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1k5r/1q6/1R2Q3/ppB2p2/2p5/P5P1/1P5r/3R2K1 b - - 1 31
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bd7 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Qc2 b5 12. a3 Qc7 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Rad1 O-O-O 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 f5 19. Qc3 g6 20. Bd6 Qb7 21. Qe5 h5 22. e4 h4 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bc5 hxg3 25. fxg3 Rh7 26. Rd6 Rdh8 27. Rfd1 a5 28. Bxc6 Bxc6 29. Qxe6+ Kb8 30. Rxc6 Rxh2 31. Rb6 *
h2g2 g1f1 h8h1 c5g1 h1g1
Rg2+ Kf1 Rh1+ Bg1 Rhxg1#
exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame
3R4/5ppk/2R4p/4b3/1PP5/4B2P/r4PP1/6K1 b - - 0 29
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 h6 5. h3 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 O-O 13. Bxa8 Qd6 14. Qxd6 Bxd6 15. Be3 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Rxa8 17. b3 Be5 18. Rac1 Bc3 19. Red1 Be2 20. Rd7 c6 21. Rxa7 Re8 22. Rc7 Bb2 23. Rb1 Be5 24. Rxc6 Rd8 25. c4 Bd3 26. Rd1 Ra8 27. Rxd3 Rxa2 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. b4 *
a2a1 e3c1 a1c1 d8d1 c1d1
Ra1+ Bc1 Rxc1+ Rd1 Rxd1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
5r1k/1pqbr3/p1n1p3/6Q1/5P2/2P2R2/PP4PP/R1B4K w - - 3 25
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qa4 Nf6 6. f4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. Qb3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb4+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Kh1 Rb8 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 g6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qxg6 Bf6 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Rbe8 24. Rf3 Re7 *
g5h6 h8g8 f3g3 e7g7 h6g7
Qh6+ Kg8 Rg3+ Rg7 Qxg7#
exposedKing fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame
4rk2/p2Q1rpp/8/8/7q/8/PPPP1PPP/RNB2RK1 b - - 0 15
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Qh4 7. Bxd5 Bc5 8. O-O Rf8 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qf3 Rxf7 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qxc5 Rb8 13. Qxe5+ Kf8 14. Qxc7 Re8 15. Qxd7 *
h4f2 f1f2 e8e1 f2f1 e1f1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Re1+ Rf1 Rexf1#
fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2r3k1/pp4pp/4p3/8/1P2nQ2/2Pq4/P5PP/5R1K w - - 3 23
1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nfd7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 10. O-O Bc5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Be3 Ncxe5 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxc5 Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 Nxc5 17. Nd2 Qb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Rc8 20. Rf1 Qd6 21. b4 Qd3 22. Qf4 Ne4 *
f4f7 g8h8 f7f8 c8f8 f1f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
1r1r2k1/pb3ppp/1p6/2p2q2/5n2/P1B5/1P2Q1PP/3RR2K w - - 0 27
1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. e3 Nxe5 5. Nxe5 Qxe5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qe6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qxe3+ 13. Kh1 d4 14. Bd2 Qe6 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Rae1 Qd6 17. Bb4 c5 18. Bd2 b6 19. c3 Bb7 20. Qf2 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Qxd3 22. Rd1 Qe4 23. Rfe1 Qf5 24. Qg3 Nh5 25. Qf2 Rfd8 26. Qe2 Nxf4 *
d1d8 b8d8 e2e8 d8e8 e1e8
Rxd8+ Rxd8 Qe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
8/8/1R6/7R/1B2bP2/1r2PkP1/7P/5K2 b - - 0 54
1. g3 Nc6 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. e3 e5 4. Ne2 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be6 7. d4 O-O 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Qxd8 Raxd8 10. b3 Nd5 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Bb2 Bf3 13. Re1 f5 14. c4 e4 15. Nbc3 Rd2 16. Ba3 b6 17. Nf4 g5 18. Ne6 Rf7 19. Nb5 Re7 20. Nexc7 a6 21. Nd5 Rd7 22. Nbc3 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bxc5 b4 25. Nf6+ Kf7 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Na4 h5 28. Nb6 Rd2 29. Nc8 Ne5 30. Bxb4 Rc2 31. Nd6+ Kg6 32. Rac1 Rxa2 33. Rc6 Nd3 34. Nxe4+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. Nxg5+ Kd5 37. Rd7+ Ke5 38. Rxd3 Bb7 39. f4+ Kf6 40. Nh7+ Kg6 41. Rd6+ Kxh7 42. Red1 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Rb2 44. Rf6 Kg7 45. Rxf5 Rxb3 46. Rd7+ Kg6 47. Rb5 Be4 48. Rd6+ Kf7 49. Rd7+ Ke6 50. Re7+ Kf6 51. Rb6+ Kf5 52. Re5+ Kg4 53. Rg5+ Kf3 54. Rxh5 *
b3b1 b4e1 e4d3 f1g1 b1e1
Rb1+ Be1 Bd3+ Kg1 Rxe1#
deflection endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
6k1/8/1pp5/p3Npp1/3P1b2/1PP1pK2/1P2Q1P1/R3B2q b - - 1 39
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd6 Nxf2 5. Kxf2 exd6 6. Bc4 d5 7. Re1+ Be7 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. Kg1 O-O 10. d4 Be6 11. Bf4 Na5 12. c3 Nxb3 13. axb3 a5 14. Kh1 Re8 15. Nbd2 c6 16. Ne5 Bf5 17. Ndf3 g5 18. Bg3 f6 19. Nd3 b6 20. Nf2 Qd7 21. Ng1 Bg6 22. h4 h6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Ng4 Bd8 25. Nh3 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Ra7 27. Qf3 Be4 28. Qg3 Qe6 29. Nhf2 Rh7+ 30. Kg1 Bc7 31. Qe3 Bf4 32. Qe2 f5 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Ne5 Rh1+ 35. Kxh1 Qh6+ 36. Kg1 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 e3+ 39. Kf3 *
h1h5 g2g4 h5h3 e1g3 h3g3
Qh5+ g4 Qh3+ Bg3 Qxg3#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
8/p2q1pk1/2p5/2Pp4/P2Nn1p1/2Q1P1P1/5P2/7K w - - 1 39
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Be2 h6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Re1 Ne4 15. Qc2 Ndf6 16. Na4 Bg6 17. Bd3 Bh7 18. a3 Rc8 19. b4 g5 20. Nh2 Kg7 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Be5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qc3 Qe7 26. Nf3 Re4 27. Nd4 Qd7 28. a4 Rce8 29. Red1 h5 30. b5 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. g3 Rh8 33. Kg2 Rh5 34. Rh1 Ree5 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Rxh5 Rxh5 37. Rh1 Rxh1 38. Kxh1 Ne4 *
d4e6 g7g6 c3g7 g6f5 e6d4
Ne6+ Kg6 Qg7+ Kf5 Nd4#
doubleCheck endgame long mate mateIn3
3r3k/7B/3q3Q/8/4p3/P1p3PP/5P1K/4r3 w - - 3 45
1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. a3 Qa5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Be4 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Qd6 Be2 16. Rd2 Qxc3 17. Rxe2 Qxa1+ 18. Re1 Qc3 19. Rd1 Nd4 20. Ng5 Nb5 21. Qa6 Qxe5 22. Qxb5 Qxg5 23. Bf3 O-O 24. h3 Qe7 25. Qb7 Rfe8 26. Qxa7 d5 27. Qa6 Qc7 28. Re1 h6 29. Bd1 d4 30. Qd3 c4 31. Qe4 e5 32. Bf3 d3 33. cxd3 Rxd3 34. Qf5 g6 35. Qf6 Qe7 36. Qa6 Red8 37. Be4 Rd1 38. Bxg6 Rxe1+ 39. Kh2 c3 40. Be4 f5 41. Bxf5 e4 42. Qxh6 Qe5+ 43. g3 Qd6 44. Bh7+ Kh8 *
h7g6 h8g8 h6h7 g8f8 h7f7
Bg6+ Kg8 Qh7+ Kf8 Qf7#
discoveredAttack endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
5n2/1R3Nk1/4pN2/5p1p/5P2/6PK/r6P/6b1 w - - 7 48
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Qxd4 11. Qxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ng4 f5 14. Nf6+ Kg7 15. Nh5+ Kh8 16. Rfd1 Nc6 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Be2 b5 20. f4 Ng6 21. Bf3 Ra7 22. Nc6 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Rc7 24. Rac1 Be3 25. Rc3 Bb6 26. g3 Bb7 27. Rdc1 Rfc8 28. Kg2 Nf8 29. Ne5 Bxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Rxc3+ 31. bxc3 Rc7 32. c4 f6 33. Nxf6 Bd4 34. Ne8 Rc5 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nfd6 h5 39. Rd1 Bh8 40. cxb5 axb5 41. Rb1 Rc3+ 42. Kg2 Rc2+ 43. Kh3 Rxa2 44. Rxb5 Bd4 45. Rb7 Bg1 46. Nf6+ Kh8 47. Nf7+ Kg7 *
f7e5 f8d7 b7d7 g7f6 d7f7
Ne5+ Nd7 Rxd7+ Kxf6 Rf7#
discoveredAttack endgame exposedKing hookMate long mate mateIn3
5r2/3b4/p7/1p1pp2k/1P1n1B2/P7/6RP/1B5K w - - 0 42
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Nc3 a6 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Na4 Qc7 11. O-O b5 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. b4 Rc8 16. Bd3 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. g3 Be7 19. Qg4 g6 20. Ne2 h5 21. Qf3 g5 22. Rfd1 Qd8 23. Bb1 h4 24. Qg4 f5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Bg6+ Kf8 27. Qf3 Kg7 28. Bb1 Rh6 29. Qh1 Qh8 30. gxh4 Rxh4 31. f4 Rg4+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Kf2 Rf8 34. Rg1 Rxg1 35. Rxg1 Kh6 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ 37. Rxg2 gxf4 38. Bxf4+ Kh5 39. Kg1 Bxd4+ 40. Kh1 e5 41. Nxd4 Nxd4 *
b1g6 h5h4 f4g5 h4h3 g2g3
Bg6+ Kh4 Bg5+ Kh3 Rg3#
endgame long mate mateIn3
5r1k/Q1R3pp/3p4/8/8/8/Pr3RPP/6K1 b - - 0 22
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. c3 Be6 6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxe4 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. Ng5 Nxg5 14. Bxg5 Qd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qxa7 Rxb2 20. Rc1 Qf7 21. Rxc7 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 *
b2b1 c7c1 b1c1 f2f1 c1f1
Rb1+ Rc1 Rxc1+ Rf1 Rcxf1#
endgame long mate mateIn3 queenRookEndgame
5B2/4Q3/bk2P3/1qrp3P/p7/Pp1P2N1/1P6/1K1R4 b - - 0 37
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Be3 Bb7 7. Bd3 b4 8. Nce2 Nf6 9. f3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Be7 14. g4 O-O 15. h4 a5 16. g5 Ne8 17. f4 d5 18. Ng3 Nd6 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. e5 Nb5 21. Nxb5 Qxb5 22. Bd4 a4 23. f5 Rfc8 24. h5 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Ba6 26. Rd1 b3 27. a3 Rc8 28. g6 Rc2 29. gxf7+ Kxf7 30. fxe6+ Kxe6 31. Qf4 Kd7 32. Qf5+ Ke8 33. e6 Kd8 34. Bxg7 Rc5 35. Qxh7 Kc7 36. Bf8 Kb6 37. Qxe7 *
b5d3 d1d3 a6d3 b1a1 c5c1
Qxd3+ Rxd3 Bxd3+ Ka1 Rc1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
8/R6p/3pB1pk/2p3N1/2P2P2/1K4PP/2n1r3/4b3 b - - 10 38
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nh6 7. h3 O-O 8. Kh2 Nf5 9. a3 Nfd4 10. Ng1 Be6 11. d3 Qb6 12. Rb1 Qb3 13. e3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nb3 15. Nge2 Nxc1 16. Rbxc1 a6 17. Nd5 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bxa3 19. Rxb7 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Ne5 21. Rxe7 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Ra1 Bb4 24. Rxa6 Nxd3 25. f4 Rxe3 26. Ng1 Re7 27. Nf3 Re2+ 28. Kg1 Re7 29. Ng5 Be1 30. Kg2 Re2+ 31. Kf3 Rf2+ 32. Ke3 Nb4 33. Bxf7+ Kg7 34. Ra7 Kh6 35. Be6 Nc2+ 36. Kd3 Rd2+ 37. Kc3 Re2+ 38. Kb3 *
c2d4 b3a3 e1b4 a3a4 e2a2
Nd4+ Ka3 Bb4+ Ka4 Ra2#
endgame long mate mateIn3
r6k/ppp3r1/8/3P3p/3Q1Rnq/2N1P3/PP4RP/7K b - - 3 25
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bh5 4. c4 f6 5. g4 fxe5 6. gxh5 dxc4 7. d5 e6 8. e4 exd5 9. exd5 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. h6 e4 14. hxg7 Kxg7 15. Bg5 Ne5 16. Be2 Rg8 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Qd2 e3 19. Bxe3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Nfg4 21. Rf4 Qh4 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Rg1 h5 24. Qd4+ Rg7 25. Rg2 *
h4e1 g2g1 g4f2 f4f2 e1g1
Qe1+ Rg1 Nf2+ Rxf2 Qxg1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
1r3rk1/p4ppp/2p1p3/3p2PP/4q3/6K1/P4Q2/1R3R2 w - - 3 28
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Be3 e6 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. Rg1 Qb6 13. Rb1 Bb4 14. h4 Ne4 15. Qd1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc3+ 17. Bd2 Bxd2+ 18. Nxd2 Qxd4 19. h5 Qe5+ 20. Kf1 Be4 21. f3 Qf4 22. Kg2 Bxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qxd2+ 24. Kg3 Qxc2 25. Rgf1 O-O 26. g5 Qe4 27. Qf2 Rab8 *
f2f7 f8f7 b1b8 f7f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Rxf7 Rxb8+ Rf8 Rfxf8#
deflection endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2kr4/ppp1R3/2b5/3R1pN1/5P1P/8/Pb3B1K/2r5 w - - 3 32
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Bxc5 8. Qg4 Bf8 9. f4 d6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O h5 12. Qg3 h4 13. Qg4 g6 14. Ng5 Bg7 15. Be3 d5 16. Rad1 Ne7 17. Bd3 Nf5 18. Bf2 Qe7 19. c4 Bd7 20. cxd5 exd5 21. e6 fxe6 22. Nf3 Rh6 23. Rfe1 O-O-O 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Qxf5 h3 26. gxh3 exf5 27. Rxe7 Bxb2 28. Rxd5 Rxh3 29. Ng5 Rc3 30. h4 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Bc6 *
e7c7 c8c7 g5e6 c7c8 d5d8
Rxc7+ Kxc7 Ne6+ Kc8 Rxd8#
attraction fork long master mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5r1k/pp4pp/2p5/8/1P1PQq2/P2P4/6PP/R5K1 b - - 0 26
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxd3 7. cxd3 Ne7 8. Nf3 Nf5 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Be3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Ne2 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Ng3 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Rf8 20. Qe2 Bc7 21. Qg4 Bxg3 22. Qxg3 Qf7 23. e4 Qf4 24. Qh3 dxe4 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Qxe4 *
f4f2 g1h1 f2f1 a1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
5rk1/5ppp/p3pP2/3qP3/n1pP2N1/2n4P/1r3QP1/R4RK1 w - - 3 28
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. Qe2 c4 9. b3 b5 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. a4 Bb4 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. c3 Ba5 15. e4 N5b6 16. Rab1 Rb8 17. h3 Qe7 18. Nh2 Qa3 19. Ra1 Qe7 20. f4 Nf6 21. e5 Nfd5 22. Qf3 Qd7 23. Ng4 Nxa4 24. f5 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 Ndxc3 26. f6 Qd5 27. Qf2 Rb2 *
g4h6 g8h8 f6g7 h8g7 f2f6
Nh6+ Kh8 fxg7+ Kxg7 Qf6#
advancedPawn attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r7/pkrQ1p1p/1pNp4/1Bp5/3pb3/4q3/PPP3P1/1K3R2 w - - 12 30
1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Qd2 e5 8. O-O-O Ne7 9. h4 O-O 10. Bh6 exd4 11. Ne2 c5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h5 Ne5 14. hxg6 N7xg6 15. Qh6+ Kf6 16. Nh4 Ng4 17. Qh5 Nxf2 18. Qf5+ Ke7 19. Qxf2 Kd7 20. Qf5+ Kc7 21. Rdf1 Nxh4 22. Rxh4 Qxh4 23. Bb5 Bxe4 24. Qd7+ Kb8 25. Nf4 Qg3 26. Ne6 Qe3+ 27. Kb1 Rc8 28. Nd8 Rc7 29. Nc6+ Kb7 *
d7c7 b7c7 f1f7 c7c8 b5a6
Qxc7+ Kxc7 Rxf7+ Kc8 Ba6#
attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
1r3rk1/p1R2ppp/8/3Q4/8/2P5/P1q2PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 20
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bxd5 Rb8 13. Bb3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qf6 16. Qd4 Qg6 17. Re7 Bb7 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxc2 20. Rxc7 *
b8b1 a1b1 c2b1 d5d1 b1d1
Rb1+ Rxb1 Qxb1+ Qd1 Qxd1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
8/1p2R3/2b3pp/p3P1k1/Pn1p2P1/5K1P/8/8 w - - 0 38
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nxe5 d6 9. Nxf7 Rxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Be3 Ng4 12. a4 a5 13. h3 Nf6 14. f4 Kg8 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Kh1 Qxb2 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qf2 Nxc2 20. Rab1 Bxe3 21. Rxb2 Bxf2 22. Rxf2 Nb4 23. Rbd2 dxe5 24. fxe5 Be6 25. d4 Rc8 26. Kh2 Rc4 27. Rd1 h6 28. Rdf1 Kh7 29. Rf8 Rxd4 30. Re8 Bd7 31. Re7 Bc6 32. Rff7 Kg6 33. g4 Kg5 34. Kg3 Rd3+ 35. Kg2 g6 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. Kxf3 d4+ *
f3g3 h6h5 h3h4 g5h6 g4g5
Kg3 h5 h4+ Kh6 g5#
defensiveMove endgame long master mate mateIn3
rn2k2r/pp3ppp/2pbp3/8/3P2n1/2NB1N1q/PPPB1P2/R2QR1K1 b kq - 3 13
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 c6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. h3 Bxh3 11. gxh3 Qxh3 12. Re1 Ng4 13. Bd3 *
d6h2 f3h2 h3h2 g1f1 h2f2
Bh2+ Nxh2 Qxh2+ Kf1 Qxf2#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 opening
7k/1r3p1n/1q2p2p/3p3N/3P1p2/2PQ4/pr6/K5RR w - - 0 34
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. h4 Re8 8. Qd2 c5 9. O-O-O cxd4 10. exd4 a6 11. Rdg1 b5 12. g4 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. Kb1 Ba6 15. h5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 a4 17. Ng3 b3 18. Ne5 a3 19. bxa3 bxa2+ 20. Ka1 Rxa3 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Ne2 Nf8 25. Rg3 Rb7 26. c3 Rb3 27. Rgg1 Rb2 28. Qd3 h6 29. g5 hxg5 30. Ng3 Nh7 31. h6 gxh6 32. Nh5 Kh8 33. f4 gxf4 *
d3h7 h8h7 h5f6 h7h8 h1h6
Qxh7+ Kxh7 Nf6+ Kh8 Rxh6#
attraction deflection discoveredAttack exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5q2/1kp5/pp2QPp1/4P3/7r/8/PPPR4/2K5 b - - 0 30
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 e6 4. Be3 Ne7 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. e5 b6 8. Qd2 a6 9. Bh6 Bf8 10. Bxf8 Nxf8 11. h4 h5 12. Ng5 Nf5 13. f3 Qe7 14. g4 hxg4 15. fxg4 Ng3 16. Rh2 Bb7 17. Rg2 Ne4 18. Ncxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxh4 21. Nf6+ Kd8 22. O-O-O Nh7 23. g5 Nxf6 24. gxf6 Qf8 25. d5 Kc8 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. Qd7+ Kb7 28. Qxe6 Rd8 29. Rgd2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 *
h4h1 d2d1 f8h6 c1b1 h1d1
Rh1+ Rd1 Qh6+ Kb1 Rxd1#
backRankMate deflection endgame long mate mateIn3
8/6k1/pp2p2p/2b3P1/P1R2pP1/5Q2/3q2P1/7K b - - 0 35
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 a6 4. a3 b6 5. b4 Bb7 6. d3 Nc6 7. Be2 h6 8. Bf4 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 d5 12. e5 d4 13. bxc5 Bxc5 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nb3 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Be7 17. O-O O-O 18. Nfd4 Bd5 19. Qg4 Bxb3 20. Nxb3 Qxd3 21. Rf3 Qc2 22. a4 Rfd8 23. Nd4 Bc5 24. Rf4 Qc3 25. Rd1 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Qxe5 27. Nc6 Qc7 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. h3 f5 31. Qf3 g5 32. Rc4 Kg7 33. g4 f4 34. h4 Qd2 35. hxg5 *
d2e1 h1h2 e1g1 h2h3 g1h1
Qe1+ Kh2 Qg1+ Kh3 Qh1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
r1b2rk1/4p2p/p3P1p1/2pP2R1/1pP1BqQ1/8/PP4PP/R5K1 b - - 2 23
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. e5 Ne8 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 dxe5 8. fxe5 c5 9. d5 Nd7 10. Bf4 Nc7 11. Bd3 a6 12. O-O b5 13. Re1 b4 14. Nb1 f6 15. e6 Ne5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Ne8 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Ne4 Qc7 21. Rg5 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qf4 23. Qg4 *
f4f2 g1h1 f2f1 a1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5rr1/3n1ppk/p3pP1p/1p1pq2Q/8/2P1B1R1/PP4PP/R5K1 w - - 0 34
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O h6 9. Qe4 Nf6 10. Qf4 Bd6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Qf3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Qh3 Kh7 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qd3+ Kg8 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. c3 Nd7 21. Bf4 Nc5 22. Be3 Ne4 23. Qh4 Kh7 24. f3 Nc5 25. Qd4 Nd7 26. f4 a6 27. Rf1 b5 28. Rf3 Rac8 29. Rg3 Rg8 30. Qd1 Qc4 31. Qh5 Rcf8 32. f5 Qe4 33. f6 Qxe5 *
g3g7 g8g7 h5h6 h7g8 h6g7
Rxg7+ Rxg7 Qxh6+ Kg8 Qxg7#
attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2k2r2/1pp5/p7/4b1pq/2PQ2n1/6P1/PP6/3RK1B1 w - - 0 30
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Be3 Qd7 8. h3 Be6 9. O-O c5 10. Qd2 O-O-O 11. Rad1 g5 12. Ne2 h5 13. Ne1 Bd6 14. g3 Bxh3 15. Ng2 h4 16. Kh2 hxg3+ 17. fxg3 Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Qh3+ 19. Kf2 Qh2+ 20. Ke1 Nh6 21. Bg1 Qh5 22. Rxf6 Ng4 23. Rf1 Rhf8 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. c4 Be7 26. d4 cxd4 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. Qxd4 Bd6 29. e5 Bxe5 *
d4d7 c8b8 d7d8 f8d8 d1d8
Qd7+ Kb8 Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r2q3r/p1p5/3p2k1/6p1/4P1n1/5QP1/PP1N2P1/2R2RK1 b - - 5 23
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 dxc3 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qd5+ Kf8 8. Qxc5+ d6 9. Qxc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Kf7 11. O-O Re8 12. Nbd2 Bg4 13. Nd4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bg3 h5 17. h3 h4 18. hxg4 hxg3 19. fxg3 Kg7 20. Qxc6 Nxg4 21. Rac1 Rh8 22. Qc3+ Kg6 23. Qf3 *
h8h1 g1h1 d8h8 h1g1 h8h2
Rh1+ Kxh1 Qh8+ Kg1 Qh2#
attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5rk1/p4q2/Q7/2p4p/P2p2pN/1P1P2P1/6PP/R5K1 b - - 0 27
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. d3 d5 7. Bg5 d4 8. Ne2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 c5 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. b3 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ba6 15. Nxe5 Nh5 16. Nf3 c5 17. e5 Bc7 18. a4 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Ng3 Nxg3 22. fxg3 g4 23. Nh4 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Rf8 25. Qe2 h5 26. Qe6+ Qf7 27. Qxa6 *
f7f2 g1h1 f2f1 a1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
4r2Q/2R5/6k1/5p2/5K2/5PP1/r7/7R b - - 0 46
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. e3 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Bd2 h6 12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxb7 Reb8 16. Qxc6 Qxc6 17. Rxc6 Rxb2 18. a4 Be4 19. Bc3 Ra2 20. a5 Rb8 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Ne4 24. Bd4 Rxa5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Ra2 27. Re7 Nf6 28. Bxa7 Rbb2 29. Bd4 Kf8 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rd7 Rd2 32. Rh7 f5 33. Rxh6 Kf7 34. h4 Kg7 35. Re6 Kf7 36. Rc6 Ke7 37. h5 d4 38. exd4 Rxd4 39. h6 Rd8 40. h7 Rh8 41. Rh1 Kf7 42. Rc7+ Kg6 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Kf4 Ra2 45. f3 Re8 46. h8=Q *
a2a4 c7c4 a4c4 h8d4 c4d4
Ra4+ Rc4 Rxc4+ Qd4 Rxd4#
endgame long mate mateIn3 queenRookEndgame
2k1r2r/Qpp2pp1/3b4/3p4/6bp/N1PB1nP1/PP1P1P2/R1B2K1R b - - 0 20
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Qf3 Be6 6. Bd3 Ng5 7. Qd1 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. c3 Qe7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Na3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Qh4 14. g3 Qxh2+ 15. Kxh2 h5 16. Rh1 Bg4 17. Qe3 h4 18. Kg1 Nf3+ 19. Kf1 Rde8 20. Qxa7 *
e8e1 f1g2 h4h3 h1h3 e1g1
Re1+ Kg2 h3+ Rxh3 Rg1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
8/6pk/7p/3Q1p2/1P6/3p1PPK/4q2P/8 b - - 3 48
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Bg5 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nc3 h6 11. Bc1 O-O 12. b3 c6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. exf3 Bh5 18. Na4 Bb4 19. Qd4 b5 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. Nc3 Bc5 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 a4 25. f4 axb3 26. axb3 Ra2 27. Ra1 Rxa1+ 28. Bxa1 Qa5 29. Bb2 Bg6 30. Qe2 Bd4 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. Bxd4 Nc3 33. Qd2 Qa1+ 34. Bf1 Ne2+ 35. Qxe2 Qxd4 36. Qxb5 d5 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qe3 Qb4 39. Bd3 d4 40. Bxg6+ fxg6 41. Qd3 Qc3 42. Qc4 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. f3 Qe3 45. b4 d3 46. f5 gxf5 47. Qd5 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 *
e2f1 h3h4 g7g5 h4h5 f1h3
Qf1+ Kh4 g5+ Kh5 Qh3#
endgame long mate mateIn3 queenEndgame
6k1/Q5pp/1p1bPp2/2p2P2/8/4q2P/1P4P1/7K w - - 0 31
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Bb3 Bxb3 9. axb3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. f4 c5 15. e5 Be7 16. c3 f6 17. e6 Qd6 18. f5 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Qc6 20. cxd4 Rxd4 21. Qf3 Qb5 22. Be3 Rd3 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Rd1 Qxb3 26. Rxd3 Qxd3 27. Kh2 b6 28. Qa8+ Bf8 29. Qxa7 Bd6+ 30. Kh1 Qxe3 *
a7f7 g8h8 f7e8 d6f8 e8f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qe8+ Bf8 Qxf8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
r4rk1/p2p1p2/Q5p1/1pp1q3/8/8/PPP3R1/1K4R1 w - - 0 26
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 b6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. O-O-O Bc5 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Bd6 Bxd6 9. Qxd6 Na6 10. e5 Ng4 11. Nh3 b5 12. f3 Ne3 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Bd3 g6 15. Ng5 Nxg2 16. Reg1 Qe3+ 17. Kb1 Qxg5 18. Ne4 Qf4 19. Rxg2 Qxf3 20. Rhg1 Bb7 21. h4 c5 22. h5 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxa6 Qxe5 25. hxg6 hxg6 *
g2g6 f7g6 a6g6 e5g7 g6g7
Rxg6+ fxg6 Qxg6+ Qg7 Qxg7#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
8/3rkp1p/R1R1P1p1/8/5P2/2P1KP2/3r3P/8 b - - 0 35
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Nc6 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. f4 Qd7 9. e5 Bb4 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. Bh3+ Ke8 12. Bd2 Nd4 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne2+ 15. Kb1 Nxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nc6 17. Bd7+ Ke7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rhg1 g6 20. Rd4 c5 21. Rc4 Rhb8+ 22. Kc1 Rb5 23. Rd1 Rab8 24. Rd5 Rb1+ 25. Kd2 R1b2 26. Rdxc5 Rxa2 27. Rxc7+ Ke6 28. f3 Rd8+ 29. Ke3 Rxc2 30. R4c6+ Kd5 31. Rc5+ Ke6 32. Rxa7 Rd7 33. Ra6+ Ke7 34. Rcc6 Rcd2 35. e6 *
d7d3 e3e4 f7f5 e4e5 d3e3
R7d3+ Ke4 f5+ Ke5 Re3#
endgame long mate mateIn3 rookEndgame
5rk1/5ppp/p2Q4/6q1/5n2/2R2B2/Pr4PP/4R2K w - - 4 27
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. e4 Bg6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 e6 8. Ne5 Ne7 9. Nxg6 Nxg6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O Nce7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd6 15. Qb3 b6 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. Rc3 Bf4 18. Bf3 Qg5 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. d6 cxd6 21. Qxb6 Rab8 22. Qxd6 Rxb2 23. Re1 Nh3+ 24. Kh1 Nxf2+ 25. Kg1 Nh3+ 26. Kh1 Nf4 *
d6f8 g8f8 c3c8 g5d8 c8d8
Qxf8+ Kxf8 Rc8+ Qd8 Rxd8#
attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r1k2r2/pppn2pp/1q1b4/3Np3/4P3/7Q/PPP2PPP/R1BR2K1 b - - 1 19
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O Qd4 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Bxf7+ Kd8 10. Rd1+ Bd6 11. Qd3 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Rf8 13. Be6 Nc5 14. Qh3 Re8 15. Bd5 Ncd7 16. Bf7 Rf8 17. Be6 Kc8 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 19. Nd5 *
b6f2 g1h1 f2f1 d1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
6k1/5p1p/3R1p2/7P/4P1P1/1b3PK1/r2p4/2r4R w - - 1 32
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. Ne2 Be7 5. h3 O-O 6. Nbc3 Na5 7. d3 Nxc4 8. dxc4 a6 9. g4 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 c6 12. Nbc3 Qb6 13. b3 d5 14. Bb2 d4 15. Na4 Qb4+ 16. Kf1 Ba6 17. Rb1 Qd2 18. Re1 Bb4 19. Kg2 Qxc2 20. Rc1 Qxe2 21. Qxe2 Bxe2 22. Rxc6 d3 23. f3 Bd2 24. Nc3 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 Rxa2 26. Rd6 Bd1+ 27. Kg3 Bxb3 28. Bxe5 d2 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. h4 Rc8 31. h5 Rc1 *
d6d8 g8g7 h5h6 g7g6 d8g8
Rd8+ Kg7 h6+ Kg6 Rg8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
8/5R2/R7/1p1pB3/3Pk1p1/2r1Pb1P/5P2/6K1 b - - 0 38
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 h6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Ne7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6+ Nxc6 12. O-O b5 13. Qb3 Bd3 14. Rfd1 Bc4 15. Qc2 g5 16. Be5 f6 17. Qg6+ Kd7 18. Qg7+ Ne7 19. Bxf6 Qf8 20. Ne5+ Ke8 21. Qxh8 Qxh8 22. Bxh8 Nf5 23. g4 Nh4 24. Bg7 h5 25. gxh5 Ke7 26. Ng6+ Nxg6 27. hxg6 Rg8 28. Be5 Rxg6 29. Bxc7 Rc6 30. Be5 Be2 31. Re1 Bf3 32. a4 Rxc3 33. axb5 axb5 34. Ra7+ Ke6 35. Rea1 g4 36. R1a6+ Kf5 37. Rf7+ Ke4 38. h3 *
c3c1 g1h2 c1h1 h2g3 h1h3
Rc1+ Kh2 Rh1+ Kg3 Rxh3#
endgame long mate mateIn3
4Q3/r4B1k/pp1p3p/2p1p1q1/3nPn2/3P4/PPP2P2/2K4R w - - 6 27
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bc4 h6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 O-O 11. Rhg1 Kh7 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bg5 15. f4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Nxf4 17. Rg3 Nd4 18. Re1 Rg8 19. Rxg8 Qxg8 20. Qa5 b6 21. Qa6 Qc8 22. Qa3 a6 23. Bxf7 Qxh3 24. Qa4 Ra7 25. Qe8 Qg4 26. Rh1 Qg5 *
h1h6 h7g7 e8g8 g7h6 g8h8
Rxh6+ Kg7 Qg8+ Kxh6 Qh8#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5r2/pp4k1/3NQ1pp/8/5r2/8/P1q3PP/1RR4K b - - 3 27
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be6 4. Bxe6 fxe6 5. O-O Nd7 6. d4 Qe7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qxe5 Nf6 11. Bg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Kh1 Rad8 14. f4 h6 15. Bh4 Qb4 16. Qxc7 Rd7 17. Qe5 Nxe4 18. Qxe6+ Rdf7 19. Nxe4 Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qxc2 21. Bf6 Bxf6 22. Nxf6+ Kg7 23. Ne8+ Kh8 24. Qe5+ Kg8 25. Nd6 Rxf4 26. Qe6+ Kg7 27. Rfc1 *
c2c1 b1c1 f4f1 c1f1 f8f1
Qxc1+ Rxc1 Rf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
3r1rk1/pbqn1Np1/1p2p2p/8/8/2PB2b1/PPQ2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 20
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bh4 Rad8 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Ne5 h6 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Nxf7 Bxg3 *
d3h7 g8f7 c2g6 f7e7 g6e6
Bh7+ Kxf7 Qg6+ Ke7 Qxe6#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5r1k/ppp1p2p/5qpB/8/3PQ3/1PP5/P5PP/R5K1 b - - 0 23
1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 Bg7 4. f4 O-O 5. Nd2 d5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Re8 8. O-O Bg4 9. Qe1 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 f6 14. Qf2 fxe5 15. Qf7+ Kh8 16. b3 exd4 17. exd4 Rf8 18. Qe6 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Qf8+ 20. Kg1 Qf6 21. Qxe4 Rf8 22. Be3 Bh6 23. Bxh6 *
f6f2 g1h1 f2f1 a1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
3r1r1k/pp2Q1pp/nqp5/4B3/4P3/8/P4PPP/3R1RK1 b - - 2 19
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Nxc3 d6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 c6 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 e5 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Qe6+ Kh8 17. Qxd6 Na6 18. Bxe5 Rad8 19. Qe7 *
b6f2 f1f2 d8d1 f2f1 d1f1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Rxd1+ Rf1 Rdxf1#
deflection kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
1r3k2/3bpp1R/p1np2p1/q7/2pbP1P1/2N2P2/PP1Q4/1K5R w - - 0 21
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. f3 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. h4 Rab8 13. h5 Nxh5 14. g4 Ng3 15. Rh3 Nxf1 16. Rxf1 b5 17. Bh6 Bxd4 18. Rfh1 bxc4 19. Bxf8 Qa5 20. Rxh7 Kxf8 *
d2h6 f8e8 h7h8 d4h8 h6h8
Qh6+ Ke8 Rh8+ Bxh8 Qxh8#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
1R6/5p2/5k1p/p1b1p2p/2p2n2/5PK1/PB5P/4R3 b - - 5 35
1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Bd7 3. c3 b5 4. Bb3 a5 5. Qf3 e6 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne2 c4 9. Bc2 Bc6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Be4 Bc6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Rd1 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Be7 17. Bxd5 Nd3 18. Bc6+ Kf8 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Na3 Qc6 21. Nc2 e5 22. b3 h5 23. Ne3 Bc5 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Rb1 Rh6 26. Rb8+ Ke7 27. Nf5+ Kf6 28. Nxh6 gxh6 29. Qf3+ Qxf3 30. gxf3 Nxf2 31. Rf1 Ne4+ 32. Kg2 Nxc3 33. Bb2 Ne2 34. Re1 Nf4+ 35. Kg3 *
h5h4 g3h4 c5f2 h4g4 h6h5
h4+ Kxh4 Bf2+ Kg4 h5#
attraction endgame long mate mateIn3
5r1k/p1p3pp/1p2Q1p1/n1P1N3/3P3q/4P3/P4RPP/1R4K1 b - - 0 20
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rb1 b6 14. Qa4 Na5 15. Ne5 Rf5 16. c4 Raf8 17. c5 Qh4 18. Qd7 Rxf2 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Rxf2 *
h4f2 g1h1 f2f1 b1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
4rr2/pp1Rn1kp/2p1B1p1/2q5/4Q3/2P5/P4PPP/4R1K1 b - - 6 22
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4 6. Bc4 d6 7. Qb3 Qf6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nge7 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Nxe5 Qb6 14. Bxf7+ Kf8 15. Qc4 c6 16. Rad1 g6 17. Qf4 Kg7 18. Nd7 Bxd7 19. Rxd7 Qc5 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Be6 Rhf8 22. Qe4 *
c5f2 g1h1 f2f1 e1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2r3r1/8/5R2/p2kp3/1p3P2/3P4/qPP5/2K1R3 w - - 1 34
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. d3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. O-O-O Nd4 9. Qf1 Nxf3 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Nxg4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Qg2 Qd7 14. Rdf1 Nh4 15. Qh2 Bf3 16. Rhg1 c6 17. Bh6 Bf6 18. Bxg7 Bxg7 19. Qxh4 b5 20. Bb3 b4 21. Nd1 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 d5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Qg3 f6 25. Rh1 a5 26. Bxd5+ Qxd5 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rdg1+ Kf7 29. Rxh7+ Ke6 30. Rh6 Rg8 31. Re1 Qxa2 32. f4 Kd5 33. Rxf6 Rac8 *
e1e5 d5d4 f6d6 a2d5 d6d5
Rxe5+ Kd4 Rd6+ Qd5 Rdxd5#
endgame long mate mateIn3 queenRookEndgame
2k4r/ppp2Qp1/8/3R3p/8/PPq5/K1P5/4r3 w - - 0 29
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a3 d6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 O-O-O 12. O-O-O h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. h4 f6 15. d4 exd4 16. exd4 Rde8 17. Rhe1 fxg5 18. hxg5 Nxg5 19. e5 Nxf3 20. Qxf3 dxe5 21. dxe5 Qg5+ 22. Kb1 Nxe5 23. Qd5 Bf7 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Qxf7 Qg4 26. Rd5 Re1+ 27. Ka2 Qxc4+ 28. b3 Qxc3 *
f7d7 c8b8 d7d8 h8d8 d5d8
Qd7+ Kb8 Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
4rrk1/6pp/p1R5/8/P2n4/Q7/3N1PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 31
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Be7 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. b4 a6 8. a4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Ng5 Nd8 12. Be3 d5 13. Bc5 Bxc5 14. bxc5 Nf7 15. Nxf7 Qxf7 16. exd5 exd5 17. Qxb7 e4 18. dxe4 Nxe4 19. Qb4 Rab8 20. Qd4 c6 21. Nd2 Ng5 22. Rab1 Ne6 23. Qe3 Rbe8 24. Rb6 d4 25. cxd4 Nxc5 26. Qa3 Ne6 27. Nf3 Qg6 28. Rxc6 Qe4 29. Rd1 Nxd4 30. Nd2 Qe1+ 31. Rxe1 *
e8e1 d2f1 d4e2 g1h1 e1f1
Rxe1+ Nf1 Ne2+ Kh1 Rxf1#
backRankMate deflection long mate mateIn3 middlegame
2r3k1/R4p1p/1pq3p1/4P3/N2pB3/1P3PPb/P2QP2P/6K1 b - - 1 25
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Qd2 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qd7 13. Rfc1 Rc4 14. b3 Rc6 15. Na4 b6 16. Rxc6 Qxc6 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Rc7 Qb5 19. Rxe7 Rc8 20. Rxa7 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Bxe5 22. Bd3 Qc6 23. dxe5 Bh3 24. f3 d4 25. Be4 *
c6c1 d2c1 c8c1 g1f2 c1f1
Qc1+ Qxc1 Rxc1+ Kf2 Rf1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r1b2rk1/pp3p2/3p1q1p/2pPp1p1/2P1P1n1/5NPK/PP1BBP1P/R1Q2R2 b - - 0 19
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Bxc3 5. Bxc3 d6 6. Qc2 O-O 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Bd3 e5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. O-O c5 11. d5 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. g3 Nh3+ 14. Kg2 Nf6 15. Nf3 Ng4 16. Be2 Qf6 17. Bd2 h6 18. Qc1 g5 19. Kxh3 *
g4e3 g3g4 c8g4 h3g3 f6f4
Ne3+ g4 Bxg4+ Kg3 Qf4#
discoveredAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
4r3/pp3pkp/6p1/3Rr3/2P3b1/P1Q2BPq/1P3P2/R5K1 b - - 4 26
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Na6 8. h3 Qc7 9. Be3 e5 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qb3 exd4 12. Bxd4 c5 13. Be3 Re8 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Nxe4 17. Nd2 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Bf3 Qh4 21. g3 Qxh3 22. Bxd4 Bg4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxd6 Re5 25. Qc3 Re8 26. Rd5 *
g4f3 c3f3 e5e1 a1e1 e8e1
Bxf3 Qxf3 Re1+ Rxe1 Rxe1#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
5r1k/2p2qbb/p2pR2p/1p6/6QN/2P3P1/PP4PP/R5K1 b - - 7 28
1. e4 b6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. d4 e6 5. c3 Ne7 6. O-O Bb7 7. d5 exd5 8. exd5 O-O 9. Bg5 Kh8 10. Nbd2 f6 11. Bh4 d6 12. Ne4 Nf5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 f5 15. Neg5 h6 16. Ne6 Qe7 17. Nxf8 Qxf8 18. Re1 Nd7 19. Re6 Nc5 20. Rxg6 a6 21. Nh4 b5 22. Bd3 Bxd5 23. Bxf5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Rg4 Bh7 26. Rg6 Qf7 27. Qg4 Rf8 28. Re6 *
f7f2 g1h1 f2f1 a1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2r4k/6p1/3p2rp/1Q2p1q1/4Pp2/3P4/PR3PPP/6RK b - - 5 27
1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Be2 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bg5 Bd7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Qd2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. c3 dxc3 14. bxc3 Qg6 15. Kh1 f5 16. Bf3 f4 17. c4 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. Qd1 Qg5 20. Qb3 b6 21. c5+ Kh8 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Qxb6 Rf6 24. Rab1 h6 25. Rb2 Rg6 26. Rg1 Rc8 27. Qb5 *
g5g2 g1g2 c8c1 g2g1 c1g1
Qxg2+ Rxg2 Rc1+ Rg1 Rcxg1#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
8/5N2/7p/6p1/4nkP1/3R4/6KP/1r6 w - - 8 55
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bd2 Bg7 4. Bc3 O-O 5. d5 d6 6. f3 c6 7. e4 cxd5 8. cxd5 Nbd7 9. b4 Nb6 10. a4 a5 11. b5 Qc7 12. Ra2 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. g4 e6 16. Qd2 exd5 17. exd5 Qc4 18. Ne2 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. O-O b6 22. Rd1 Be6 23. Rad2 Ne3 24. Re1 d5 25. Nf4 Nc4 26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27. Rd4 Rae8 28. Nc3 h6 29. f4 Rd8 30. Rxe6 g5 31. f5 Rf6 32. Re7+ Rf7 33. Re6 Rf6 34. Nxd5 Rxe6 35. fxe6 Nd6 36. e7 Re8 37. Rd1 Nc8 38. Re1 Kf7 39. Rf1+ Ke6 40. Rd1 Nxe7 41. Nxb6 Rb8 42. Nc4 Nd5 43. Re1+ Kd7 44. Rd1 Ke6 45. Re1+ Kd7 46. Nxa5 Nc3 47. Re5 Nxa4 48. Rd5+ Ke6 49. Rd4 Nc3 50. Nc6 Rxb5 51. Nd8+ Ke5 52. Rd3 Rb1+ 53. Kg2 Ne4 54. Nf7+ Kf4 *
d3f3 f4g4 f7e5 g4h5 f3h3
Rf3+ Kxg4 Ne5+ Kh5 Rh3#
anastasiaMate endgame long mate mateIn3
3q2k1/p4p2/2p1r3/3p4/4n3/3B4/P1P2PPb/1Q1RRK2 b - - 0 23
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Qg3 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 Bd6 15. Qh4 Rxb2 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Re8 19. Rfe1 Ne4 20. Rad1 Re6 21. Qc1 Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Rb1 23. Qxb1 *
e4g3 f2g3 d8f6 d3f5 f6f5
Ng3+ fxg3 Qf6+ Bf5 Qxf5#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
8/8/1Q6/4qpkp/5p2/5P1P/6PK/8 w - - 4 37
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 4. cxd4 dxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nxe4 Be7 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Bc2 e5 13. Qd3 e4 14. Qxe4 g6 15. O-O Bf5 16. Qe2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Rad1 Qf6 20. Rd3 Rae8 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22. Qh5 Rg8 23. Rxg8+ Rxg8 24. Re1 Rg5 25. Qf3 Qxb2 26. h3 h5 27. Re8+ Kg7 28. Re7 b6 29. Qb7 Qxa2 30. Qxa7 Qd5 31. f3 f4 32. Qxb6 Re5 33. Rxe5 Qxe5 34. Qf2 f5 35. Kh2 Kg6 36. Qb6+ Kg5 *
h3h4 g5h4 b6d8 e5f6 d8f6
h4+ Kxh4 Qd8+ Qf6 Qxf6#
attraction endgame long mate mateIn3 queenEndgame
4r2k/p2Q1p1r/1p1N1pbp/8/5q2/2P3R1/P4PPP/6K1 w - - 0 28
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Ne5 10. bxc3 Nxc4 11. Qd4 Nf6 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. Qxc4 h6 14. d6 cxd6 15. Ba3 Ne8 16. Qd3 b6 17. Re3 Bb7 18. Rae1 Nf6 19. Bxd6+ Kg8 20. Be7 Qc7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nh4 Rh7 23. Nf5 Qf4 24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. Qxd7 Be4 26. Nd6 Bg6 27. Re8+ Rxe8 *
d7e8 h8g7 e8f7 g7h8 f7f8
Qxe8+ Kg7 Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8#
exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame pin
r1b1k2r/pppp1np1/2n2q2/7Q/2BbP3/B7/P4PPP/RN3RK1 w kq - 0 13
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Nxb4 5. c3 Nc6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. O-O h5 9. Ng5 Nh6 10. Ba3 Bxd4 11. Qxh5 Qf6 12. Nxf7 Nxf7 *
c4f7 f6f7 h5h8 f7g8 h8g8
Bxf7+ Qxf7 Qxh8+ Qg8 Qxg8#
attackingF2F7 long mate mateIn3 opening
r1b2r1k/p6p/8/4N1R1/1P3pP1/8/1P2p2P/3R2K1 w - - 0 32
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Ne7 4. Nf3 c5 5. Be3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bb5 Qc7 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Bd4 c5 11. Bc3 d4 12. Bd2 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 e5 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Kf1 Bb7 18. Kg1 O-O 19. c3 f5 20. cxd4 cxd4 21. a3 e4 22. Bb4 Bxb4 23. axb4 Rfd8 24. Nd2 g5 25. Ra5 Bc8 26. g4 e3 27. fxe3 dxe3 28. Nc4 f4 29. Rxg5+ Kh8 30. Ne5 Rf8 31. Rd1 e2 *
e5f7 f8f7 d1d8 f7f8 d8f8
Nf7+ Rxf7 Rd8+ Rf8 Rxf8#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
7r/2p5/1p2p3/p2p1N1P/6k1/3R1n2/PPP2P2/5R1K b - - 0 31
1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 a5 3. d4 b6 4. Be2 Ba6 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 Ne7 8. h4 h5 9. Ng5 Bg7 10. e5 O-O 11. g4 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. gxh5 Nf5 14. hxg6 Qe8 15. Qh5 Qe7 16. Nf7 Rxf7 17. gxf7+ Qxf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Bg5 Nxd4 20. Bxf6 Kxf6 21. Rac1 Nbc6 22. Kh2 Ne5 23. Ne4+ Kf5 24. Ng3+ Kg4 25. h5 Ndf3+ 26. Kg2 Nh4+ 27. Kg1 Nef3+ 28. Kh1 Rh8 29. Rcd1 d5 30. Rd3 Nf5 31. Nxf5 *
h8h5 f5h4 h5h4 h1g2 h4h2
Rxh5+ Nh4 Rxh4+ Kg2 Rh2#
endgame exposedKing fork long mate mateIn3
4r1k1/1p2rpp1/3p3p/3Pq1B1/1P6/8/P2Q1PPP/3RR1K1 b - - 0 23
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. Re1 Rd8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. Qxa7 Qf5 14. Qe3 Rde8 15. c4 h6 16. Qc3 Bh4 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Qd2 Re7 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. c5 Qe5 21. b4 Bg5 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Bxg5 *
e5e1 d1e1 e7e1 d2e1 e8e1
Qxe1+ Rxe1 Rxe1+ Qxe1 Rxe1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r6k/p2n2pB/1pn5/4P2Q/3q2pP/8/P4P2/R4K1b w - - 0 25
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 b6 7. e4 Bb7 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. g4 c5 12. g5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 hxg5 14. h4 g4 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Ng5 cxd4 17. Qf5 dxc3 18. bxc3 d4 19. cxd4 Bxh1 20. Nxf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxf7 Qf8 22. Qg6 Nc6 23. Qh5 Qb4+ 24. Kf1 Qxd4 *
h7f5 h8g8 f5e6 g8f8 h5f7
Bf5+ Kg8 Be6+ Kf8 Qf7#
discoveredAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
R7/ppp2Qpk/2n4p/5b2/8/8/P2q1PPP/b5K1 w - - 0 22
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Bc5 6. b4 Bxb4 7. c3 Bc5 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Ba3 d6 12. e5 Ne8 13. exd6 Nxd6 14. Ne5 Bxd4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Re8+ Kh7 18. Bd3+ Bf5 19. Rxa8 Bxa1 20. Qxf7 Qxd3 21. Nd2 Qxd2 *
f7f5 g7g6 f5f7 a1g7 f7g8
Qxf5+ g6 Qf7+ Bg7 Qg8#
endgame hangingPiece long mate mateIn3
3r1r1k/pp2b2n/6BQ/2q5/4p3/8/PPP2PPP/3R1RK1 b - - 2 21
1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O h6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Rad1 Qa5 13. Bc4 e5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Rad8 16. Bxh6 Qc5 17. Bb3 gxh6 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Bxf7 e4 20. Qxh6+ Nh7 21. Bg6 *
c5f2 g1h1 f2f1 d1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qxf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate deflection long mate mateIn3 middlegame
4r2k/ppQR1p1p/7q/8/3P2RB/4r3/P5PP/6K1 b - - 0 24
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Qd6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Bh4 Ne7 14. f5 g6 15. Ng3 Nxf5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Rxf5 Rae8 18. Raf1 Qh6 19. R1f4 Re6 20. Rxd5 Rfe8 21. Rd7 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxe3 23. Rg4+ Kh8 24. Qxc7 *
e3e1 h4e1 e8e1 g1f2 h6e3
Re1+ Bxe1 Rxe1+ Kf2 Qe3#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r1b1r1k1/2qn1ppp/pp6/2pP4/4P3/2N2PnP/PB1NBRPK/R2Q4 b - - 0 19
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. Bb2 b6 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Bd6 13. e4 a6 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. h3 Re8 16. f3 Nh5 17. Rf2 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Ng3+ 19. Kxh2 *
g3f1 h2g1 c7h2 g1f1 h2h1
Nf1+ Kg1 Qh2+ Kxf1 Qh1#
doubleCheck long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r1r2bk1/2q2ppp/1n2b3/4pN2/pp3nPQ/3B1P2/PPPN3P/1KBR3R w - - 6 22
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Kb1 b4 13. Ne2 Nb6 14. Ng3 d5 15. exd5 Nfxd5 16. Qf2 a5 17. Bd3 Qc7 18. Bc1 a4 19. Nd2 Rfc8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Qh4 Nf4 *
f5e7 f8e7 h4h7 g8f8 h7h8
Ne7+ Bxe7 Qxh7+ Kf8 Qh8#
fork long master mate mateIn3 opening sacrifice
6k1/5ppp/3r4/p7/q1n2PP1/7P/1Q6/1K2R3 w - - 0 34
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Nc6 5. e3 b6 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. f3 Qe7 9. a3 Bd6 10. e4 Rfe8 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Ne5 13. O-O-O c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Nd4 Bxa3 17. bxa3 Qxa3 18. Qb2 Qc5 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. f4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. e5 Ng4 23. Rhf1 a5 24. h3 Nh6 25. Rde1 Nf5 26. Ne4 d5 27. exd6 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 29. Ka2 Rxd6 30. g4 Ne3 31. Re1 Qa4+ 32. Kb1 Nc4 33. Bxa5 bxa5 *
b2b8 d6d8 b8d8 a4e8 e1e8
Qb8+ Rd8 Qxd8+ Qe8 Rxe8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
4rr1k/p5p1/1p3q1p/2p5/6Q1/1P4R1/P1P2PPP/5RK1 b - - 1 28
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. exf5 e4 5. Ng1 Nf6 6. d3 d5 7. Bb3 Bxf5 8. dxe4 Nxe4 9. Nf3 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Kh8 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxd5 Nb4 14. Nc3 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 c6 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bg4 18. Qd4 Bxf3 19. Qxc5 Bd5 20. Nxd5 Qe5 21. Qc3 Qxd5 22. b3 Rae8 23. Rcd1 Qg5 24. Rd3 h6 25. Rg3 Qf6 26. Qc5 b6 27. Qc4 c5 28. Qg4 *
f6f2 f1f2 e8e1 f2f1 e1f1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Re1+ Rf1 Rexf1#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r4r1k/pppqpPb1/1n1pN1pp/8/6PQ/1P6/1Pb2P1P/RNB1K2R w KQ - 2 16
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. Ng5 Nc6 9. e6 Nxd4 10. exf7+ Kh8 11. Qe4 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bf5 13. Qh4 h6 14. g4 Bxc2 15. Ne6 Qd7 *
c1h6 d7e6 h6e3 g7h6 h4h6
Bxh6 Qxe6+ Be3+ Bh6 Qxh6#
discoveredAttack exposedKing kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r3k3/pqp5/1p2pBb1/7r/8/8/PKP1QP2/8 w q - 0 25
1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nfd7 10. Bg5 Qc8 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. O-O-O Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. h4 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Qb7 17. h5 Bxc3 18. hxg6 Bxb2+ 19. Kxb2 hxg6 20. Rg3 Be4 21. Re3 Bf5 22. Bf6 Rh5 23. Rxg6 Bxg6 24. Rxe6+ fxe6 *
e2e6 e8f8 e6e7 f8g8 e7g7
Qxe6+ Kf8 Qe7+ Kg8 Qg7#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
7r/2p4p/p1R3p1/Pp1pr3/1k4n1/7P/1PP3P1/3R2K1 w - - 0 29
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. O-O Nc6 7. a4 a6 8. Be3 d5 9. e5 f6 10. h3 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. a5 b5 14. f4 Bf6 15. Bd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qf6 17. Qe5 O-O-O 18. Bg4 Kd7 19. Rad1 Qxe5 20. fxe5 Nh6 21. Ne4 Ba8 22. Nc5+ Kc6 23. Nxe6 Rde8 24. Nd4+ Kc5 25. Rf3 Rxe5 26. Rc3+ Kb4 27. Nc6+ Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Nxg4 *
d1d4 b4a5 b2b4 a5a4 c6a6
Rd4+ Kxa5 b4+ Ka4 Rxa6#
deflection endgame fork long mate mateIn3
3r2k1/pp3bp1/2p4p/q3pB1P/2n1P3/2Q2P2/PPP5/1KB4R b - - 0 24
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. f3 c6 5. Be3 Be7 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. O-O-O Qa5 8. Kb1 Nb6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. g4 Be6 11. h4 Rd8 12. Qc1 Rxd1 13. Qxd1 Bb4 14. Nge2 O-O 15. h5 Nc4 16. Bc1 Rd8 17. Qe1 Nd7 18. g5 Nc5 19. g6 h6 20. gxf7+ Bxf7 21. Bh3 Na4 22. Bf5 Nxc3+ 23. Nxc3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 *
c4d2 c1d2 a5a2 b1c1 a2a1
Nd2+ Bxd2 Qxa2+ Kc1 Qa1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack sacrifice
6k1/p4ppp/5n2/4RQ2/5P2/PBr4P/5qP1/7K w - - 1 33
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. c5 O-O 10. a3 b6 11. b4 bxc5 12. bxc5 Rc8 13. O-O Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxd5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Ba2 Rxc3 19. Qe1 Rc5 20. Qe3 Qc7 21. f4 Neg4 22. Qg3 Rc2 23. Bb3 Rc3 24. Rf3 Rc1+ 25. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 26. Rf1 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Rd8 28. h3 Ne3 29. Re1 Nf5 30. Qg5 Rd3 31. Re5 Qf2 32. Qxf5 Rc3 *
e5e8 f6e8 f5f7 g8h8 f7e8
Re8+ Nxe8 Qxf7+ Kh8 Qxe8#
backRankMate endgame fork long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
7k/p6p/1p4pP/2q2p2/3r1P2/PQ6/6PK/8 w - - 2 38
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 b6 6. Nge2 e6 7. a3 Nge7 8. f4 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bb5 d4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 Nf5 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Ne2 Qd6 17. Bc4 Bc6 18. Qg4 Ne3 19. Qg3 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. c3 Rad8 23. d4 cxd4 24. cxd4 f5 25. Rd1 Rfe8 26. Nc3 Qb3 27. h4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29. h5 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qe1 32. Qg5 Qe6 33. h6 Qe7 34. Qg3 Rd8 35. c4 Rd4 36. c5 Qxc5 37. Qb3+ Kh8 *
b3f7 d4d7 f7e8 c5f8 e8f8
Qf7 Rd7 Qe8+ Qf8 Qxf8#
endgame fork long mate mateIn3
5r1k/3nR1p1/1b4Qp/2p5/6P1/1BN2qP1/1P5K/2B5 b - - 0 37
1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 a6 8. a4 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Nd2 exd5 11. cxd5 Bf5 12. e4 Bg6 13. f4 h6 14. a5 Nbd7 15. Nc4 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Na5 Nbd7 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. Qe2 Bd8 20. Re1 Bb6 21. Kh1 Bh5 22. Qf1 Kh8 23. Rxa6 Ng4 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. h3 Ngf6 26. e5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Ne8 28. e6 fxe6 29. Qd3 exd5 30. Bxd5 Qc8 31. Ne7 Qd8 32. Ng6+ Bxg6 33. Qxg6 Nef6 34. Bb3 Qa8+ 35. Kh2 Qf3 36. Re7 Ng4+ 37. hxg4 *
f3f2 h2h3 f2f1 h3h4 f1h1
Qf2+ Kh3 Qf1+ Kh4 Qh1#
fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame
2r2rk1/ppq3pp/3R1p2/4P3/1P6/4QN2/PP3PPP/1K3B1R b - - 0 18
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Bc5 4. d4 Bb6 5. Nc3 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Bxd4 Bxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Qe3 Be6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Nb4 15. Rxd6 Qc7 16. c3 Rac8 17. Kb1 f6 18. cxb4 *
c7c2 b1a1 c2c1 e3c1 c8c1
Qc2+ Ka1 Qc1+ Qxc1 Rxc1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
6k1/5pp1/4p1p1/5n2/6nP/5NP1/r4P2/1R4K1 w - - 6 42
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 e6 8. c3 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd6 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Re1 Nbd5 14. Ne4 b6 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Bf4 Nxf4 18. g3 N4d5 19. c4 Ne7 20. Kg2 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Nf3 Rd6 23. b3 Rfd8 24. h4 Nf5 25. Ne5 c5 26. Nf3 a6 27. Ne5 b5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Nf3 c4 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Ne5 Nd5 32. Nxc4 Rc6 33. Ne5 Rc2 34. a4 Ra8 35. a5 Ra6 36. Reb1 Rc5 37. Nd7 Rcxa5 38. Rxa5 Rxa5 39. Ne5 Ra2 40. Nf3 Nde3+ 41. Kg1 Ng4 *
b1b8 g8h7 f3g5 h7h6 b8h8
Rb8+ Kh7 Ng5+ Kh6 Rh8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
4kr2/pQp1r2p/8/6B1/3R4/2P2pbP/PP4P1/R5K1 b - - 0 26
1. e4 Nh6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Bg4 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Be2 Nf5 6. O-O e6 7. d4 Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bh4 11. Qd3 Ng3 12. Rd1 g5 13. Nd2 gxf4 14. Nf1 f6 15. Nxg3 Bxg3 16. Bg4 Qe7 17. Qf3 fxe5 18. Bh5 Qg5 19. Bg4 Rae8 20. Bxe6+ Rxe6 21. Qxd5 Kf7 22. Qxd7+ Re7 23. Qd5+ Ke8 24. Qxb7 exd4 25. Rxd4 f3 26. Bxg5 *
f3f2 g1f1 e7e1 a1e1 f2e1q
f2+ Kf1 Re1+ Rxe1+ fxe1=Q#
advancedPawn doubleCheck long mate mateIn3 middlegame promotion
1k2r3/p1p4p/1p3Q2/8/3p2P1/1B1Pqb1P/PPP5/1KR5 b - - 0 27
1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bc4 Bb4 5. d3 Nc6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 f6 8. Qd2 Nge7 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bb3 Qd6 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. g4 Ne5 14. Nd4 N7c6 15. h3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rhe8 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Re1 Qh2 20. Qe3 d4 21. Qe6+ Kb8 22. Qe7 Rc8 23. Qxg7 Qxf2 24. Rd1 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 Bf3 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Qxf6 *
e3c1 b1c1 e8e1 c1d2 e1d1
Qxc1+ Kxc1 Re1+ Kd2 Rd1#
attraction endgame long mate mateIn3 queensideAttack sacrifice
2kr1r2/1R5p/p1p5/P1N3p1/3P4/4B1q1/3Q2Rb/7K b - - 0 30
1. e4 e6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bb3 c6 5. d4 Bd6 6. Ne2 Ne7 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4 Nd7 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Ne5 O-O-O 12. c4 Ne4 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nc3 Ndxc3 15. bxc3 Nxc3 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Rb1 Kb8 18. a4 Nb4 19. Qc3 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. a5 a6 22. Be3 f6 23. Nd3 g5 24. fxg5 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 fxg5 26. Nc5 Qg3 27. Rxb7+ Kc8 28. Rf2 Rhf8 29. Qd2 Bxg2+ 30. Rxg2 *
f8f1 e3g1 f1g1 g2g1 g3g1
Rf1+ Bg1 Rxg1+ Rxg1 Qxg1#
exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame xRayAttack
N5r1/1p1q1p1k/p1pp1p1p/2P1p3/4Pn1N/2PP3P/P4PPK/R2Q1R2 b - - 0 20
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 Bd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nd4 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 Kh7 14. Nd5 Qe6 15. c3 c6 16. Nc7 Qd7 17. Nxa8 Rg8 18. Kh2 Ne6 19. b4 Nf4 20. bxc5 *
g8g2 h4g2 d7h3 h2g1 h3g2
Rxg2+ Nxg2 Qxh3+ Kg1 Qxg2#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
1b3rk1/p4ppp/4p3/8/8/5Q1P/Pq4P1/2R2R1K w - - 0 25
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. c4 e6 8. Qa4 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Rc8 13. Qa4 Bd6 14. O-O Bb8 15. h3 Qd6 16. f4 Bf5 17. Nf3 Rxc4 18. Qxc4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Rac1 Be4 22. Qe2 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxb2 *
f3f7 f8f7 c1c8 f7f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Rxf7 Rc8+ Rf8 Rfxf8#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
7Q/4Npp1/r3p3/3p2kp/2q5/7P/5PP1/2n4K w - - 4 43
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Nf3 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bb3 Ba6 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Nf5 15. Re1 Rfc8 16. c3 Rab8 17. Rb1 Bc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Ne5 Rc7 20. Nd3 a5 21. h3 Rcb7 22. b4 Qc6 23. Qd2 Nd6 24. Rec1 Ne4 25. Qe1 Qc4 26. Ne5 Qc7 27. Nd3 axb4 28. Rxb4 Rxb4 29. Nxb4 Qb6 30. a3 Ra8 31. Rb1 Qc5 32. Rb3 Qc4 33. Rb1 Nxc3 34. Rc1 Ne2+ 35. Kh1 Nxc1 36. Qe5 h6 37. Qd6 Rxa3 38. Nc6 Ra6 39. Ne7+ Kh7 40. Qd8 h5 41. Qg8+ Kh6 42. Qh8+ Kg5 *
h8g7 g5f4 g7g3 f4e4 g3e3
Qxg7+ Kf4 Qg3+ Ke4 Qe3#
endgame long mate mateIn3
r4r1k/1ppR1ppp/3bpN2/1p6/6Q1/4B3/1PP2PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 19
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Be3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rad1 a6 11. d5 axb5 12. dxc6 Qxc6 13. Ne5 Qa6 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Rxd7 Bd6 16. Ne4 Qxa2 17. Qg4 Qa1 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Rxa1 *
a8a1 e3c1 a1c1 g4d1 c1d1
Rxa1+ Bc1 Rxc1+ Qd1 Rxd1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r1k2r2/ppp2N1p/5n2/2bP1p2/Q1P2P2/2q5/P3R1PP/4R2K w - - 8 28
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 f5 5. dxe4 fxe4 6. c4 Bc5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. Qc2 e3 10. Bc1 Bg4 11. Nf3 g6 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Qd1 Ng4 14. O-O Nf2 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Qa4+ Nd7 18. b4 Bd6 19. Bxe3 Qxe3 20. Rxf2 Qxc3 21. Re1 Bxb4 22. Bd3+ Kd8 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Rfe2 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Nf6 26. Ne5 Rf8 27. Nf7+ Kc8 *
e2e8 f6e8 e1e8 f8e8 a4e8
Re8+ Nxe8 Rxe8+ Rxe8 Qxe8#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack sacrifice
3r2k1/p5pp/2p5/1p2pQ2/1P6/P2q3P/6P1/5R1K w - - 0 30
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. a3 c6 5. b4 Qc7 6. Bb2 Bf5 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Be2 Ngf6 9. O-O e6 10. d3 Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Qc1 Rfe8 14. d4 b5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Nd5 17. Ne5 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 f6 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Qe3 Bd6 21. f4 Bxf4 22. Qf3 e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 fxe5 26. Rf1 Rd8 27. Qe4 Qd6 28. Kh1 Qd5 29. Qf5 Qxd3 *
f5f7 g8h8 f7f8 d8f8 f1f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
5b2/p4n2/1p3pk1/1Pp1p1pp/2P5/3NqPPP/1PQ3K1/8 w - - 0 37
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qe7 3. Bc4 d6 4. c3 c6 5. Qe2 Be6 6. O-O f6 7. Na3 g5 8. Bd3 Nh6 9. Bc2 Nf7 10. d4 Bg7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Re1 h6 14. Rd1 b6 15. Ne3 Rd8 16. Nf5 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Qe8 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Nf8 21. Be3 Qe6 22. c4 c5 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. h3 Ng6 25. g3 Ne7 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Nh2 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qd6 29. Qc2 Qe6 30. Kg2 Bf8 31. Nf3 h5 32. Ne1 Kg7 33. Nd3 Kg6 34. b4 Qc6 35. b5 Qxe4+ 36. f3 Qxe3 *
d3e5 g6g7 c2g6 g7h8 e5f7
Nxe5+ Kg7 Qg6+ Kh8 Nxf7#
deflection doubleCheck endgame long mate mateIn3
4r1k1/1p2rppp/p2p4/1b6/1P1P1P2/R4N2/5RPP/2B3K1 b - - 0 23
1. c3 d5 2. e3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Qa4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Qg4 Qf6 8. d4 e4 9. Nfd2 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 exf3 12. Rxf3 Qg6 13. Qxg6 Nxg6 14. Rf2 Rfe8 15. Nf3 Re7 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Rae8 18. Na3 Bxa4 19. c4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Bb5 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. Ra3 Nf4 23. exf4 *
e7e1 f3e1 e8e1 f2f1 e1f1
Re1+ Nxe1 Rxe1+ Rf1 Rxf1#
fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
4r2r/2p2k2/pp1p2p1/3P1n2/3b4/3B4/PP4PP/R1B2R1K b - - 1 21
1. c4 a6 2. d4 h6 3. e4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O Ne7 9. e5 d6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. d5 exd5 12. e6 Nf6 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Ng5+ hxg5 15. fxg5 Nf5 16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rae8 19. Qf2 Qd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 *
h8h2 h1h2 e8h8 c1h6 h8h6
Rxh2+ Kxh2 Rh8+ Bh6 Rxh6#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
1nb1kr2/1p1n1p2/1q2P2p/1p1p1P1Q/r2P4/2p3B1/2P3PP/2K1R2R w - - 0 21
1. e4 d5 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nfd7 8. Qh5 c5 9. O-O-O c4 10. f4 Bb4 11. Nf3 Bxc3 12. Nxg5 Rf8 13. Nxe6 Bxb2+ 14. Kxb2 Qb6+ 15. Kc1 c3 16. Bb5 Qxe6 17. f5 Qb6 18. a4 a6 19. Rde1 axb5 20. e6 Rxa4 *
e6f7 e8d8 e1e8 f8e8 f7e8q
exf7+ Kd8 Re8+ Rxe8 fxe8=Q#
advancedPawn attackingF2F7 doubleCheck long mate mateIn3 middlegame promotion
2r2rk1/ppp2ppp/8/3BNn2/3P4/1Q4PR/P4q2/7K w - - 2 26
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 Nf6 10. Bg5 Ne7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. e5 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O d6 15. exd6 Nxd6 16. Rfe1 Qf6 17. Bd5 Bg4 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. h3 Qg5 21. Re3 Bxh3 22. Rxh3 Qxc1+ 23. Kh2 Qf4+ 24. g3 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Nf5 *
d5f7 f8f7 b3f7 g8h8 e5g6
Bxf7+ Rxf7 Qxf7+ Kh8 Ng6#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame pin
1r4k1/5p1p/p1p3nQ/5b2/6q1/4R3/P1P4P/2K1R3 w - - 0 33
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. exf6 Ng6 17. Rd4 Rb8 18. Qe3 Qe5 19. Re4 Qxb2+ 20. Kd2 e5 21. Qh6 Rd8+ 22. Bd3 Rxd3+ 23. Kxd3 Qb5+ 24. Kd2 Qa5+ 25. Kd1 Qd8+ 26. Kc1 Qxf6 27. Rhe1 Bf5 28. R4e2 e4 29. g4 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qd4+ 31. Kc1 e3 32. Rxe3 Qxg4 *
e3e8 b8e8 e1e8 g6f8 h6f8
Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Nf8 Qxf8#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
6k1/pp1r1p1p/2p1nPpQ/5rP1/5q1P/1P2R3/P7/4R2K w - - 3 31
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O Re8 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne5 11. h3 Qc7 12. f4 Ng6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nf8 15. g4 d5 16. g5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bc5+ 19. Bd4 Rad8 20. c3 Bxd4+ 21. cxd4 Rxe4 22. Qg4 Rexd4 23. f6 g6 24. Qh4 Qb6 25. Qh6 Ne6 26. Rfe1 Rxf4+ 27. Kh1 Qc7 28. Re3 Rf5 29. h4 Rd7 30. Rae1 Qf4 *
h6g7 e6g7 e3e8 g7e8 e1e8
Qg7+ Nxg7 Re8+ Nxe8 Rxe8#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice