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r3kr2/p4R2/b2bPQp1/7p/4p3/7K/P1P2PPP/7q w q - 0 26
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. d4 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Nf3 Ba6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nxc6 Qb6 12. d5 fxg5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxg5 Qxb2 15. Rd1 Qc3+ 16. Rd2 e6 17. dxe6 Qxc6 18. Qf6 Qb7 19. Rd7 Qb1+ 20. Kd2 Bb4+ 21. Ke3 Bc5+ 22. Kf4 Rf8 23. Rf7 Bd6+ 24. Kg4 h5+ 25. Kh3 Qxh1 *
f7f8 d6f8 f6f7 e8d8 f7d7
Rxf8+ Bxf8 Qf7+ Kd8 Qd7#
clearance exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r4rk1/5p1p/4pnp1/8/1p3P2/5R1Q/1P2R1PP/7K b - - 0 28
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a3 a5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bd7 12. Qf3 Bc6 13. Qh3 g6 14. Qh4 Nh5 15. Qh3 Be7 16. Be2 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. f3 d4 19. exd4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 b5 21. Rad1 Qe5 22. f4 Qc5 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Ne2 Qxc2 27. Re1 Qxe2 28. Rxe2 *
a8a1 e2e1 a1e1 f3f1 e1f1
Ra1+ Re1 Rxe1+ Rf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
8/p4K1k/7p/1q4P1/2r5/7P/8/8 w - - 3 63
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Ng5 O-O 6. d3 d5 7. exd5 Bg4 8. Qd2 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nbc3 Qd7 12. Qe3 Nd4 13. Nd2 Nxc2 14. Qxe5 Nxa1 15. Nde4 Rae8 16. Qg3 f5 17. h3 Be2 18. Nxe2 fxe4 19. dxe4 Bd6 20. Qg5 Re5 21. Qe3 Qc6 22. Ng3 Nc2 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Bd2 Nd4 25. Qe3 Bc5 26. Bc3 Re7 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Rd7 29. Qe3 Rfd8 30. Kh2 Qg6 31. Nf5 Re8 32. f3 Rf7 33. Nh4 Qd6+ 34. Kg1 c5 35. Qe2 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Rd8 37. Kh2 Qf6 38. Nf5 Re8 39. Qb5 Rb8 40. Qxc5 Qc6 41. Qd4 h6 42. Nd6 Rd7 43. Rd1 Rbd8 44. Nf7+ Kh7 45. Qe3 Rxd1 46. Nxd8 Rxd8 47. Qf4 Qd6 48. Qxd6 Rxd6 49. Kg3 Rd2 50. Kf4 Rxb2 51. g3 Rxa2 52. g4 b5 53. e5 b4 54. Kf5 b3 55. Ke6 Re2 56. Kf7 Rxe5 57. f4 Re4 58. f5 b2 59. f6 gxf6 60. Kxf6 b1=Q 61. g5 Qb5 62. Kf7 Rc4 *
g5g6 h7h8 g6g7 h8h7 g7g8q
g6+ Kh8 g7+ Kh7 g8=Q#
advancedPawn endgame long mate mateIn3 promotion queenRookEndgame
4rr1k/1Q1R3p/6p1/8/5q2/3P4/2P2NPP/5RK1 b - - 0 31
1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e5 d6 4. exd6 cxd6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 a6 9. a4 Bd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Re1 Na5 12. Ba2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bd4 Nb7 15. Qe2 e5 16. Be3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nxb5 d5 19. Nxe5 Nd6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Bf4 Qb4 22. Nf3 Qxf4 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Ne5 Ng4 25. Nxg4 Bd4 26. Rf1 Rce8 27. Qxd5 Bxb2 28. Ra7 Bd4 29. Rd7 Bb6 30. Qb7 Bxf2+ 31. Nxf2 *
f4f2 f1f2 e8e1 f2f1 e1f1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Re1+ Rf1 Rexf1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r4r1k/ppp4p/3p4/3Pp3/1PP1Pp2/2Q2K2/PB2N2q/6R1 w - - 0 25
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nbc3 Nc5 9. b4 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Nh5 11. Ng3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 f5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Rf2 Bh6 15. Raf1 f4 16. gxf4 Bxf4 17. Ne2 g5 18. g3 Qg7 19. Rg2 Bh3 20. gxf4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 gxf4+ 22. Kf3 Qh6 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Qc3 Qxh2 *
c3e5 d6e5 b2e5 f8f6 e5f6
Qxe5+ dxe5 Bxe5+ Rf6 Bxf6#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
6rk/1q3p1p/p3pPp1/1p6/2r4Q/P4R2/1B2B2P/6K1 w - - 1 37
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Be2 d6 7. a3 Nf6 8. b4 Be7 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. d3 Rd8 13. Nd2 b5 14. f4 Nd4 15. g4 Bb7 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bg4 Bd6 18. e5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Nce4 Rf8 21. c3 Nf5 22. d4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Nxd4 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qc7 26. Qd2 Rad8 27. Qg2 Bd5 28. Nf6+ Nxf6 29. gxf6 g6 30. Rf2 Qb7 31. Rbf1 Rd7 32. Qg3 Kh8 33. Qh4 Rg8 34. Be2 Rc7 35. Rf3 Bxf3 36. Rxf3 Rc4 *
h4h7 h8h7 f3h3 c4h4 h3h4
Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh3+ Rh4 Rxh4#
attraction long master mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r5k1/p2q1rpp/1p1b1pN1/2pp1P1Q/3PnR2/2P1P3/PP5P/R1B4K w - - 2 20
1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. f4 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Nbd2 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne5 Nc7 11. Qf3 Nce8 12. g4 Nd6 13. f5 exf5 14. gxf5 Nfe4 15. Kh1 f6 16. Ng6 Rf7 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rf4 Bd6 *
h5h7 g8h7 f4h4 h7g8 h4h8
Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh4+ Kg8 Rh8#
attraction kingsideAttack long master mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
Q7/p3krp1/2p5/qp1p4/2nP1NP1/4PN2/Pb3P2/1K1R3R b - - 0 24
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 c6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. O-O-O b5 13. Ne2 Nb6 14. Nf4 Nc4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. h4 Qa5 18. Kb1 Be7 19. h5 Ba3 20. hxg6 Bxb2 21. gxf7+ Rxf7 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxa8 *
c4a3 b1b2 a5b4 b2a1 b4c3
Na3+ Kxb2 Qb4+ Ka1 Qc3#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack sacrifice
2k5/ppp5/4rq2/2b4p/8/2PQ4/PP3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 24
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nxe5 dxe4 4. Bc4 Qe7 5. d4 Be6 6. Na3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nxg4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 f5 12. Ne3 O-O-O 13. Nxf5 Qf6 14. Qg4 Nxd4 15. Qxe4 h5 16. Rad1 Bc5 17. c3 Rhe8 18. Qd3 Nxf5 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Nb5 Ng7 21. Nd4 Ne6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 *
d3d7 c8b8 d7d8 f6d8 d1d8
Qd7+ Kb8 Qd8+ Qxd8 Rxd8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
5R2/k7/p1pN4/Bp2p3/3bP3/3P4/P2r4/1KR5 b - - 3 33
1. e4 e5 2. Qf3 Qf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Qxf3 5. Nxf3 d6 6. Nd5 Kd7 7. Ng5 Nh6 8. d3 f6 9. Nf3 Nf7 10. Nc3 Rf8 11. Nh4 Nc6 12. Nf5 g6 13. Ne3 Nd4 14. Ncd5 c6 15. Nxf6+ Kc7 16. Nxh7 Rh8 17. Bxf7 Rxh7 18. Bxg6 Rg7 19. Bf5 Nxc2+ 20. Nxc2 Rxg2 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Ne3 Rf8 23. Rf1 Rxh2 24. Bd2 a6 25. O-O-O b5 26. Kb1 Bd4 27. Ba5+ Kb7 28. Nf5 Bxf2 29. Nxd6+ Ka7 30. Rc1 Bd4 31. Rxf8 Rxb2+ 32. Ka1 Rd2+ 33. Kb1 *
d2b2 b1a1 b2b4 c1c3 d4c3
Rb2+ Ka1 Rb4+ Rc3 Bxc3#
discoveredAttack endgame long mate mateIn3
r1bq1r2/1pb2pk1/pnp1pNp1/4P1Np/2P5/4Q2P/P1n2PP1/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 23
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 c6 4. Bb2 dxc4 5. bxc4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. d4 Bd6 11. e4 Bc7 12. e5 Ng4 13. h3 Nh6 14. Bc1 Nf5 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. Bc2 Nh4 17. Ng5 g6 18. Qg4 Nf5 19. Nce4 h5 20. Qe2 Nxd4 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22. Qe3 Nxc2 *
g5e6 f7e6 e3h6 g7f7 h6h7
Nxe6+ fxe6 Qh6+ Kf7 Qh7#
clearance long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
3r4/7p/8/p2r2p1/6P1/P4KR1/1P1p4/4B2k w - - 0 38
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. c4 Bc5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. e4 d4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Rc8 15. e6 fxe6 16. Re1 O-O 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qd3 Qf5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. Bf4 g5 22. Be5+ Kg8 23. Rac1 d3 24. Bc3 Bxf2+ 25. Kg2 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd5 27. Rd1 Re8 28. Rd2 a5 29. a3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Kg6 31. Kf3 Kh5 32. g4+ Kh4 33. Rg2 Red8 34. Be1+ Kh3 35. Rg3+ Kxh2 36. Rg2+ Kh1 37. Rg3 d2 *
