7+ Kc8 25. Nb5 a6 *
e7e8 h8e8 e1e8
Qe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8#
mate mateIn2 middlegame queensideAttack sacrifice short
8/8/PR5p/6pk/8/5KP1/8/r7 w - - 3 46
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 e6 9. e5 g5 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Bg3 d5 12. Bb5 d4 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. c3 f5 15. Nxc5 f4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4 19. Nb3 Qxb2 20. Qd2 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 fxg3 22. fxg3 Ba6 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. dxc4 Kg7 25. Rad1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 e5 27. Rd6 e4 28. Rxc6 Re8 29. Ke2 Re7 30. Rd6 Kf7 31. Ke3 Kg7 32. Rd4 Kf6 33. Rxe4 Rb7 34. c5 Rb1 35. c6 Rc1 36. Ra4 Rxc6 37. Rxa7 Rc2 38. Ra6+ Kf5 39. a4 Rxg2 40. Rb6 Rxh2 41. Rb5+ Kg6 42. a5 Rh3 43. Kf3 Rh1 44. a6 Ra1 45. Rb6+ Kh5 *
g3g4 h5h4 b6h6
g4+ Kh4 Rxh6#
deflection endgame mate mateIn2 rookEndgame short
1k3r2/pp6/7p/QP6/2p3pP/5qP1/4rP1K/3R1R2 w - - 0 38
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bg2 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qd4 Qb6 11. Qf4 Be6 12. O-O h6 13. h3 g5 14. Qa4 Nxe5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 O-O-O 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Bg2 Kb8 20. b4 Qb6 21. Rab1 Rd4 22. Qb3 Rhd8 23. b5 c5 24. a4 c4 25. Qe3 f6 26. Kh2 Rd2 27. Qe4 R2d4 28. Qf5 g4 29. a5 Qxa5 30. Qxf6 Qc7 31. h4 Qd6 32. Qf5 Rf8 33. Qc2 Rd2 34. Qc3 Rxe2 35. Rbd1 Qf6 36. Qa5 Nf3+ 37. Bxf3 Qxf3 *
d1d8 f8d8 a5d8
Rd8+ Rxd8 Qxd8#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
rn1qkbnr/ppp2ppp/8/8/2Bp4/1Q2Pb2/PP3PPP/RNB1K2R w KQkq - 0 7
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bg4 6. Qb3 Bxf3 *
c4f7 e8d7 b3e6
Bxf7+ Kd7 Qe6#
attackingF2F7 mate mateIn2 opening short
4r1k1/pQ3p1p/8/2pNr3/4n1p1/4P3/PP3qPP/3R1R1K b - - 2 23
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg5 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. Rfe1 Re8 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Qb4 c5 16. Qb3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. Rad1 Qf5 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nxd5 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 g4 22. Qxb7 Rae8 23. Rf1 *
e4g3 h2g3 e5h5
Ng3+ hxg3 Rh5#
kingsideAttack mate mateIn2 middlegame sacrifice short
r2k1r2/1pR1p2p/p3B1p1/3P4/4p3/8/Pb4PP/2R3K1 w - - 0 25
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be3 Nb4 10. Rc1 Nbd5 11. Bb5+ Kd8 12. Ne5 Be6 13. O-O a6 14. Be2 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nd5 16. e4 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 f6 18. d5 Bxd5 19. exd5 fxe5 20. Rd1 g6 21. Bg4 Bg7 22. Be6 Rf8 23. Rdc1 e4 24. Rc7 Bxb2 *
c7c8 a8c8 c1c8
Rc8+ Rxc8 Rxc8#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
3r2k1/2p2ppp/1p6/3p4/2P5/1P2Q2P/2q2PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 25
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. b3 Bc5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. Na4 Bd4 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. c4 O-O 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Bf3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Qe1 Qc2 20. Qe3 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Qxa2 22. d4 Rd8 23. Re1 Qc2 24. d5 exd5 *
e3e8 d8e8 e1e8
Qe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 sacrifice short
4r2k/6Rp/p3q2P/1p3pQ1/8/P7/1P2p3/K7 w - - 0 41
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nc5 12. g4 a6 13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 b5 15. f5 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Rb8 19. h4 Qd2 20. Bd3 Bb7 21. Qd4 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Rbd8 23. Qe4 exf5 24. gxf5 Rfe8 25. e6 fxe6 26. f6 Rxd3 27. cxd3 gxf6 28. Rg1+ Kh8 29. Qd4 Qh6 30. Qd7 Qf8 31. h5 Qe7 32. Qd4 e5 33. Qe4 Qd7 34. h6 f5 35. Qh4 Qxd3+ 36. Ka1 Qd6 37. a3 e4 38. Rg7 e3 39. Qh5 Qe6 40. Qg5 e2 *
g7h7 h8h7 g5g7
Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qg7#
attraction endgame master mate mateIn2 sacrifice short
3qr1k1/1b1n2bp/3N1ppB/p7/3Nr3/P1P4Q/1P3PPP/1R2R1K1 b - - 0 29
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. c3 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bc2 c5 11. d5 a5 12. a3 Re8 13. Qe2 Ba6 14. Bd3 c4 15. Bc2 Nc5 16. Nd4 Nfd7 17. Nc6 Qc7 18. Qf3 e6 19. dxe6 Rxe6 20. Nd4 Re7 21. Qh3 Bb7 22. Nxb5 Qc6 23. Nd4 Qb6 24. Rb1 Rae8 25. Nxc4 Qd8 26. Bg5 f6 27. Bh6 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Nxd6 *
e4e1 b1e1 e8e1
Rxe1+ Rxe1 Rxe1#
kingsideAttack mate mateIn2 middlegame short
r5k1/p1p2ppp/1p6/2nPQbq1/2P4P/P7/1P1RB1P1/2K4R b - - 0 21
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. c4 Bc5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 exd3 7. Bxd3 O-O 8. Nf3 Re8+ 9. Ne5 Ng4 10. Ne4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Rxe5 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Be2 Rxe4 14. Qd2 Bf5 15. O-O-O Rxf4 16. Qxf4 Be3+ 17. Qxe3 Na6 18. a3 b6 19. Qe5 Qg5+ 20. Rd2 Nc5 21. h4 *
c5b3 c1d1 g5d2
Nb3+ Kd1 Qxd2#
fork mate mateIn2 middlegame short
4r3/5k2/6R1/5PP1/6K1/r7/4p3/4R3 b - - 1 37
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bd2 Bf5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Nf6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. e3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Bd3 Bg6 14. O-O Re8 15. f4 Be4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qd4 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. Qxb7 Qxc3 21. Rac1 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Qb6 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 e3 25. Re1 e2 26. Kg1 Rad8 27. Kf2 Rd2 28. Rxa7 Ra2 29. Kf3 h5 30. h3 Kh7 31. g4 hxg4+ 32. hxg4 Kg6 33. f5+ Kg5 34. Rxg7+ Kf6 35. Rg6+ Kf7 36. g5 Rxa3+ 37. Kg4 *
e8e4 g4h5 a3h3
Re4+ Kh5 Rh3#
endgame mate mateIn2 rookEndgame short
1r6/2R2p1k/4b2n/K1R1P3/p2p1Q2/P2N4/1P2P3/7q b - - 14 46
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 a5 6. g3 Nge7 7. Bg2 Nf5 8. O-O h5 9. h4 Bc5 10. Nbd2 a4 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Ne1 Be6 14. Bg5 Qxc4 15. Rc1 Qb5 16. Nd3 Bb3 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Rc5 Qb6 19. Rfc1 Rfe8 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6 Qb5 22. Rxc7 Bd5 23. R1c5 Qb3 24. Kh2 Rab8 25. Qf4 g6 26. Bf6 Kh7 27. Qd2 Rf8 28. Nb4 Be6 29. Nd3 Bd5 30. f3 Be6 31. g4 hxg4 32. fxg4 Nh6 33. h5 Nxg4+ 34. Kg3 gxh5 35. Qg5 Rg8 36. Qxh5+ Nh6+ 37. Kf2 Qd1 38. Bg5 Rxg5 39. Qxg5 Rg8 40. Qf4 Qg1+ 41. Kf3 Bg4+ 42. Ke4 Bf5+ 43. Kd5 Be6+ 44. Kc6 Qh1+ 45. Kb6 Rb8+ 46. Ka5 *
h1a8 c7a7 a8a7
Qa8+ Ra7 Qxa7#
mate mateIn2 middlegame short
5r1k/pQR4p/2p3p1/3p2K1/P3pr2/2N5/7P/8 b - - 5 34
1. e4 c5 2. e5 f6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exf6 Nxf6 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 d5 9. Bg5 Bc5 10. Bh5+ g6 11. Bf3 O-O 12. O-O Ba6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. c4 Bxc4 15. b3 Bb5 16. a4 Ba6 17. Nc3 Kg7 18. Bh4 e4 19. Bg3 Qb6 20. Be2 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Qxb3 22. Be5 Qb7 23. Rf1 Rae8 24. Rab1 Qd7 25. Bxf6+ Rxf6 26. Qa6 Kh8 27. Rb7 Qg4 28. Rc7 Ref8 29. Qb7 Bxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rxf2+ 32. Kg3 R2f3+ 33. Kg4 R3f4+ 34. Kg5 *
f8f5 g5h6 f4h4
R8f5+ Kh6 Rh4#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
8/B6p/3k2p1/P1R2p2/3P4/7b/r4P1P/6K1 b - - 0 33
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Qf3 Bc5 4. g4 Nc6 5. Ne2 d5 6. Bxd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Qh4 12. Qg2 Bxg4 13. Ne4 Qh3 14. Qxh3 Bxh3 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Bd2 f5 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Bf4 Re2 20. Rc1 Kf7 21. Bxd6 Ke8 22. Bc5 b6 23. Bxd4 Kd7 24. Be3 Kd6 25. Bd4 g6 26. c4 Rd2 27. c5+ bxc5 28. Bxc5+ Kxd5 29. Bxa7 Rxb2 30. a4 Rd2 31. d4 Ra2 32. Rc5+ Kd6 33. a5 *
a2a1 c5c1 a1c1
Ra1+ Rc1 Rxc1#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
6r1/1b3p1k/p1q2Pp1/1p1r4/3p1R2/P2B4/1PPR2PP/7K w - - 0 32
1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Kh1 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. a3 b5 12. Qe1 Bb7 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. Qg3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 d5 16. Be5 Qd8 17. exd5 exd5 18. Qh3 g6 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Ng3 Nxg3+ 22. Qxg3 d4 23. f5 Qc6 24. f6 Bd8 25. Rf2 Bc7 26. Bxc7 Rxc7 27. Qg5 Kh8 28. Qh6 Rg8 29. Rdd2 Rd7 30. Rf4 Rd5 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 *
f4h4 d5h5 h4h5
Rh4+ Rh5 Rxh5#
mate mateIn2 middlegame pin short
1k6/1p2R3/2p1B1r1/p1N4p/5r2/8/PPP5/3R3K b - - 3 32
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Bf4 O-O-O 10. Qd3 Qh5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Bf5 13. Qd2 Bd6 14. Ra5 Ng4 15. h3 e5 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Rxd2 19. Rxh5 Rd4 20. Rg5 Rxf4 21. Bxf7 h5 22. Rxg7 Rf8 23. f3 Bxf3 24. Be6+ Kb8 25. gxf3 Rxf3 26. Rd1 R3f6 27. Bh3 Rf3 28. Be6 R3f6 29. Re7 Rg6+ 30. Kh1 a5 31. Na4 Rf4 32. Nc5 *
f4h4 e6h3 h4h3
Rh4+ Bh3 Rxh3#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
8/R6p/p2p1ppk/3Pp3/1r2P3/5N2/5PPP/6K1 b - - 0 28
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 Nc6 4. d5 Nb4 5. a3 Na6 6. Bxa6 bxa6 7. O-O Bb7 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bg5 Ne7 11. d6 Bf8 12. dxe7 Bxe7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Ng5 Rad8 16. Rad1 f6 17. Nf3 e5 18. b4 d6 19. Qh6 Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 cxb4 23. axb4 Rb8 24. Rb1 Rfc8 25. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxb4 27. Rc7+ Kh6 28. Rxa7 *
b4b1 f3e1 b1e1
Rb1+ Ne1 Rxe1#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 short
R7/1p2r3/2p5/2P5/p2P1Bp1/6Pk/8/3b1K2 w - - 6 58
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. Ngf3 Nb4 6. Rc1 Nxa2 7. Ra1 Nb4 8. Rc1 e6 9. c3 Nd3+ 10. Bxd3 Bxd3 11. Ne5 Ba6 12. b3 Bd6 13. c4 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 O-O 16. O-O c6 17. Re1 Nd7 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Nf3 Nb6 20. c5 Nd5 21. Bg3 g6 22. Ne5 Qf6 23. Nd7 Qg5 24. Qf3 f6 25. h4 Qf5 26. Qxf5 exf5 27. f3 Rad8 28. e4 fxe4 29. fxe4 Rxd7 30. exd5 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxd5 32. Rd1 Be2 33. Rd2 Bh5 34. Kf2 h6 35. Ke3 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Be1 Bf7 38. Rb2 Rd7 39. g3 Re7+ 40. Kf2 Bh5 41. Ba5 a6 42. Bd8 Rd7 43. Bxf6 Kf7 44. Be5 Bd1 45. Ke3 Ba4 46. Rf2+ Kg6 47. Rf6+ Kh5 48. Rf5 Kg4 49. Rf8 Rh7 50. Rb8 Bd1 51. Ra8 Kh3 52. Rf8 g4 53. Rb8 a5 54. Ra8 a4 55. Bf4 Re7+ 56. Kf2 Re2+ 57. Kf1 Re7 *
a8h8 e7h7 h8h7
Rh8+ Rh7 Rxh7#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
1k5r/ppp1R2p/r4p2/5Q2/3p4/2qP4/2P2PPP/2K1R3 w - - 6 27
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Qe7 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Be2 d5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 g5 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nd4 Nf4 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Nb5 O-O-O 17. Nxd6+ Rxd6 18. Bf3 Nd4 19. Qxf4 Nxf3 20. Qxf3 d4 21. Rhe1 Qxa2 22. Re7 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qxb2 24. Qf5+ Kb8 25. Rde1 Qc3+ 26. Kc1 Ra6 *
e7e8 h8e8 e1e8
Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 short
r3r1k1/1p3pp1/2p4p/4p3/P1P1P1nq/3P4/PB2NRB1/R3Q1K1 b - - 2 23
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nge2 a5 6. O-O d6 7. h3 O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Kh2 Nd4 10. f4 c6 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Ne2 Ba7 13. b3 Re8 14. Bb2 a4 15. c4 Bc5 16. bxa4 Qa5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. g4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Nxg4+ 20. Kh1 Qd8 21. Qe1 Bf2 22. Rxf2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 *
h4h2 g1f1 g4e3
Qh2+ Kf1 Ne3#
kingsideAttack mate mateIn2 middlegame short
2rr1bk1/1bqn1pp1/p3p2p/1p1nN3/5P2/2PB2N1/PP1B2PP/1Q2RR1K w - - 8 21
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Rae1 Bf8 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. f4 c5 15. Nf3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 b5 17. Kh1 Bb7 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. Ne5 Red8 20. Qb1 Nd5 *
d3h7 g8h8 e5f7
Bh7+ Kh8 Nxf7#
deflection kingsideAttack mate mateIn2 opening short
4k1r1/8/p7/2pP2b1/P5p1/7p/2BNr1PP/R3R2K b - - 1 34
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Be7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 b6 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2 h6 9. Be4 g5 10. Bxb7 Ra7 11. Be4 Ngf6 12. Bc2 Rg8 13. Ne4 h5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Nd2 g4 16. Ne4 Nd7 17. a4 Qa8 18. O-O h4 19. d5 e5 20. f3 f5 21. Nd2 Bg5 22. f4 Bf6 23. Bxf5 Nc5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Bc2 Bg5 26. Qe2 c6 27. Bxe5 cxd5 28. b4 Re7 29. bxc5 Rxe5 30. Kh1 h3 31. e4 bxc5 32. cxd5 Qxd5 33. exd5 Rxe2 34. Rfe1 *
h3g2 h1g1 g5e3
hxg2+ Kg1 Be3#
advancedPawn mate mateIn2 middlegame short
r5k1/3p1p1r/3PpBp1/p3P3/Pp1nNb2/1B6/1PP2PKP/3R1R2 b - - 0 31
1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 h5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e5 Nh7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O e6 9. Qd2 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Ng5 a5 12. Nxh7 Kxh7 13. a4 b4 14. Ne4 c5 15. Nxc5 Bc6 16. Nd3 h4 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. Nc1 Rh8 19. Bxh4 Kg8 20. Bf6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Bh6 22. Qd3 Rh7 23. Ne2 Qc6+ 24. Qf3 Qa6 25. Ng3 Nc6 26. d5 Nd4 27. Qd3 Qb6 28. d6 Bf4 29. Rad1 Qc6+ 30. Qe4 Qxe4+ 31. Nxe4 *
h7h2 g2g1 d4f3
Rxh2+ Kg1 Nf3#
mate mateIn2 middlegame short
8/7p/1Q4p1/2p1k3/2P1N1P1/3rP3/PP4KP/3rq3 w - - 0 34
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 e6 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 b6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Ne2 Ng4 14. Be4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Rad8 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. O-O Qe4 18. Ng3 Qh4 19. Rf4 Qg5 20. Ne4 Qh5 21. Raf1 Bh6 22. g4 Qh4 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Qc3 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 e5 26. dxe5 Rd1+ 27. Kg2 Rfd8 28. Ne4 R8d3 29. Qb4 c5 30. Qa4 Qe1 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qxa7+ Ke6 33. Qxb6+ Kxe5 *
b6f6 e5e4 f6e7
Qf6+ Kxe4 Qe7#
endgame mate mateIn2 sacrifice short
6k1/p1p2bpr/8/4P2p/1qnP2nP/1PN2Q2/P1PB2P1/2KR3R b - - 0 22
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. h4 Be7 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Ne5+ Kg8 8. d4 d6 9. Ng6 Rh7 10. Bxf4 Bg4 11. Qd3 Bh5 12. Qb3+ d5 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. e5 Ng4 15. Qxb7 Nd7 16. Qxa8+ Be8 17. Qxd5+ Bf7 18. Qf3 h5 19. Nc3 Qb4 20. O-O-O Nb6 21. Bd2 Nc4 22. b3 *
b4a3 c1b1 a3b2
Qa3+ Kb1 Qb2#
mate mateIn2 middlegame queensideAttack short
2q3k1/p2bQppp/1p2p3/3pP3/3P4/5N2/P4PPP/4K2R b K - 0 22
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxc6 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qd8 15. Rb1 b6 16. Qb3 Ne7 17. Bb4 O-O 18. Qa3 Re8 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Qxe7 *
c8c1 e1e2 d7b5
Qc1+ Ke2 Bb5#
endgame mate mateIn2 short
r3r1k1/ppp2ppp/1bn2q2/8/3p2b1/BP1P1N2/P1PNQPPP/R3R1K1 w - - 7 14
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 d4 5. exd4 exd4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. O-O Ne7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bxc6 Nxc6 10. d3 Bb6 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Qf6 13. Ba3 Rfe8 *
e2e8 a8e8 e1e8
Qxe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8#
backRankMate mate mateIn2 middlegame short
3r2k1/1pp2pp1/2p2n1p/p3pQ2/1P2P1N1/P2r4/5PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 21
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. a3 a5 12. Na4 Qb5 13. b3 Rad8 14. Nc3 Qc5 15. Nd1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxc2 17. b4 Rxd3 18. Qf5 Rfd8 19. Ne3 Qc3 20. Ng4 Qxa1 21. Rxa1 *
d3d1 a1d1 d8d1
Rd1+ Rxd1 Rxd1#
backRankMate endgame mate mateIn2 short
6k1/pp3pp1/3p3P/2p4P/2Pb1P2/qP6/P1Q4N/1K1Rr3 b - - 1 33
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bc4 d6 5. h3 Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg5 Na5 8. Qd2 Nxc4 9. dxc4 c6 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Nh2 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. h5 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qd3 Ng5 17. O-O-O e4 18. Qd4 c5 19. Qd5 Qb6 20. Bxg5 Bxg5+ 21. Kb1 Bf6 22. c3 Bxc3 23. b3 Qb4 24. Qxe4 Rae8 25. Qf5 Qa3 26. Qc2 Bf6 27. f4 Re3 28. g5 Bd4 29. gxh6 Rfe8 30. Rhg1 Re2 31. Rd2 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Rd1 *
e1d1 c2d1 a3b2
Rxd1+ Qxd1 Qb2#
endgame mate mateIn2 queensideAttack short
1kn2rr1/1b1R4/p7/1pQ5/4P3/5q2/PPP3PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 29
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Bd5 Rb8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. O-O Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qxh7 Bb7 15. Re1 Kd7 16. Qxf7 Kc6 17. Nc3 Kb6 18. Rad1 Qd7 19. Qf3 Rbf8 20. Qe3+ c5 21. f3 Qe6 22. Rd2 Qg6 23. Red1 Nc8 24. Nd5+ Ka7 25. Nf4 Qf7 26. Rxd6 Qxf4 27. Qxc5+ Kb8 28. Rd7 Qxf3 *
c5c7 b8a7 c7b7
Qc7+ Ka7 Qxb7#
mate mateIn2 middlegame queensideAttack short
rqb3k1/1p2rp1p/p5pB/4b2n/7P/4Q3/PPP3P1/2KR1B1R w - - 0 19
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. O-O-O a6 8. Qe3 Re8 9. Bh6 Bh8 10. h4 c5 11. e5 cxd4 12. Qxd4 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nh5 14. f4 Qc7 15. Qe3 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd5 Qb8 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 *
d1d8 e7e8 d8e8
Rd8+ Re8 Rxe8#
kingsideAttack mate mateIn2 opening short