g3h3 h1g1 e1f2 g1f1 h3h1
Rh3+ Kg1 Bf2+ Kf1 Rh1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
r7/ppp1KR2/6k1/4p3/2P3bP/8/P2q4/5R2 w - - 0 34
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 Bb4 6. Bg5 exf3 7. Nxf3 h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Bc2 g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Qxd4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rf1 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Kf2 Rd8 17. Qg4+ Kf8 18. Bg6 Ne5 19. Qh5 Qd4+ 20. Kg3 Qe3+ 21. Kh4 Rd4+ 22. g4 Rxg4+ 23. Qxg4 Nxg4 24. Rxf7+ Kg8 25. Kxg4 e5+ 26. Kh5 Qh3+ 27. Kg5 Qg4+ 28. Kf6 Qf4+ 29. Ke7 Qg5+ 30. Rf6 Kg7 31. Rf1 Bg4 32. h4 Qd2 33. Rf7+ Kxg6 *
f1f6 g6h5 f7h7 d2h6 f6h6
R1f6+ Kh5 Rh7+ Qh6 Rfxh6#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
2b4k/rp4pn/p5Bp/8/P2R4/2nP1r1N/1q4PP/5RK1 w - - 0 23
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Ng5 O-O 6. d3 a6 7. a4 d6 8. Be3 Ba7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Rxf4 c6 13. Rh4 h6 14. Nh3 Nh7 15. Qf3 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rd4 Qb6 19. c3 Qxb2 20. Rf1 Nxc3 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Bg6 Rxf3 *
d4d8 h7f8 d8f8 f3f8 f1f8
Rd8+ Nf8 Rxf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame xRayAttack
r5k1/p5pp/8/3p4/5BQ1/2qb4/P5PP/4R2K w - - 0 25
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Nge7 6. Bb5 Nf5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Nxc6 Qc7 11. Nxe7 Nxe7 12. Re1 Ng6 13. f4 f6 14. Qh5 fxe5 15. fxe5 O-O 16. Nd2 Ba6 17. Nf3 Rf5 18. Qg4 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Bf4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bd3 23. Rxe6 Qxb2 24. Re1 Qxc3 *
g4e6 g8h8 e6e8 a8e8 e1e8
Qe6+ Kh8 Qe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r7/pp1kq1Pp/1bp4B/8/2Q5/5b2/PP3PPP/RN4K1 b - - 2 18
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 7. e5 d5 8. exf6 dxc4 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. Bh6 Bg4 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Re1+ Ne6 13. Qa4+ c6 14. Qxc4 Bxf3 15. Rxe6+ fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Qe7 17. Qxg8+ Kd7 18. Qc4 *
e7e1 c4f1 b6f2 g1h1 e1f1
Qe1+ Qf1 Bxf2+ Kh1 Qxf1#
deflection kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
8/5Kpk/8/6r1/8/5p2/1r6/2R5 w - - 0 56
1. e4 h5 2. d4 h4 3. h3 d6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Nxh4 Nb4 14. Kb1 Qc6 15. Nf3 Bf5 16. Rc1 Rae8 17. Qd2 Qa4 18. a3 Re6 19. g4 Bxc2+ 20. Rxc2 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Rf6 23. Be2 Re8 24. Kd3 b6 25. g5 Rf5 26. Rf1 c5 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. Kd2 c4 29. Nd4 Rf4 30. Nb5 a6 31. Nd6 Re6 32. Nb7 Rd4+ 33. Ke1 Rde4 34. Kd2 Rxe2+ 35. Kc3 Rb6 36. Nc5 Rbxb2 37. Nxa6 Rb3+ 38. Kd4 Rd2+ 39. Kc5 Rxa3 40. Nb4 Rc3 41. f4 Rh2 42. Nxd5 Rcxh3 43. Kxc4 Rc2+ 44. Kb5 Rb2+ 45. Nb4 Rhb3 46. Re1 Rxb4+ 47. Kc5 Rxf4 48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Re1 Rf5+ 50. Kd6 Rxg5 51. Ke7 Kg6 52. Rc1 f5 53. Rc6+ Kh7 54. Kf7 f4 55. Rc1 f3 *
c1h1 b2h2 h1h2 g5h5 h2h5
Rh1+ Rh2 Rxh2+ Rh5 Rxh5#
endgame long mate mateIn3 rookEndgame
2k4r/pp6/2p1pp2/2Pp1P1r/3P1Q2/1P3P1P/q5P1/5RRK b - - 0 29
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxe2 6. Ngxe2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. c5 Bc7 9. h3 h5 10. b3 Ng4 11. Ng3 f5 12. Qf3 Nd7 13. Nce2 Qf6 14. Nf4 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Nh6 16. Nxh5 Qf7 17. Qg5 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qf4 O-O-O 20. Kh2 Rdg8 21. Rg1 Qh5 22. Bd2 Ng4+ 23. Kh1 Qh4 24. Be1 Rg5 25. f3 Nf2+ 26. Bxf2 Qxf2 27. Raf1 Qxa2 28. e4 Rgh5 29. exf5 *
h5h3 g2h3 h8h3 f4h2 h3h2
Rxh3+ gxh3 Rxh3+ Qh2 Rxh2#
endgame kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2R5/8/7B/2Pp1k1p/r7/5N2/5PPP/6K1 b - - 0 41
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nf3 h6 7. O-O a6 8. c4 Nd7 9. c5 Ne7 10. a4 Nc8 11. b4 b6 12. Nc3 bxc5 13. bxc5 Be7 14. Na2 a5 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Rb1 Nb8 17. Rb7 Ra7 18. Rxb8 Qc7 19. Qb1 Rd8 20. Qb3 Bf8 21. Bd2 Ne7 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Rb1 Ra8 24. Qb7 Nf5 25. Ne2 Ne7 26. Qb6 f6 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Bxa5 Ra8 30. Bc3 Rxa4 31. Nf4 Kf7 32. Re1 Ra3 33. Bb4 Ra4 34. Bd2 e5 35. dxe5 fxe5 36. Rxe5 Ng6 37. Nxg6 Kxg6 38. Re6+ Kf5 39. Rxc6 h5 40. Rc8 Bh6 41. Bxh6 *
a4a1 h6c1 a1c1 f3e1 c1e1
Ra1+ Bc1 Rxc1+ Ne1 Rxe1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
2r1k3/5p1p/p2pBP2/1pq1p3/8/1P3Q2/PP3P1P/1K2R3 b - - 0 25
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qe2 Be6 9. O-O-O Bxb3 10. cxb3 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd5 Rc8+ 13. Kb1 Nc5 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. Qh5 Nxe4 16. Bc4 Rf8 17. Qf3 Nc5 18. Rhe1 Qc7 19. g4 b5 20. Bd5 Ne6 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. g5 Qc5 24. gxf6+ Ke8 25. Bxe6 *
c5c2 b1a1 c2c1 e1c1 c8c1
Qc2+ Ka1 Qc1+ Rxc1 Rxc1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
4r3/p3r1k1/2N4p/5qp1/2Q5/8/PP3PPb/R3RK2 b - - 1 27
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. e5 d6 7. exd6 exd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. d3 Nf6 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Rae8 14. Nc3 d5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Re7 18. Na4 e5 19. Nxc5 Qf5 20. Bxe5 Rfe8 21. d4 Ng4 22. Nd3 dxc4 23. Nb4 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxc4+ Kg7 26. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 27. Kf1 *
f5f2 f1f2 e8f8 c4f4 f8f4
Qxf2+ Kxf2 Rf8+ Qf4 Rxf4#
attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
Q5rk/2p1q2p/1p1p4/pP2p2b/P1P1P1B1/4K1RP/6P1/8 w - - 19 45
1. e4 e6 2. d4 Ne7 3. Bd3 Ng6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 Nd7 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bc2 Bf6 12. Bb2 Ng6 13. f4 Bh4 14. c4 f6 15. Nd2 Bg3 16. f5 Ne5 17. Nf3 Qe8 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Rf3 Bd7 22. Raf1 Bc6 23. Qd2 Rf6 24. Rg3 Qe7 25. Rg4 Rg8 26. Rf3 a6 27. Rfg3 Be8 28. b4 g6 29. fxg6 Rgxg6 30. Qe2 Bf7 31. Bd3 Qe8 32. b5 a5 33. Rxg6 Bxg6 34. Qe3 b6 35. a4 Qf7 36. Be2 Rf4 37. Bf3 Qf6 38. Qd3 Qf8 39. Qd5 Qe7 40. Kf2 Rf7 41. Ke3 Rg7 42. Bg4 Bf7 43. Qc6 Bh5 44. Qa8+ Rg8 *
a8g8 h8g8 g4e6 g8h8 g3g8
Qxg8+ Kxg8 Be6+ Kh8 Rg8#
attraction doubleCheck endgame kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2rB2k1/pR3ppp/8/3ppq2/Q2b4/8/P4PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 24
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 O-O 5. Nd5 Ba5 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. O-O Nc6 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 exd4 12. b4 Bb6 13. cxd4 Bxd4 14. Rb1 Rad8 15. b5 Ne7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qc2 c6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rb7 Rc8 20. Ba3 Nd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qa4 Rfd8 23. Be7 Qf5 24. Bxd8 *
f5f2 f1f2 c8c1 a4d1 c1d1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Rc1+ Qd1 Rxd1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame pin sacrifice
6K1/1p3R2/p3q2k/6pp/1P1Q4/8/1P6/8 b - - 1 57
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 Bf5 10. O-O Qd7 11. f3 Bh3 12. e4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 dxe4 14. fxe4 Re8 15. Nf4 c5 16. e5 cxd4 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ncd5 Be5 19. Qf3 Nc6 20. Nb4 Nxb4 21. axb4 Rac8 22. Bd2 Rc2 23. Rf2 a6 24. Nd3 Bf6 25. Re1 Re6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. g4 e5 28. g5 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Bxg5 30. Rf2 Bf6 31. Rc2 h6 32. Qe4 h5 33. Nxe5 Bxe5 34. Qxe5 Qg4+ 35. Kf2 Qh4+ 36. Qg3 Qe4 37. Re2 Qf5+ 38. Qf3 Qg5 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Qd3+ g6 41. Qe4 Qd2+ 42. Kf3 Qd1+ 43. Kf4 Qg4+ 44. Ke5 Qg5+ 45. Ke6 d3 46. Re7+ Kh6 47. Qxd3 Qg4+ 48. Kf7 Qf4+ 49. Kg8 Qb8+ 50. Kf7 Qf4+ 51. Ke8 Qb8+ 52. Qd8 Qf4 53. Rf7 Qxh2 54. Kf8 Qe5 55. Kg8 Qe6 56. Qd2+ g5 57. Qd4 *
e6e8 f7f8 e8g6 d4g7 g6g7
Qe8+ Rf8 Qg6+ Qg7+ Qxg7#
endgame long master masterVsMaster mate mateIn3
3r3k/1R5p/6pP/1p6/2p1pP2/2P1Q1K1/1Pq5/8 w - - 5 41
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 b5 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. h4 g6 11. h5 Bg7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. a4 c4 14. Bc2 Rb8 15. h6 Bf8 16. axb5 axb5 17. O-O Be7 18. e4 Bb7 19. Ra7 Bc5 20. Ra2 dxe4 21. Ng5 O-O 22. Bxe4 Nxe5 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Qe2 Bd6 25. Ne4 f6 26. Rd1 Be7 27. Ra6 Rb6 28. Rxb6 Qxb6 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. Rd7 Bc5 31. Nxc5 Qxc5 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Kf1 Qd5 34. f3 e4 35. Kf2 exf3 36. gxf3 e5 37. Qe3 e4 38. f4 Qd3 39. Rb7 Qc2+ 40. Kg3 Rd8 *
e3d4 d8d4 b7b8 d4d8 b8d8
Qd4+ Rxd4 Rb8+ Rd8 Rxd8#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r3r2k/p1p2Qbp/b2p1np1/8/P2P4/2B2N2/1PPNqPPP/4R1KR b - - 4 22
1. e4 e6 2. d4 g6 3. Bd2 Bg7 4. Bc3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bf3 f6 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Re8+ 11. Kf1 d6 12. Qd3 Bf5 13. Qb5 Qe7 14. Qxb7 Qe2+ 15. Kg1 Nd7 16. Qxd5+ Be6 17. Qc6 Bc4 18. Nbd2 Bb5 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. a4 Ba6 21. Qf7 Nf6 22. Re1 *
e2e1 f3e1 e8e1 d2f1 e1f1
Qxe1+ Nxe1 Rxe1+ Nf1 Rxf1#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
rn2k3/ppp2p1Q/3p4/4pPq1/2B1P3/3P3P/PPP2Rr1/RN2K3 b Qq - 0 16
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nh4 Rg8 10. Qd2 f5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. gxf5 Rg2 13. Qh6 Bh4 14. Rf1 Qg5 15. Qxh7 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 *
g5e3 e1d1 g2g1 f2f1 g1f1
Qe3+ Kd1 Rg1+ Rf1 Rxf1#
exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r4rk1/1p5p/p2PP1p1/2p5/P1P4q/2Q5/1BP3PP/R5K1 b - - 0 22
1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 a6 8. Bd3 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. c4 Bf5 13. Bb2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf5 15. Qc3 f6 16. Rfe1 Nd7 17. Re6 Ne5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. f4 Ng7 20. fxe5 Nxe6 21. dxe6 Qh4 22. exd6 *
h4f2 g1h1 f2f1 a1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2R2r1k/3b1qpp/p7/6Q1/4p3/1P4N1/PB3PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 24
1. e4 c5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 a6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nd5 exd5 13. cxd5 Nxe4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bf3 f5 16. Re1 d5 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Ne2 Bg5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Qxg5 Bf5 21. Rxc6 Qf7 22. Ng3 Bd7 23. Rc2 Rac8 24. Rxc8 *
f7f2 g1h1 f2e1 g3f1 e1f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qxe1+ Nf1 Qxf1#
fork long master mate mateIn3 middlegame
4Rbk1/p2Q4/5pp1/3r4/8/4Bq2/2K2P2/8 w - - 0 40
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. d4 d5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg4 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. Qxb7 Nd7 10. gxf3 Rb8 11. Qxd5 e6 12. Qc6 Rb6 13. Qa4 Bd6 14. Bb5 Rxb5 15. Qxb5 O-O 16. Rb1 e5 17. Be3 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb6 19. Ke2 Qh4 20. Rbg1 Rc8 21. Rg4 Qe7 22. h4 Rc2+ 23. Kd3 Rxa2 24. Rhg1 g6 25. h5 Ra3+ 26. Ke2 Ra2+ 27. Kf1 Qe6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Re4 Qh3+ 30. Ke1 Ra1+ 31. Kd2 Rxg1 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. d5 Nd7 34. Qb2+ f6 35. Re6 Bf8 36. Qb7 Qxf3 37. Qxd7+ Kg8 38. Re8 Rd1+ 39. Kc2 Rxd5 *
e8f8 g8f8 e3h6 f8g8 d7g7
Rxf8+ Kxf8 Bh6+ Kg8 Qg7#
attraction endgame exposedKing long master mate mateIn3 sacrifice
8/p2q1k1p/1p3ppQ/2p5/2Pr3P/1P4P1/2P1RP2/5K2 b - - 8 34
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 6. d3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bh6 Qb6 10. Rb1 d5 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nxd5 Qe6 14. Ne3 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qc3 f6 17. O-O b6 18. Rbe1 Qxa2 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Rxe7+ Rf7 21. Rxf7+ Kxf7 22. dxc4 Qa4 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rf1 Qc6 25. Re1 Rd4 26. b3 Rg4 27. g3 Rd4 28. Qe3 Qd7 29. Qh6 Kg8 30. h4 Rd1 31. Qe3 Rd2 32. Re2 Rd4 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. Qh6 *
d7h3 f1g1 d4d1 e2e1 d1e1
Qh3+ Kg1 Rd1+ Re1 Rxe1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
3rr3/p3kp2/7Q/2pP4/2P5/P4B2/5qPK/1R2q3 w - - 4 36
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Be6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. O-O Bd5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. c4 Be6 15. d5 Bf5 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Qd4 c5 18. Qc3 b6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Bh5 g6 21. Be2 h5 22. a3 h4 23. Rfe1 g5 24. b4 g4 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Rb1 g3 27. hxg3 hxg3 28. fxg3 e3 29. Rf1 Bxb1 30. Rxb1 Qxg3 31. Bf3 Qf2+ 32. Kh2 e2 33. Qf6 e1=Q 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Ke7 *
b1b7 d8d7 d5d6 e7d8 b7b8
Rb7+ Rd7 d6+ Kd8 Rb8#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
rnb3k1/ppQ2ppp/3n4/4rq2/7P/2NP4/PP3PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 16
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Qh5 Qf6 6. O-O dxc4 7. d3 cxd3 8. cxd3 Nd6 9. Re1 Be7 10. h4 O-O 11. Bg5 Qe6 12. Nc3 Bxg5 13. Qxg5 Qf5 14. Qe7 Re8 15. Qxc7 Rxe5 *
c7d8 d6e8 d8e8 e5e8 e1e8
Qd8+ Ne8 Qxe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8#
backRankMate fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame xRayAttack
r4r1k/p3b1p1/4p2p/2ppP3/1q3Q1P/3B1R2/P1P3P1/5R1K w - - 0 27
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Bg3 d6 12. Kh1 Be6 13. f4 Bg4 14. Qe1 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nh5 16. e5 d5 17. Qe3 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Be6 19. Rf3 Bg5 20. Qa4 Qb6 21. Raf1 Qxb2 22. h4 Be7 23. Qf4 Kh8 24. Ne2 Qb4 25. Nd4 c5 26. Nxe6 fxe6 *
f4f8 a8f8 f3f8 e7f8 f1f8
Qxf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8+ Bxf8 Rxf8#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
1r2qr1k/p5pp/5p2/3BpP2/3bP1QR/7P/1p4P1/5R1K w - - 0 33
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. b5 Ne5 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nfd7 14. a4 c4 15. Ba2 d3 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. cxd3 cxd3 19. Qd2 Qd4 20. Bd5 Rab8 21. Rad1 Kh8 22. Re3 Qxa4 23. Rxd3 Qxb5 24. Rg3 Qc5 25. Rf1 Qe7 26. Qe2 Bd4 27. Kh1 b5 28. f4 f6 29. f5 b4 30. Rg4 b3 31. Rh4 Qe8 32. Qg4 b2 *
h4h7 h8h7 g4h4 e8h5 h4h5
Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh4+ Qh5 Qxh5#
attraction kingsideAttack long master mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r6r/pp3kp1/1B4p1/4p3/3nN3/8/P4PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 20
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bg4 9. Qb3 Bb6 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. e5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxd4 13. Qh5 dxe5 14. Ba3+ c5 15. Bxg8 Kxg8 16. Nc3 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Bxc5 Kf7 20. Bxb6 *
d4e2 g1h1 h8h2 h1h2 a8h8
Ne2+ Kh1 Rxh2+ Kxh2 Rh8#
anastasiaMate attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r4rk1/pp3pp1/4b3/3NPp2/8/1P4q1/P1P3P1/2KR4 w - - 2 24
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 Qxe3+ 9. Qe2 Qb6 10. O-O-O Nge7 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qh5 Na5 14. Bd3 h6 15. Rhf1 Bd7 16. Rf3 Nc4 17. b3 Ne3 18. Rg3 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qxh6 Qxh6+ 21. Rd2 Qxh2 22. Nxd5 Qxg3 23. Rd1 Be6 *
d5e7 g8h7 d1h1 g3h4 h1h4
Ne7+ Kh7 Rh1+ Qh4 Rxh4#
anastasiaMate endgame long mate mateIn3
8/1p6/4p1Q1/p2p1p2/1q1Pn2k/1P6/P4PP1/6K1 w - - 0 53
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Be3 Ne4 12. O-O Be7 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 O-O 15. Rab1 Na5 16. Bg5 Bd6 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Bxh6 Nc4 19. Qg5 g6 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Qh6+ Ke8 22. Re2 Bf8 23. Qf4 Bd6 24. Qc1 a5 25. b3 Na3 26. Rbb2 Nb5 27. Rec2 Ba3 28. Ne5 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 Nd6 30. Qc1 Ne4 31. Qf4 f5 32. Nxg6 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Nxc3 34. Qe5 Kf7 35. Nh8+ Kg8 36. Ng6 Kf7 37. Nh8+ Kg8 38. Qf6 Ne4 39. Qf7+ Kxh8 40. Qh5+ Kg7 41. Qe8 Kf6 42. Qf8+ Kg6 43. Qg8+ Kf6 44. Qf8+ Kg5 45. Qg7+ Kf4 46. Qe5+ Kg5 47. Qg7+ Kh5 48. h4 Qb4 49. Qh7+ Kg4 50. Qg6+ Kxh4 *
g6h6 h4g4 f2f3 g4g3 h6h2
Qh6+ Kg4 f3+ Kg3 Qh2#
endgame fork long mate mateIn3
1r2r1k1/R2R1p2/pq1p1Qpp/2pP4/8/8/P1PN1PPP/6K1 b - - 0 22
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. O-O c5 9. Nb3 g6 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. Nd5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Rb7 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nf6 16. Re1 O-O 17. Rexe7 Rb8 18. Ra7 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Red7 Qb6 21. Qf3 Rfe8 22. Qxf6 *
b6b1 d2f1 b1f1 g1f1 b8b1
Qb1+ Nf1 Qxf1+ Kxf1 Rb1#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5b1r/2Q1p1pp/R7/1P2p2k/2B2qn1/2N4P/1P3PP1/4K2R b K - 0 17
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 Bd7 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bf4 Nh6 7. e4 b5 8. a4 Bg4 9. axb5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxd4 11. e5 fxe5 12. Qxa8 Qxf4 13. Qxb8+ Kf7 14. Qxc7 Ng4 15. Bxc4+ Kg6 16. Rxa6+ Kh5 17. h3 *
f4f2 e1d1 g4e3 d1c1 f2c2
Qxf2+ Kd1 Ne3+ Kc1 Qc2#
attackingF2F7 long mate mateIn3 middlegame
2R2bk1/5p1p/1B3P2/p3P1p1/4P3/6PQ/q2r3P/1q3R1K w - - 0 37
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. d4 Nf6 15. Nf4 g5 16. Nd3 c4 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Rc1 b5 20. f3 a5 21. e4 Nd7 22. Qe2 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qc7 24. Kh1 b4 25. Bd4 c3 26. f4 Qc4 27. Qe3 Rfd8 28. Bb6 Rd3 29. Qe2 Rd2 30. Qg4 Qxa2 31. Qxc8+ Kg7 32. Qh3 b3 33. f5 Bf8 34. Rxc3 b2 35. f6+ Kg8 36. Rc8 b1=Q *
c8f8 g8f8 h3c8 d2d8 c8d8
Rxf8+ Kxf8 Qc8+ Rd8 Qxd8#
attraction long master mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
1k5r/1p6/p3p3/3pb2q/7P/2P1QpP1/PP3P2/2R2BRK b - - 0 39
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Qa5+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Qxg7 Nc6 7. Qxh8 Ne7 8. Qxh7 Qb6 9. Qh4 d6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Nbd2 d5 13. e5 Ng6 14. Qg3 Nh6 15. Ng5 Nf5 16. Qf3 Nxe5 17. Qf4 Bd6 18. Nb3 f6 19. Nf3 Ng6 20. Qd2 Rh8 21. g3 Qc7 22. Nbd4 Nfh4 23. Nxh4 Nxh4 24. Qd3 f5 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 a6 27. Qd3 Ng6 28. Bg5 Ne5 29. Qe3 Kb8 30. Bf6 Rg8 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32. Rac1 f4 33. Qd2 Qf7 34. Kh1 f3 35. Bd3 Qh5 36. Rg1 Qh3 37. Bf1 Qh5 38. Qe3 Rh8 39. h4 *
h5h4 g3h4 h8h4 f1h3 h4h3
Qxh4+ gxh4 Rxh4+ Bh3 Rxh3#
exposedKing kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
7R/3q4/1p3p2/pPb4p/2P1Q1r1/P5k1/8/3q1R1K w - - 0 41
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 c5 6. c4 Nb4 7. a3 N4c6 8. dxc5 e5 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Ne4 Bf5 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Bd3 Bxc5 17. N1e2 b6 18. O-O Nd7 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Ne4 Nf6 21. N2g3 Qc7 22. Qd3 Rae8 23. Rae1 Re5 24. f4 Ree8 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Ne4 Kf7 27. Qh3 h5 28. f5 d3+ 29. Kh1 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Rg8 31. fxg6+ Rxg6 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Qe8 d2 34. Qa8 Qd7 35. Re8 d1=Q 36. Rg8+ Kh6 37. Rh8+ Kg5 38. h4+ Kxh4 39. Qe4+ Rg4 40. g3+ Kxg3 *
e4g2 g3h4 g2h2 h4g5 h2h5
Qg2+ Kh4 Qh2+ Kg5 Qxh5#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
6k1/2R2rpp/4p3/8/2P5/1P2Q2P/5PPK/rq6 w - - 0 31
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. c4 Qd6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. O-O Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nc3 O-O 15. b3 a6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rfd8 18. Qxb7 Rdb8 19. Qf3 a5 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Rd7 Rf8 22. Rfd1 Rab8 23. h3 a4 24. Qg3 Ra8 25. Rc7 Qh5 26. Rdd7 axb3 27. axb3 Ra1+ 28. Kh2 Qf5 29. Qe3 Qb1 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 *
c7c8 f7f8 e3e6 g8h8 c8f8
Rc8+ Rf8 Qxe6+ Kh8 Rxf8#
backRankMate deflection endgame long mate mateIn3 pin
4r1k1/p1p2pp1/3p4/N5Q1/8/2P5/PPq2PPP/R4K2 b - - 0 21
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. c3 Bc5 5. d4 h6 6. dxc5 Nxe4 7. Bd5 Nxc5 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Nxc6 Qf6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Na5 Be4 14. Nd2 Qg6 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qf3 Ng5 17. Qg3 Rae8 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Kf1 Qc2 21. Qxg5 *
c2e2 f1g1 e2e1 a1e1 e8e1
Qe2+ Kg1 Qe1+ Rxe1 Rxe1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
3r2r1/2p3pk/pn3p1p/1p2pP1Q/8/2P4R/PPq2PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 29
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 Nb8 9. d4 Nbd7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Nh7 14. Be3 Bg5 15. Qd2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Ng5 17. Rad1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qf6 19. Nf5 Kh7 20. Qh5 Nb6 21. Re3 Bxf5 22. exf5 Qg5 23. Qh3 f6 24. Rg3 Qf4 25. Qh5 Rg8 26. Rh3 Rad8 27. Re1 Qd2 28. Rf1 Qxc2 *
h5g6 h7h8 h3h6 g7h6 g6h6
Qg6+ Kh8 Rxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6#
deflection discoveredAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
3r1bnr/2kn1ppp/Q4q2/2ppp3/3P4/N1P1P3/PP3PPP/R1B1K2R w KQ - 0 12
1. d4 d5 2. e3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Ne5 Qf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Nxd7 Nxd7 7. c3 O-O-O 8. Qa4 a6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Qxa6+ Kc7 11. Na3 e5 *
a3b5 c7b8 a6a7 b8c8 a7c7
Nb5+ Kb8 Qa7+ Kc8 Qc7#
exposedKing long mate mateIn3 opening
1Qrk3r/p4p1p/3bp1pP/3nN1P1/3P4/4P3/PP2KP2/2q5 w - - 13 31
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nbd2 Ng8 6. e3 Bxg5 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Bd3 Bh6 9. g4 g6 10. h4 Bg7 11. h5 Ne7 12. h6 Bf8 13. g5 dxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Qc2 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Ne5 Nb4 19. Qc4 Qd5 20. Qxb4 Qxh1+ 21. Ke2 Qxa1 22. Qb7 Rd8 23. Ng4 Nd5 24. Qxc6+ Rd7 25. Qc8+ Ke7 26. Qc5+ Kd8 27. Qa5+ Rc7 28. Qb5 Qc1 29. Ne5 Bd6 30. Qb8+ Rc8 *
b8d6 d8e8 d6d7 e8f8 d7f7
Qxd6+ Ke8 Qd7+ Kf8 Qxf7#
exposedKing hangingPiece long mate mateIn3 middlegame
6k1/pp4p1/2p1p1rp/8/PP1pP2q/1Q1P2P1/4R3/5RK1 b - - 0 28
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. a3 Nc6 8. Ne2 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Be3 d5 11. Ng3 d4 12. Bd2 Nh7 13. b4 Ng5 14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne2 Rf6 17. g3 Raf8 18. h4 Qg4 19. c3 Qh3 20. Qd2 Rf3 21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Qc2 c6 24. a4 R8f6 25. Rae1 Rg6 26. Re2 Qxh4 27. Qb3 Rfxg3+ 28. fxg3 *
h4g3 g1h1 g3h3 e2h2 h3f1
Qxg3+ Kh1 Qh3+ Rh2 Qxf1#
endgame exposedKing fork long mate mateIn3
r4r1k/1pp3p1/2n1Bq2/p3p1B1/P5Q1/2PP4/1P3RPP/R5K1 b - - 0 20
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Ne4 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Nfg5 h6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qd1 Rf8 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Bxh6 Nf6 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Bg5 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 *
f6f2 g1h1 f2f1 a1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
5n1k/1r3r1p/1q3Np1/3QPpP1/2pp4/P7/1P5R/2K4R w - - 2 33
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. c5 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Ne5 Nf8 12. h3 Bb7 13. g4 Bd6 14. g5 Nh5 15. Qe2 g6 16. h4 Nxf4 17. exf4 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. h5 d4 20. Ne4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Rc8 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Re7 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. O-O-O Rcc7 27. Rh2 Ra7 28. a3 Qb6 29. f4 Rab7 30. Rdh1 c4 31. f5 exf5 32. Qd5 Rf7 *
h2h7 f8h7 h1h7 f7h7 d5g8
Rxh7+ Nxh7 Rxh7+ Rxh7 Qg8#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r4r1k/2p4p/3p1p2/7P/p3qP2/P1Q5/1Pp3R1/2K3R1 w - - 0 30
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Qf6 6. Qd3 Bc5 7. f3 Qh4+ 8. g3 Qf6 9. Bg2 Ne7 10. Nc3 d6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 O-O 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. f4 Bg4 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 a5 17. g4 a4 18. g5 Qe7 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. Rhg1 b5 21. h4 b4 22. h5 b3 23. a3 bxc2 24. Rd2 Ne7 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. gxf6+ Kh8 27. fxe7 Qxe7 28. Qc3+ f6 29. Rdg2 Qxe4 *
g2g8 f8g8 c3f6 g8g7 f6g7
Rg8+ Rxg8 Qxf6+ Rg7 Qxg7#
deflection endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
4rrk1/2R3pp/Q2p4/3P4/3Bq3/1P6/P5PP/2R3K1 b - - 0 30
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 e6 9. f3 Rc8 10. Be3 a6 11. Na4 Qd8 12. b3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rc1 Nb4 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qa7 Qc7 19. Nb6 Rcd8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Qd7 22. Rc4 Rc8 23. Rdc1 f5 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Qxb7 Rce8 26. Rc7 Bf6 27. Qxa6 e4 28. fxe4 Qxe4 29. Bf2 Bd4 30. Bxd4 *
e4e1 c1e1 e8e1 a6f1 e1f1
Qe1+ Rxe1 Rxe1+ Qf1 Rexf1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
4k3/Q2b1p1p/4p3/3p4/4PR2/1Bb5/1rPr4/2KR4 b - - 0 30
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. f3 Bd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Rb8 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. h4 Ne5 13. h5 a5 14. h6 b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. Nb1 Rc8 17. Ba6 Ra8 18. Be2 Rg8 19. hxg7 Bxg7 20. Qxb4 d5 21. Nc3 Rb8 22. Qd4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Nc4 24. Bf6 Qf4+ 25. Nd2 Bxf6 26. Qa7 Rxb2 27. Bxc4 Bxc3 28. Bb3 Rxg2 29. Rhf1 Rxd2 30. Rxf4 *
b2b1 c1b1 d2d1 b1a2 d1a1
Rb1+ Kxb1 Rxd1+ Ka2 Ra1#
attraction deflection long master masterVsMaster mate mateIn3 middlegame
2k3nr/1pp2ppp/p7/1Nb5/2P5/1P6/P3KPBP/3R4 w - - 0 17
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e4 dxe3 6. Bxe3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4 8. Nc3 Bxf3+ 9. gxf3 Nxe5 10. b3 Nxf3 11. Bg2 O-O-O+ 12. Ke2 Nd4+ 13. Bxd4 Rxd4 14. Rad1 Bc5 15. Nb5 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 a6 *
g2h3 f7f5 h3f5 c8b8 d1d8
Bh3+ f5 Bxf5+ Kb8 Rd8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
r3r1k1/pp1q1p1p/5p1Q/4pn2/5p1R/6P1/PPP2P1P/5RK1 w - - 3 21
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bd3 Nxd4 7. e5 Nh5 8. O-O d6 9. Be3 dxe5 10. Qd2 Bg7 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. Rad1 Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Rd3 f4 18. Rh3 Re8 19. g3 Qd7 20. Rh4 Nf5 *
h4g4 g8h8 h6f6 f5g7 f6g7
Rg4+ Kh8 Qxf6+ Ng7 Qxg7#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r6k/1n4pp/2Q5/1p2P2r/p7/P1P1P1bq/BP1R1P2/3R2K1 w - - 0 32
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nbd2 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. c3 Nc6 7. h3 Be4 8. Be2 Qd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ng5 Nd8 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Bc4 c6 15. Rab1 b5 16. Bb3 a5 17. a3 a4 18. Ba2 Kh8 19. g4 fxg4 20. hxg4 e5 21. dxe5 Qxg4+ 22. Bg3 Rf5 23. Rbd1 Rh5 24. Rd2 Qf3 25. Bh2 Rg5+ 26. Bg3 Rh5 27. Bh2 Qg4+ 28. Bg3 Qh3 29. Qxe4 Bh4 30. Rfd1 Nb7 31. Qxc6 Bxg3 *
d2d8 a8d8 d1d8 b7d8 c6e8
Rd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Nxd8 Qe8#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5r1k/6p1/6p1/p1qQP3/8/P7/5PPP/3R2K1 b - - 0 29
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 b5 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Nd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Bc5 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 O-O 12. b4 Nd7 13. c4 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Ng6 15. Nbd2 Qe7 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. Bd3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Rac8 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 c5 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qe2 a5 25. Qa6 Nd5 26. Ng5 Rf8 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qxd5 *
c5f2 g1h1 f2f1 d1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
4r3/ppp5/7p/6p1/6Pk/8/PPPQ2KP/4r3 w - - 0 34
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Qf6 5. Bg5 Qg6 6. O-O h6 7. Bf4 d6 8. Nh4 Qf6 9. Bg3 g5 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qg6 14. Bxg7 Qxg7 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6 Ne7 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Ne4 Qg6 21. Nf6 Kg7 22. Qxe7+ Qf7 23. Nh5+ Kg6 24. Re6+ Qxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kxh5 26. g4+ Kh4 27. f3 Rde8 28. Qc4 Re4 29. Qd3 Re3 30. Qxd4 Rhe8 31. Qd2 Rxf3 32. Kg2 Rfe3 33. Re1 Rxe1 *
d2f2 h4g4 f2f3 g4h4 f3h3
Qf2+ Kxg4 Qf3+ Kh4 Qh3#
endgame long mate mateIn3 queenRookEndgame
r4rk1/1pp5/3p2NQ/2nPnq2/p1P5/2N5/PP2B2P/K2R2R1 b - - 1 23
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bxh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 e5 10. d5 Nh7 11. Qd2 f5 12. Nge2 f4 13. O-O-O a5 14. Kb1 Nc5 15. g3 a4 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Nxf4 Ng5 18. Nxg6 Nxf3 19. Qh6 Qf6 20. Be2 Ne5 21. Rhg1 Bf5 22. exf5 Qxf5+ 23. Ka1 *
c5b3 a2b3 a4b3 c3a4 a8a4
Nb3+ axb3 axb3+ Na4 Rxa4#
discoveredAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
8/R6p/4b1k1/2b2N2/1p2pPP1/1Pq1N3/P1P4P/1K6 w - - 1 39
1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Bd7 10. O-O-O f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. g3 Nf6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Nh4 Qe8 15. Qd3 Qh5 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Kb1 b5 18. Ne2 c5 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Rhe1 Re8 21. f4 e4 22. Qb3+ Qf7 23. Nd4 Bd5 24. Qa3 Bf8 25. Qxa6 b4 26. Nb3 Bc4 27. Qa5 d5 28. Nd4 Ra6 29. Qxa6 Bxa6 30. Ndxf5 Rd8 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. Rxd8 Qf6 33. Ra8 Bc4 34. b3 Be6 35. Ne3 Qc3 36. Nhf5 Kf7 37. Ra7+ Kg6 38. g4 Bc5 *
f5h4 g6h6 g4g5 h6h5 a7h7
Nh4+ Kh6 g5+ Kh5 Rxh7#
deflection endgame exposedKing long master mate mateIn3
2r3k1/4Bppp/8/1P6/8/5Q1P/2q1r3/5RK1 w - - 4 32
1. b4 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. c4 e6 4. b5 Nf6 5. a4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 c6 8. Nf3 cxb5 9. axb5 d5 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qc7 12. Qb3 Ng4 13. h3 Nf6 14. O-O Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nbd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Nc5 18. Qa2 Nxe4 19. Bxe6 Nxd2 20. Bd5 Rad8 21. Rad1 Qc2 22. Bg2 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 Rd2 24. Qxa7 Bh4 25. Ba3 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 Rfd8 27. Be7 Rc8 28. Qxb6 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Rxg2 30. Qf3 Rh2+ 31. Kg1 Re2 *
f3f7 g8h8 f7f8 c8f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
4r1k1/2Q2p1p/1p4p1/8/8/8/Pq3PPP/2R2K2 b - - 2 29
1. e3 e5 2. c4 Nc6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 d5 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 dxc4 7. bxc4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O Rxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxd4 13. Qe5 Bxf3 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Nb5 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Qg5 Qd7 18. Bxf6 g6 19. Qh6 Bf8 20. Qf4 Qxd5 21. Rxc7 Nxc7 22. Qxc7 Qc6 23. Qe5 Re8 24. Qb2 b6 25. Rc1 Qe6 26. Kf1 Ba3 27. Qxa3 Qxf6 28. Qxa7 Qb2 29. Qc7 *
b2e2 f1g1 e2e1 c1e1 e8e1
Qe2+ Kg1 Qe1+ Rxe1 Rxe1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
5rk1/2Q3pp/2p5/3q4/8/1P4B1/P5R1/7K b - - 0 28
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. h3 d5 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. c4 Qh4 13. Bxe4 Qxe4 14. Nd2 Qg6 15. Kh1 f5 16. Nf3 f4 17. exf4 Rxf4 18. cxd5 Raf8 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxf2 21. Rxf2 Rxf2 22. Qg1 Qf7 23. Bg3 Rf6 24. Qxa7 Qxd5 25. Qb8+ Rf8 26. Qxc7 Bxh3 27. Rg1 Bxg2+ 28. Rxg2 *
f8f1 h1h2 d5h5 g3h4 h5h4
Rf1+ Kh2 Qh5+ Bh4 Qxh4#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
r4rk1/pp1n2pp/3R4/5q2/8/P7/1PP2PPP/R1BQ2K1 b - - 0 17
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. a3 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. d5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Re1+ Be6 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rxe6 Qf5 17. Rxd6 *
f5f2 g1h1 f2f1 d1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Qxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
2r5/1b2b2k/pq1pB1p1/1p1Pp1P1/8/1N3r2/PPPQ4/R3K3 w Q - 0 21
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. f3 Be7 9. g4 O-O 10. Qd2 b5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bb7 13. h4 Rc8 14. g5 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. h5 g6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bh3 Rxf3 19. Be6+ Kg7 20. Rxh7+ Kxh7 *
d2h2 f3h3 h2h3 h7g7 h3h6
Qh2+ Rh3 Qxh3+ Kg7 Qh6#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r1bqr3/1pp3kp/p2p2p1/2PQ2b1/3P1N2/2NRP3/6P1/2K4R w - - 2 24
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. a4 Be7 7. a5 N6d7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qh5 g6 10. Qf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Ne2 a6 13. Nbc3 Re8 14. O-O-O Nxa5 15. h4 Nb6 16. c5 Nbc4 17. b4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Nc6 19. h5 Bg5 20. Nf4 Nxb4 21. hxg6 Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 fxg6 23. Qd5+ Kg7 *
h1h7 g7h7 d5f7 h7h6 f7g6
Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qf7+ Kh6 Qxg6#
attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r3r3/ppq2ppk/1bp5/5N2/4n1Q1/P6P/RPP3P1/2B2R1K b - - 1 23
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a3 Bc5 6. h3 d6 7. Nge2 Be6 8. Ba2 O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. O-O Nd4 11. Nce2 c6 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qe2 Bb6 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 Nd5 18. Bc1 Nf6 19. Nf5 d5 20. Nxh6+ Kh7 21. Nf5 dxe4 22. dxe4 Nxe4 23. Qg4 *
e4f2 f1f2 e8e1 f2f1 e1f1
Nf2+ Rxf2 Re1+ Rf1 Rxf1#
clearance fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5rk1/5r1p/3pPQp1/p1pP1p2/2n2P2/Pq5P/6PK/2n1R3 w - - 0 32
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 g6 8. f4 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Qb4 12. Nd2 Qb8 13. a3 Nb6 14. Ba2 Ng4 15. Nf3 a5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Re1 Ba6 18. e5 Ne8 19. e6 f5 20. Ng5 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Qe2 Qb3 23. Nf7 Rb8 24. Ra2 Nf6 25. Kh1 Ne4 26. Kh2 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Nxc3 28. Qf2 Nxa2 29. Qh4 Nxc1 30. Qxe7 Rb7 31. Qf6 Rbxf7 *
e6f7 f8f7 e1e8 f7f8 f6f8
exf7+ Rxf7 Re8+ Rf8 Qxf8#
advancedPawn kingsideAttack long master mate mateIn3 middlegame
3r3k/1p1r2p1/p1n4p/5Pq1/P2p2P1/1QP4P/2P1R1K1/4R3 w - - 2 41
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Nge2 e6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Qb4 11. Rb1 Nd5 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bc3 Nc6 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. d4 h6 19. Nf4 Bh7 20. a3 Bg5 21. Rbd1 Qc7 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qe2 Qf7 24. Rde1 Rde8 25. a4 Bf6 26. Rd1 e5 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Qb5 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Be4 30. f3 Bg6 31. f4 Be4 32. f5 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Rd8 34. Rb1 Rd7 35. Rbd1 Rfd8 36. Rf2 Qe7 37. Re2 Qg5 38. Rde1 a6 39. Qb6 d4 40. Qb3+ Kh8 *
e2e8 d8e8 e1e8 h8h7 b3g8
Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Kh7 Qg8#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
5r2/p5pk/3R3p/1p3q2/8/2P5/PP4PP/3Q2K1 b - - 2 30
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 h6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ne5 7. Bd3 c6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Nf6 10. Nxe5 Bxe2 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Qxe2 Be7 13. O-O d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Re1 Bf6 17. c3 Rae8 18. Be3 Bg5 19. Red1 Qf5 20. Qc4+ Re6 21. Rd7+ Kg6 22. Rad1 Rhe8 23. R7d3 b5 24. Qb3 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. Rd6+ Kh7 28. Qd1 Re8 29. Rxc6 Rf8 30. Rd6 *
f5f2 g1h1 f2f1 d1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Qxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
6k1/5p2/2Q2Ppp/2b1P3/2p5/6Pq/r4B1P/5RK1 b - - 0 36
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. O-O a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 c6 10. a4 Bf5 11. Nd2 Bc5 12. Qe2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O 14. c3 Qh4 15. g3 Qe7 16. Kg2 Qd7 17. Rfe1 Bh3+ 18. Kg1 Bg4 19. Qd3 Bf5 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Be3 Be7 24. f4 b4 25. Qd2 bxc3 26. bxc3 Be4 27. Bd1 Qh3 28. Rf1 Ra1 29. Qf2 Ra8 30. Bf3 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 Ra2 32. Bf2 Bc5 33. f5 h6 34. f6 g6 35. c4 dxc4 36. Qxc6 *
c5f2 f1f2 a2a1 f2f1 a1f1
Bxf2+ Rxf2 Ra1+ Rf1 Rxf1#
endgame killBoxMate long mate mateIn3
2Q5/6pk/5r1p/3Np3/1b2P3/8/P2q1PPP/1R4K1 b - - 3 22
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. c3 Be6 5. Bxe6 fxe6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Rxb2 17. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 18. Rxb1 Qd2 19. Qxc7 Bb4 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Qc8+ Kh7 22. Nd5 *
d2f2 g1h1 f2f1 b1f1 f6f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
6k1/p3ppbp/2N3p1/8/2p2q2/2P2P2/PP4PP/3Q2K1 w - - 0 26
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. c3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf2 Qa5 12. O-O Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Rad8 15. Qc2 Rd7 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Rad1 Nf4 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qe5 22. Nd4 Qg5 23. Bg3 c5 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Nc6 c4 *
c6e7 g8h8 d1d8 g7f8 d8f8
Nxe7+ Kh8 Qd8+ Bf8 Qxf8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
4r1k1/p1p3pp/2q5/7Q/4b3/8/PPP3P1/5R1K w - - 10 33
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qd4+ 10. Kh1 Qxe5 11. d4 Qe6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 f6 16. Qh5 fxe5 17. Bxe5 Be8 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Qg5 Qg6 20. Qd2 Bd6 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qxg3 23. Rf1 Bg6 24. Qe2 Re8 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Qxc6 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 Qd6 29. Qf3 Kg8 30. Qb3+ Qe6 31. Qb5 Be4 32. Qh5 Qc6 *
h5f7 g8h8 f7f8 e8f8 f1f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2R5/7R/4Q2p/1p5k/pq6/8/5PPP/6K1 b - - 7 42
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Qd2 Bb4 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd3 Na5 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Ba4 e5 11. d5 e4 12. Qe3 O-O 13. O-O Nc4 14. Qd4 c5 15. Qxc4 a6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 b5 18. Bb3 Re8 19. Qf3 c4 20. a3 cxb3 21. axb4 bxc2 22. Nc3 Qd6 23. Bf4 Qf6 24. Ne4 Qxb2 25. Rfc1 Bf5 26. Ng5 Rac8 27. d6 h6 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Bxh6 gxh6 30. Qxf5+ Kg7 31. d7 Rcd8 32. dxe8=Q Rxe8 33. Qg4+ Kh7 34. Qd7+ Re7 35. Qxe7+ Kh8 36. Qe2 Qxb4 37. Rxc2 a5 38. Rac1 a4 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. R1c7+ Kg6 41. Qe6+ Kh5 42. Rh7 *
b4b1 c8c1 b1c1 e6e1 c1e1
Qb1+ Rc1 Qxc1+ Qe1 Qxe1#
endgame fork long mate mateIn3
2r5/5R2/1p6/pkp3Q1/3r3P/B7/PPq5/KR6 b - - 1 38
1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Nxe4 8. Bb4 a5 9. Ba3 Qf6 10. Qe2 Ng5 11. Nxg5 Qxg5 12. Be4 Nc6 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 Qxg2 15. O-O-O Qg5+ 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. Ba6 Kb8 18. Rhg1 Qf5+ 19. Ka1 g5 20. Bxb7 Kxb7 21. Qe3 h6 22. Rdf1 Rde8 23. f4 Qe4 24. Qg3 gxf4 25. Rxf4 Qc2 26. Rxf7 e5 27. dxe5 Nxe5 28. Bd6 Nd3 29. Ba3 Rc8 30. Rb1 Rhg8 31. Qd6 Rgd8 32. Qxh6 Ka6 33. h4 Nc5 34. Bxc5 Kb5 35. Ba3 c5 36. Qf4 d4 37. cxd4 Rxd4 38. Qg5 *
d4d1 b1d1 c2d1 g5c1 d1c1
Rd1 Rxd1 Qxd1+ Qc1 Qxc1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
6rk/pp2RRbp/3r2p1/2pB4/2Pp2b1/3P2P1/PP6/6K1 w - - 2 27
1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Qe1 O-O 9. c3 f6 10. Qg3 fxe5 11. fxe5 Qc7 12. Bf4 Nf5 13. Qh3 Nxe5 14. g4 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nd6 16. Qg3 Rd8 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. Rf2 e5 19. Re1 exf4 20. Rxe7 fxg3 21. hxg3 d4 22. c4 Rb8 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Ne4 Bxg4 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Rff7 Rg8 *
f7g7 g8g7 e7e8 g7g8 e8g8
Rxg7 Rxg7 Re8+ Rg8 Rxg8#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5rk1/pp2nppp/2q2b2/8/2Q5/1BP5/PP3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 2 23
1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Bd6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qe1 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e4 12. dxe4 dxe4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxe4 Nc6 15. c3 Re8 16. Qg4 Re2 17. Ne5 Rxe5 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Rd7 Rf8 20. Qc4 Re7 21. Rxe7 Nxe7 22. Rd1 Qc6 *
c4f7 f8f7 d1d8 c6e8 d8e8
Qxf7+ Rxf7 Rd8+ Qe8 Rxe8#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame pin sacrifice
r1b2rk1/bpp2ppp/p2q4/3PN2n/P1B2p2/2P5/1P4PP/RNBQ1R1K b - - 0 13
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O a6 6. e5 Nh5 7. a4 Bc5+ 8. d4 Ba7 9. c3 O-O 10. Kh1 d5 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 *
h5g3 h2g3 d6h6 d1h5 h6h5
Ng3+ hxg3 Qh6+ Qh5 Qxh5#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 opening sacrifice
4Qbk1/5p1p/1n4p1/1P1q4/2p2B2/6PP/1r6/4R1K1 w - - 0 28
1. d4 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 g6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. Re1 Ra6 13. a4 Qa8 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. Ra2 Ng4 16. Nb5 Rxb5 17. axb5 Rxa2 18. h3 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Nd7 21. Qb3 Nb6 22. e5 c4 23. Qb4 Qxd5+ 24. Kg1 dxe5 25. Qxe7 exf4 26. Qe8+ Bf8 27. Bxf4 Rxb2 *
e8f8 g8f8 f4h6 f8g8 e1e8
Qxf8+ Kxf8 Bh6+ Kg8 Re8#
attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
3r3k/RR5p/8/2p2p2/2B5/1P2bPpP/8/7K b - - 1 36
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bd4 c5 13. Bf2 Nxf2 14. Rxf2 dxe5 15. Rd2 Qb6 16. Rxd7 Qxb2 17. Nd5 exf4 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Rb1 Qc3 20. Qd3 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Qa5 22. Nc6 Qa4 23. Bb5 Qxa2 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. cxb3 Be3 26. Rxa7 Rac8 27. Ne5 f5 28. Bc4 Rcd8 29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Rd2 31. Ra7 g5 32. Rb7 g4 33. Ra1 Rd8 34. h3 f3 35. gxf3 g3 36. Raa7 *
d8d1 c4f1 d1f1 h1g2 f1g1
Rd1+ Bf1 Rxf1+ Kg2 Rg1#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
7k/pR4p1/6K1/3r4/8/4q3/P5PP/8 w - - 0 33
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 Bxf2+ 4. Kxf2 c6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Qb6+ 7. d4 Ng4+ 8. Kg3 d5 9. Nxe5 f6 10. Nxg4 fxg5 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Be2 Qxb2 13. Rf1 Qxc3+ 14. Rf3 Rxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Be6 16. Rb1 b5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Rxb5 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qd3 Rf8 21. Rb3 Bf5 22. Qb5 Qxc2 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24. Rb7 g4 25. Bxg4 Bxg4 26. Kxg4 h5+ 27. Kxh5 Qe2+ 28. Kg6 Rf6+ 29. Kg5 Qe3+ 30. Kg4 Rf4+ 31. Kg5 Rxd4+ 32. Kg6 Rxd5 *
b7b8 d5d8 b8d8 e3e8 d8e8
Rb8+ Rd8 Rxd8+ Qe8+ Rxe8#
endgame long mate mateIn3 queenRookEndgame
2r3k1/4p1b1/4p1Q1/q3r3/1p4P1/1P6/P5B1/1K2R2R b - - 0 28
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 b5 8. O-O-O b4 9. Nce2 Nf6 10. f4 Ng4 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. Nf3 Be6 13. b3 Qa3 14. d4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 cxd4 16. Nfxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 O-O 18. h4 a5 19. h5 a4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. e5 axb3 22. cxb3 dxe5 23. fxe5 Qa5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rde1 Rbc8 26. Qe4 Rf5 27. g4 Rxe5 28. Qxg6 *
a5a2 b1a2 e5a5 a2b1 a5a1
Qxa2+ Kxa2 Ra5+ Kb1 Ra1#
attraction long master mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
1rr3k1/p5p1/1q5p/5p2/4PNn1/5QP1/PPR2PP1/K1R5 b - - 2 36
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 O-O 14. O-O-O Rfe8 15. Kb1 Ne4 16. Qc2 Ndf6 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nxd5 Qd6 19. Nf4 Nxe5 20. Qxe4 Ng4 21. Qf3 f5 22. Nd3 Qg6 23. Nf4 Qd6 24. Nd3 Qg6 25. Ka1 b6 26. Rc1 Rac8 27. Nb4 c5 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Nd5 Qe6 30. Nf4 Qb6 31. Rhd1 Rb8 32. Rc2 Red8 33. Rdc1 c4 34. e4 c3 35. Qxc3 Rdc8 36. Qf3 *
b6b2 c2b2 c8c1 b2b1 c1b1
Qxb2+ Rxb2 Rxc1+ Rb1 Rcxb1#
deflection long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2k3r1/ppp2Q2/4p1r1/1P2q2p/P7/6P1/5PK1/R2R4 w - - 0 31
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. e5 Nd7 9. Be2 Qe7 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O O-O-O 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Qb3 g5 15. b5 Na5 16. Qb2 Rhg8 17. Na4 g4 18. Nxb6+ Nxb6 19. Ne1 Nac4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qc3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 gxh3 23. Qxh3 Qg5 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Rg6 26. a4 Rdg8 27. g3 Qh4 28. Kg2 Qxd4 29. Rfd1 Qxe5 30. Qxf7 h5 *
f7d7 c8b8 d7d8 g8d8 d1d8
Qd7+ Kb8 Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
6k1/3prppp/n5q1/p1p1P3/1pP5/1P3Q2/P5P1/4RK2 w - - 0 30
1. d4 a6 2. c4 b5 3. Nc3 b4 4. Ne4 Bb7 5. d5 e6 6. Ng3 Nf6 7. e4 Bd6 8. f4 Bc5 9. e5 Ng8 10. Nf3 Nh6 11. Nd4 c6 12. d6 a5 13. Be3 Na6 14. Bd3 Qh4 15. O-O Ng4 16. Rf3 Qxh2+ 17. Kf1 Nxe3+ 18. Rxe3 Bxd4 19. Qf3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 c5 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 O-O 23. Qf3 Qh6 24. b3 Qg6 25. f5 exf5 26. Nxf5 Rae8 27. Ne7+ Rxe7 28. dxe7 Re8 29. Re1 Rxe7 *
f3a8 a6b8 a8b8 e7e8 b8e8
Qa8+ Nb8 Qxb8+ Re8 Qxe8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
2r4k/p5pp/3Q4/4Nn2/8/5P1P/q5PK/3R4 w - - 8 41
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. d4 Qc7 9. Bg5 Ng4 10. dxc5 Rd8 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. h3 Nf6 14. Ng5 O-O 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. O-O Qxc5 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Nb1 Qxc2 19. Nc3 Qxb2 20. Qxc6 Rc8 21. Na4 Qd4 22. Qa6 Ne4 23. Rad1 Qe5 24. Rde1 Qf4 25. f3 Nd2 26. Rf2 Qb4 27. Rd1 Nc4 28. Rff1 Ne3 29. Rb1 Qd4 30. Rf2 Rc2 31. Rxc2 Nxc2+ 32. Kh1 Nb4 33. Qe6 Nd5 34. Nb2 Nf4 35. Nc4 Qf2 36. Rg1 Qxa2 37. Qd6 Rc8 38. Ne5 Ne2 39. Rd1 Ng3+ 40. Kh2 Nf5 *
d6d8 c8d8 d1d8 a2g8 e5f7
Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Qg8 Nf7#
endgame long mate mateIn3 pin sacrifice smotheredMate
4rr1k/p1p3pp/8/6NQ/5q2/8/PP2RPPP/4R1K1 b - - 8 25
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qe2 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Qxe7 Qc8 16. Be3 c5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Qf5 19. Rad1 Qxc2 20. Re2 Qf5 21. Qxd5 Qf6 22. Ne4 Qf4 23. Rde1 Rad8 24. Qh5 Rde8 25. Ng5 *
f4f2 e2f2 e8e1 f2f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Rxe1+ Rf1 Rfxf1#
deflection long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
3r3k/7p/1q4p1/6Q1/2Bb1B2/7P/6P1/7K w - - 4 38
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. f3 Nd7 5. Be3 exf3 6. Nxf3 Ngf6 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Qe1 Nb6 11. Rd1 Nbd5 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. a3 Bd5 15. Qh4 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Qd6 17. a4 a6 18. Re1 c5 19. Kh1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rad8 21. c3 Rfe8 22. Qf2 Qd7 23. a5 Qd5 24. Rfe3 e6 25. Rf3 Nh5 26. Rxf7 Rf8 27. Rf1 Ng3+ 28. Qxg3 Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Qf4+ Kg8 31. Be4 Qxa5 32. Bxb7 e5 33. Qg5 Qc7 34. Bxa6 exd4 35. cxd4 Bxd4 36. Bf4 Qb6 37. Bc4+ Kh8 *
f4e5 d4e5 g5e5 b6f6 e5f6
Be5+ Bxe5 Qxe5+ Qf6 Qxf6#
endgame long master mate mateIn3
2r2r1k/1p2b1nP/p2p1nPB/3PpqN1/8/6R1/PPP2PQ1/1K5R b - - 14 33
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4 h6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qf3 Be6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb8 15. h4 Ne8 16. g5 h5 17. Qxh5 g6 18. Qh6 Ng7 19. Bd3 Nh5 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Ng7 22. h5 Bd8 23. h6 Qf7 24. Qe4 Ne8 25. g6 Qf5 26. h7+ Kh8 27. Qg2 Ng7 28. Bh6 Bf6 29. Nd2 Nd7 30. Ne4 Be7 31. Rd3 Rac8 32. Rg3 Nf6 33. Ng5 *
f5c2 b1a1 c2c1 h1c1 c8c1
Qxc2+ Ka1 Qc1+ Rxc1 Rxc1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
3r3k/2R3b1/6pp/4pp2/8/4PN2/1B2nRPP/7K b - - 0 35
1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. b4 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. c5 c6 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. O-O Kh8 14. Nc4 b6 15. Rad1 bxc5 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Qa2 Ba6 19. Rc1 Qe7 20. Ba1 h6 21. Na5 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Qxa3 23. Nxc6 Rbc8 24. Bb2 Qa2 25. Qd2 N7b6 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. Bc3 Qxd2 28. Bxd2 f5 29. Ra1 Nc4 30. Bc1 Nc3 31. Rxa7 Nd6 32. Rc7 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Ne4 34. Bb2 Nxf2+ 35. Rxf2 *
d8d1 f3e1 d1e1 f2f1 e1f1
Rd1+ Ne1 Rxe1+ Rf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r4k1r/p1P2p2/2p4p/3P4/1b6/2N2Npq/PPPB4/R2Q2KR b - - 1 19
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 exf4 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bxf4 h6 8. h3 g5 9. Bd2 Nf2 10. Kxf2 d6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Re1 Qc8 13. exd6+ Kf8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. dxc7 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. d5 g4 18. Rh1 g3+ 19. Kg1 *
b4c5 f3d4 c5d4 d2e3 d4e3
Bc5+ Nd4 Bxd4+ Be3 Bxe3#
exposedKing kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
5r1k/1R5p/6p1/4p3/3q1r2/6PQ/1P4P1/2R4K b - - 0 34
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Ng5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 c5 10. d5 Na6 11. f4 Nc7 12. O-O Rb8 13. a4 Na6 14. Rad1 Nb4 15. e5 dxe5 16. f5 Nf6 17. Bxc5 Na6 18. Bxa7 Rc8 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Nge4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxa4 22. Rc1 Nb4 23. f6 exf6 24. Nxf6+ Kh8 25. Qg4 Bxf6 26. Rxf6 Nxd5 27. Rxf7 Nxe3 28. Qf3 Nf5 29. Rxb7 Rxc4 30. Rd1 Rd4 31. Rc1 Rf4 32. Qh3 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Ng3+ 34. hxg3 *
f4f1 c1f1 f8f1 h1h2 d4g1
Rf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1+ Kh2 Qg1#
endgame long master mate mateIn3
2r2rk1/1Q3pp1/7p/pp1PR3/8/1B6/PP3PPP/6K1 b - - 0 24
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 a6 14. d5 Ne7 15. Rad1 b5 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. Qc5 Ng6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Qf6 20. Qxc7 Rac8 21. Qe7 Qf4 22. Rde1 a5 23. Qxb7 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 *
c8c1 b3d1 c1d1 e5e1 d1e1
Rc1+ Bd1 Rxd1+ Re1 Rxe1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
r2q1r1k/pp1n2pp/6b1/2b1Np2/2B1n3/5Q2/PP3PPP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 18
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 Be7 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. Qe2 d5 8. Bd3 f5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nxd5 Be6 13. Nf4 Bf7 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Nfg6+ Bxg6 *
e5g6 h7g6 f3h3 d8h4 h3h4
Nxg6+ hxg6 Qh3+ Qh4 Qxh4#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 opening
8/p1P1kp2/1p2pp2/1P1p3b/3P1K2/3B3P/P1QN2r1/4r3 b - - 0 30
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qb3 Na5 7. Qc2 Bd7 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. c5 b6 10. b4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. b5 Bd7 13. c6 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bd3 e6 16. O-O Bd6 17. Bg5 Bb8 18. f4 Qd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nd2 Rg8 21. Bxh7 Rg7 22. Bd3 Ke7 23. Rae1 Rcg8 24. Rf2 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Rxg2+ 26. Kf1 Rg1+ 27. Kf2 R8g2+ 28. Ke3 Bxf4+ 29. Kxf4 Rxe1 30. c7 *
e6e5 d4e5 f6e5 f4f5 h5g6
e5+ dxe5 fxe5+ Kf5 Bg6#
endgame long mate mateIn3
3R4/5p2/r7/1p2PPB1/1P2k2P/2Ppb1P1/1P6/5K2 b - - 0 38
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 h6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. e5 Nh7 11. Ne4 Ba7 12. Nf6+ Kf8 13. Nxh7+ Rxh7 14. Bd5 Rb8 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qxh7 Bxd5 17. a3 Bxf3 18. axb4 Bb7 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qxg7 Qh8 21. Bxh6 Qxg7 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. Bf6+ Ke6 24. g3 d6 25. Kf1 Bb6 26. f4 Rg6 27. c3 d3 28. Rad1 Bd5 29. Rd2 c5 30. Ra1 c4 31. Rxa6 Be3 32. Rxd6+ Kf5 33. Rxd3 cxd3 34. Rxd5 Ke4 35. Rd8 Rh6 36. h4 Rg6 37. Bg5 Ra6 38. f5 *
e4f3 g5e3 a6a1 e3c1 a1c1
Kf3 Bxe3 Ra1+ Bc1 Rxc1#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r5k1/pp2Rr1p/2p3pQ/3p1p2/8/1PbP2P1/1qP3PP/4R2K w - - 4 25
1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bc4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d3 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bb3 Ne7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 f6 11. Bh4 Nf5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Ne2 Nxb3 16. axb3 Be6 17. Nfd4 Bf7 18. Nf4 Qb6 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 Qxb2 22. Rae1 f5 23. Re7 Bc3 24. Qh6 Rf7 *
e7e8 a8e8 e1e8 f7f8 h6f8
Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Rf8 Qxf8#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame