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7R/8/p2p1kp1/2pP2r1/2P2pq1/1P6/P4K2/4Q3 w - - 2 45
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 exd5 6. exd5 Be7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. b3 Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Rad1 Qg4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Nb1 h6 18. Nbd2 Re7 19. Nc4 Rd7 20. Re1 g6 21. Re4 Qf5 22. Ne3 Qh5 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. h4 Bxh4 25. g4 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qh3 27. Qe4 h5 28. c4 hxg4 29. Nxg4 Qh1 30. Qe1 Qh3 31. Qg1 f5 32. Ne3 f4 33. Ng4 Rf7 34. Ng5 Qh4+ 35. Kf3 Rf5 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. Rxb7 Qxg5 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Rb7+ Kf8 40. Kf2 Qh5 41. Rxa7 Rg5 42. Ra8+ Ke7 43. Rh8 Qxg4 44. Qe1+ Kf6 *
h8f8 f6g7 e1e7 g7h6 f8h8
Rf8+ Kg7 Qe7+ Kh6 Rh8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
2r3k1/1p3p1p/p4Bp1/3bPp2/1q1P3Q/6R1/Pr4PP/6RK w - - 4 28
1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. O-O Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Ne2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. f5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 exf5 16. c3 Be6 17. Rf3 Rc4 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Re1 d4 21. cxd4 Rc2 22. Qh4 Bd5 23. Rg3 Qc6 24. Rg1 Rxb2 25. Bh6 g6 26. Bg5 Qb6 27. Bf6 Qb4 *
h4h7 g8h7 g3h3 h7g8 h3h8
Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh3+ Kg8 Rh8#
attraction kingsideAttack long master mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
3k4/4b1p1/p2pQpP1/2pP1P2/2Pq4/1K6/PP6/R7 b - - 6 36
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. c4 a6 7. Nc3 c5 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. O-O Bb7 10. g3 d6 11. f4 Nf6 12. f5 e5 13. g4 h6 14. h4 Be7 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Nh5 17. Qg4 f6 18. g6 Kd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Rh6 23. Qe2 Rah8 24. Qe6+ Kd8 25. Be4 Qa5 26. Bg2 Qd2 27. Re4 Rh1+ 28. Bxh1 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Qxh1+ 30. Ke2 Qg2+ 31. Kd3 Rh3+ 32. Re3 Rxe3+ 33. Kxe3 Qg3+ 34. Kd2 Qf2+ 35. Kc3 Qd4+ 36. Kb3 *
d4d3 b3a4 d3c4 a4a3 c4b4
Qd3+ Ka4 Qxc4+ Ka3 Qb4#
deflection endgame long mate mateIn3
4rr2/p2R2pk/7p/1pp5/6QN/8/Pq3PPP/5RK1 b - - 1 28
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 h6 5. c3 dxc3 6. Nxc3 Bb4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Nd5 Nxe4 10. Bf4 Na5 11. Qxb4 Nc6 12. Qb3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qc3 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 d6 16. Rad1 c6 17. Bc4 d5 18. Be5 Ne4 19. Qd4 Be6 20. Bb3 c5 21. Qe3 Nf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Bxd5 Qxb2 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kh7 26. Rd7 Rae8 27. Qg4 b5 28. Nh4 *
b2f2 f1f2 e8e1 f2f1 e1f1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Re1+ Rf1 Rexf1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2kr4/pp2qpp1/1np1p2p/B3PP1P/n1P5/1P4N1/P3Q1P1/2KR4 b - - 0 23
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. f4 e6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. h5 Bh7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qc7 12. Bd2 Ngf6 13. O-O-O Bd6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. c4 N5b6 17. Bc3 O-O-O 18. Qe4 Nc5 19. Qe2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. f5 Nca4 22. Ba5 Qe7 23. b3 *
e7a3 c1b1 d8d1 e2d1 a3b2
Qa3+ Kb1 Rxd1+ Qxd1 Qb2#
deflection exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack
8/p1Q5/k2p4/1p6/3P1K2/2P2Rr1/PP4r1/4q3 w - - 4 40
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. O-O Qe7 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. d4 O-O-O 9. Bxf4 Nf6 10. e5 Nd5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Ng5 Qb6 15. Ne6 Rd7 16. Bc1 Be7 17. c3 Nd8 18. Nxg7 Bh4 19. Rf1 Rxg7 20. Bf4 Rhg8 21. g3 Bf6 22. Qb3 Qc7 23. Qxd5 Nf7 24. Rae1 h5 25. h4 Bxh4 26. Qxh5 Bxg3 27. Bxg3 Rxg3+ 28. Kf2 Rg2+ 29. Ke3 R8g3+ 30. Rf3 Qe7+ 31. Kf4 Qxe1 32. Qf5+ Kc7 33. Qxf7+ Kb6 34. Qb3+ Kc7 35. Qc4+ Kb6 36. Qb3+ Ka6 37. Qc4+ b5 38. Qc6+ Ka5 39. Qc7+ Ka6 *
c7c6 a6a5 b2b4 a5a4 c6a6
Qc6+ Ka5 b4+ Ka4 Qa6#
endgame long mate mateIn3
rn1r1k2/1p3ppp/p1p2p2/3q4/3P4/2P3P1/PP2QP1P/1K2R1NR w - - 0 17
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bf5 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. O-O-O Qd6 9. Re1 a6 10. Nd5 Be6 11. Nxe7 Kxe7 12. g3 c6 13. Bg2 Rd8 14. c3 Kf8 15. Kb1 Bd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 *
e2e7 f8g8 e7e8 d8e8 e1e8
Qe7+ Kg8 Qe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r3k2r/ppQ1n1p1/1p1R4/6p1/8/P3qP2/BPP4P/5b1K w kq - 0 23
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. Nc3 Bb6 6. a3 Qf6 7. Ba2 h5 8. Nd5 Qg6 9. Nxb6 cxb6 10. d4 f6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd5 h4 13. Bg5 fxg5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5+ Ne7 16. Rad1 h3 17. Qc7 Bg4 18. Rd6 Qxe4 19. f3 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 hxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Bh3+ 22. Kh1 Bxf1 *
c7d7 e8f8 d7d8 a8d8 d6d8
Qd7+ Kf8 Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8#
exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
4r3/1R6/3B1pk1/2P3p1/3R4/5P1P/4r3/6K1 b - - 0 51
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Ng5 Na6 8. Bxa6 bxa6 9. Na4 Nd7 10. Qf3 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qg3 Qd8 14. Na4 Nh7 15. Nc5 Bf6 16. a4 e5 17. Nxh7 Kxh7 18. Bxe5 Bxh4 19. Qf3 Be7 20. a5 f6 21. Bg3 Bg4 22. Qf4 g5 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24. Bxc7 Rac8 25. Bh2 Bxc5 26. dxc5 Bf5 27. c3 Be4 28. b4 Bd3 29. Rfd1 Bc4 30. Bd6 Rfe8 31. Re1 Kg6 32. f3 h4 33. Kf2 Kf5 34. Rad1 Re6 35. Rd4 Ra8 36. e4+ Kg6 37. Red1 Bb3 38. Rb1 Bc2 39. Rb2 Ba4 40. exd5 cxd5 41. Rxd5 Bb5 42. Rd4 Rae8 43. c4 Bc6 44. b5 axb5 45. cxb5 Bb7 46. b6 axb6 47. axb6 Bc6 48. b7 Bxb7 49. Rxb7 Re2+ 50. Kg1 h3 51. gxh3 *
e2e1 g1f2 e8e2 f2g3 e1g1
Re1+ Kf2 R8e2+ Kg3 Rg1#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
2k5/ppp4q/4p1r1/4P3/3P4/1PP2RPp/P3Q1nP/5K2 w - - 3 31
1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Bf5 3. d3 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 Bf6 6. Bxf6 Nxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O Qd7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. c3 h5 11. d4 Rdg8 12. Nh4 Be4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qc2 g5 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 gxh4 17. Qxh4 Rg4 18. Qh3 f5 19. Qg2 h4 20. f3 h3 21. Qf2 Rg6 22. e4 fxe4 23. fxe4 Qg7 24. e5 Ne7 25. Qe2 Nf5 26. Rf3 Nh4 27. Re3 Rf8 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Ng2 30. Rf3 Qh7 *
f3f8 c8d7 e2b5 c7c6 b5b7
Rf8+ Kd7 Qb5+ c6 Qxb7#
endgame long mate mateIn3 queensideAttack
8/3R4/5p1p/6k1/1n5N/6P1/p5PK/r7 w - - 4 48
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. d5 Nb8 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bd3 d6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Nc3 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. Nc4 a6 15. Nxd6 Nxd6 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. Bc5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd7 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21. Qg3 Qe5 22. b3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Nf6 24. Rd3 Rad8 25. Rc1 Rd7 26. Na4 Nb5 27. Bb2 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Nc5 Nd6 30. Rd1 Nb4 31. a3 Nc6 32. b4 Re2 33. Bc1 Ra2 34. Bf4 Rxa3 35. Bxd6 cxd6 36. Rxd6 Nxb4 37. Nxb7 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 a5 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Nd6 f6 41. f4 a4 42. f5 a3 43. Nf7 g6 44. Nd6 gxf5 45. Nxf5 a2 46. Rd7+ Kg6 47. Nh4+ Kg5 *
d7g7 g5h5 g3g4 h5h4 g2g3
Rg7+ Kh5 g4+ Kxh4 g3#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2rr3k/p1q3pp/4Q3/3p4/1PnP1P2/2P5/P3RP1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 25
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Re1 Nf6 8. c3 e6 9. Qa4 Bxf3 10. Qxc6+ Nd7 11. gxf3 Be7 12. d4 O-O 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Qa6 Nb6 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Nb3 Rfe8 17. Re2 Nc4 18. Rae1 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Nc5 Qc7 21. b4 Nc4 22. f4 Red8 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 *
e6e8 d8e8 e2e8 c8e8 e1e8
Qe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
3r1rk1/Q4ppp/4p3/8/8/7P/4q1P1/3R1R1K w - - 4 25
1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nxd4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Nxb3 10. axb3 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. c4 O-O 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. f4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Ne3 18. Bxe3 Qxe3 19. Qd6 Rad8 20. Qb4 Qxe5 21. Qxb7 Qxb2 22. Qxa7 Qxb3 23. Rab1 Qd3 24. Rbd1 Qe2 *
a7f7 f8f7 d1d8 f7f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Rxf7 Rxd8+ Rf8 Rfxf8#
deflection endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
1rk5/5Q2/1qp5/p5p1/3pNp2/5P2/PP6/K7 w - - 1 42
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e5 f5 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Nxe7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. h4 c5 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. h5 h6 14. Kb1 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. f3 Qc7 17. Rde1 a5 18. g4 f4 19. g5 hxg5 20. Qg2 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Qe7 22. Reg1 Rf5 23. d4 Ba6 24. Na4 Bd3+ 25. Ka1 Qb4 26. Nc5 Qxd4 27. Nxe6 Qxe5 28. Re1 Qf6 29. Nc5 Bc4 30. Re6 Qd4 31. Na4 Rb8 32. Nc3 Qb6 33. h6 d4 34. Ne4 Bxe6 35. hxg7 Kxg7 36. Qh2 Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Rh7+ Rf7 39. Qf6+ Kd7 40. Rxf7+ Bxf7 41. Qxf7+ Kc8 *
e4d6 c8d8 f7e8 d8c7 e8e7
Nd6+ Kd8 Qe8+ Kc7 Qe7#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
rn3r1k/pp2b2p/2p2ppQ/7q/2BBP3/2N5/PPP5/2KR4 w - - 2 22
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 Qa5 5. Qd2 e5 6. f4 Be7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Qxe5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. g4 Be6 13. Bd4 Qg5 14. Be3 Qe5 15. h4 Bxg4 16. Bd4 Qh5 17. Rg1 g6 18. Rxg4 Qxg4 19. Qh6 f6 20. h5 Qxh5 21. Bc4+ Kh8 *
h6f8 e7f8 d4f6 f8g7 d1d8
Qxf8+ Bxf8 Bxf6+ Bg7 Rd8#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r5k1/6pp/2p1p3/1p1pq3/4b3/1BP1P1P1/2P2Q1P/5RK1 w - - 0 26
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Ne5 Nxe5 7. Bxe5 Bd6 8. Bd3 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. f3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qg5 12. O-O Bh3 13. Qe2 Bf5 14. f4 Qg6 15. Bb5+ c6 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bb3 Be4 18. g3 O-O 19. Rf2 f6 20. a4 a6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rf1 fxe5 24. fxe5 Qg5 25. Qf2 Qxe5 *
f2f7 g8h8 f7f8 a8f8 f1f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r6k/pp2Qrpp/2p5/8/2n5/8/Pq4PP/3R3K w - - 0 29
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. fxe5 dxe5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bc4 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nf6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 Be7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Qf5 Nxc4 11. e5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 O-O 13. Bg5 c6 14. Nc3 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Bd8 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qh4 Nd5 21. Ne4 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Qxb2 23. c4 Nb6 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nd7 Nxd7 26. Rad1 Nb6 27. Qe7 Nxc4 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 *
d1d8 a8d8 e7d8 f7f8 d8f8
Rd8+ Rxd8 Qxd8+ Rf8 Qxf8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
2r2rk1/p1p3pp/4R3/8/3P2Q1/8/q4PPP/2R3K1 b - - 0 22
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 Qd5 13. Bf4 Rac8 14. Rfe1 c5 15. Be5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nd7 17. c4 Qc6 18. Qxe4 Qxc4 19. Rac1 Qd5 20. Qg4 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Qxa2 22. Rxe6 *
a2f2 g1h1 f2f1 c1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r4k1r/1pp2pp1/1b1p1P2/pP6/P2PNnq1/1Q3N1p/5P2/R1B1RB1K b - - 1 21
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 h5 8. Re1 Qd7 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11. b5 Ne7 12. Qb3 Ng6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 h4 15. h3 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Nf4 17. e5 Qxh3 18. exf6+ Kf8 19. Bf1 Qg4+ 20. Kh1 h3 21. Ne4 *
g4g2 f1g2 h3g2 h1g1 h8h1
Qg2+ Bxg2 hxg2+ Kg1 Rh1#
advancedPawn doubleCheck exposedKing kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
3r2k1/2p2ppp/p7/n3p1q1/2P1P3/7P/2rN1QP1/5R1K w - - 0 29
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 Bg4 8. Nbd2 a6 9. a5 b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. Bc2 d5 12. Re1 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bh5 14. Qe2 Ng4 15. Rf1 Qf6 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. h3 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxg5 21. Rd1 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rab8 23. Nd2 Nxa5 24. c4 Bc5 25. Kh1 Bxf2 26. Qxf2 Rb2 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Rf1 Rxc2 *
f2f7 g8h8 f7f8 d8f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
8/7p/p4p1k/3q2p1/5Q2/1P5P/6PK/8 w - - 0 40
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Rc1 Nd7 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. O-O Bg4 12. d5 Bxc3 13. Rxc3 e6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 exd5 16. exd5 Nf6 17. Rd1 Qd6 18. Bc4 Rfe8 19. Bb3 Re7 20. Re3 Rae8 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Qc3 Nh5 23. Qd4 a6 24. Qa7 Nf4 25. Qxb7 Re2 26. Qc6 Rxb2 27. Re1 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Kg7 29. Qe8 Nd4 30. Qe3 Nxb3 31. axb3 Qf6 32. Rc1 Rxf2 33. Qg3 Rf1+ 34. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kh2 Qd1 36. Qxc7 Qxd5 37. Qc3+ f6 38. Qc7+ Kh6 39. Qf4+ g5 *
f4f6 h6h5 g2g4 h5h4 f6f2
Qxf6+ Kh5 g4+ Kh4 Qf2#
endgame long master mate mateIn3 queenEndgame
1k6/1b3pp1/pB1R4/1p2p1P1/1n2P3/1NK2P2/PPP4r/8 b - - 4 27
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Nb3 b5 11. Bf4 e5 12. Be3 Bb7 13. g4 h6 14. h4 O-O-O 15. Be2 Kb8 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nh5 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Bb6 Rc8 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. Qxd6+ Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Ng3 23. Rxh8 Nxe2+ 24. Kd2 Rxh8 25. Kxe2 Rh2+ 26. Kd3 Nb4+ 27. Kc3 *
h2c2 c3b4 c2c4 b4a3 c4a4
Rxc2+ Kxb4 Rc4+ Ka3 Ra4#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
6k1/p4ppp/1p6/4q3/3r4/4PQP1/P4P2/7K w - - 0 28
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bxc4 e6 7. O-O c5 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Na5 13. b3 Bd6 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rac1 Rad8 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. b4 Rfe8 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Nb5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qb8 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Nd4 Rd8 25. Qf3 Ne6 26. g3 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 *
f3a8 d4d8 a8d8 e5e8 d8e8
Qa8+ Rd8 Qxd8+ Qe8 Qxe8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
r3kb1r/ppp2p1p/5Q2/4p3/2B1P3/3P3P/P1q3PK/8 w kq - 0 16
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. d3 Nd4 6. O-O Nxf3+ 7. Rxf3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 Qd4+ 11. Qf2 Qxb2 12. Bxf6 Qxa1 13. h3 Qxb1+ 14. Kh2 gxf6 15. Qxf6 Qxc2 *
c4f7 e8d7 f6e6 d7d8 e6e8
Bxf7+ Kd7 Qe6+ Kd8 Qe8#
attackingF2F7 endgame long mate mateIn3
Q7/8/8/5k2/8/5pr1/5r2/R6K b - - 0 50
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. c3 d5 7. Bg2 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 e4 10. Nd4 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Qxd5 e3 14. fxe3 Qe7 15. Nd4 Qxe3+ 16. Kh1 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Be6 20. Qxb7 Rab8 21. Qf3 Qc5 22. Rfd1 Rb2 23. a4 g6 24. Rd4 Rc2 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Bxc6 Rc8 27. Bf3 R8xc3 28. a5 g5 29. Kg1 Kg7 30. h4 Bc4 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Re4 Bd5 33. Re7 Bxf3 34. exf3 Rxf3 35. Rxa7 Rxg3+ 36. Kh1 Rh3+ 37. Kg1 Rhh2 38. Re7 g4 39. Re4 f5 40. Rea4 Rcg2+ 41. Kf1 Rf2+ 42. Kg1 g3 43. a6 f4 44. a7 Rhg2+ 45. Kh1 f3 46. Rg4+ Kf7 47. Rf4+ Kg6 48. Rg4+ Kf5 49. Rxg3 Rxg3 50. a8=Q *
g3h3 h1g1 f2g2 g1f1 h3h1
Rh3+ Kg1 Rg2+ Kf1 Rh1#
endgame exposedKing long master mate mateIn3 queenRookEndgame
r6k/pp4p1/3p2rp/6q1/2Q2p2/1P3P1b/PBP1R1P1/4R1K1 w - - 0 25
1. e4 e5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nf4 11. Ne4 Bd6 12. Bc1 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 f5 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Bb2 Re6 16. d4 exd4 17. Qc4 Kh8 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rg6 20. Rfe1 Bd7 21. Re2 Qg5 22. f3 f4 23. Rae1 h6 24. Qc4 Bxh3 *
e2e8 a8e8 e1e8 h8h7 c4g8
Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Kh7 Qg8#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
8/6bk/7p/1p1Q4/p1pP1q2/P1P1p1N1/1P4PP/6K1 b - - 1 50
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bc4 d5 6. Bb3 a5 7. c3 b5 8. Nbd2 a4 9. Bc2 Nc6 10. a3 Re8 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 Qd6 14. Re1 e5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. fxg3 e4 17. Nh4 g5 18. Qh5 Be6 19. Rf1 gxh4 20. Qxh4 Bf7 21. Bd1 Bg6 22. Bh5 Ne7 23. Bxg6 Nxg6 24. Qh5 Rac8 25. Rf5 c6 26. Qh3 Qe6 27. Raf1 Rc7 28. Qh5 Qf7 29. Qe2 Ne7 30. R5f4 Ng6 31. Rf5 c5 32. Rh5 c4 33. Rh3 Re6 34. Rf5 Ne7 35. Rfh5 h6 36. Nf1 f5 37. R5h4 Rg6 38. Rf4 Rg5 39. Nd2 Ng6 40. Rf1 Rc6 41. Rh5 Rxh5 42. Qxh5 Rf6 43. Qh3 f4 44. gxf4 Nxf4 45. exf4 Rxf4 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. Qc6 Rxf1+ 48. Nxf1 Qf4 49. Qxd5 e3 50. Ng3 *
f4f2 g1h1 f2e1 g3f1 e1f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qe1+ Nf1 Qxf1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
3Q1B1k/1p3r1p/p5p1/2P2q2/1P2R3/P7/5PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 24
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bc4 g6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. a3 a6 10. b4 Bd7 11. Nd5 Nxe4 12. Nxc6 Qe8 13. Ncxe7+ Kh8 14. Bf4 Bc6 15. Re1 f5 16. Bxd6 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qd7 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Rf7 20. c4 Re8 21. c5 Rexe7 22. Bxe7 Qf5 23. Qd8+ Bf8 24. Bxf8 *
f5f2 g1h1 f2f1 a1f1 f7f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
3k1rn1/ppp2qbp/2b3p1/3p4/4p3/2N1P2Q/PPPPN1PP/R1B1K2R b KQ - 9 16
1. e3 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Ng1 d5 4. f3 f5 5. fxe4 fxe4 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qe5+ Qe7 8. Qxh8 Qf7 9. Qd4 Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe5+ Kd7 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. Qg3 Rf8 15. Qh3+ Kd8 16. Nge2 *
f7f2 e1d1 f2f1 h1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kd1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
8/8/6pp/6k1/1K6/2Q3P1/6qP/8 w - - 3 60
1. d4 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nbd2 b5 8. a4 Ba6 9. axb5 Bxb5 10. e4 Bb4 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Nb6 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 O-O 15. Neg5 h6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Nc5 Rad8 18. Nb7 Rb8 19. Na5 Nxa5 20. Rxa5 Rbd8 21. Rxb5 f6 22. Qb4 Qd7 23. Rd1 fxe5 24. Nxe5 Qe8 25. Nxc4 Nd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Ne5 c6 28. Rc5 Rb8 29. Qc3 Qh5 30. Rxc6 Qxd1+ 31. Kg2 Rf5 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Rf8 34. Qe6+ Kh7 35. Qg6+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kh7 37. Qxd5 Qd2 38. Qe4+ Kg8 39. Nf3 Qxb2 40. d5 a5 41. d6 Qb8 42. d7 Rd8 43. Ne5 Qa7 44. Qd5+ Kh7 45. Qe4+ Kg8 46. Nc6 Qxd7 47. Nxd8 Qxd8 48. Qc4+ Kh8 49. Qb5 Qa8+ 50. f3 a4 51. Qb2 a3 52. Qa2 g6 53. Kf2 Kg7 54. Ke3 Qa7+ 55. Kd3 Kf6 56. Kc3 Qe3+ 57. Kb4 Qxf3 58. Qxa3 Qg2 59. Qc3+ Kg5 *
c3e5 g5g4 e5f4 g4h5 f4h4
Qe5+ Kg4 Qf4+ Kh5 Qh4#
endgame long mate mateIn3 queenEndgame
6k1/5ppp/4p3/3n4/2rB4/1r4P1/5PKP/R2q4 w - - 0 33
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. e5 a6 5. c3 Nc6 6. a3 d4 7. d3 Nge7 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. Nc4 b5 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. O-O Rb8 14. Re1 O-O 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Be3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxd3 19. Red1 Qb3 20. Qc6 Qxb2 21. Qxa6 c4 22. Bd4 Qc2 23. Ba7 Ra8 24. Qb6 Ne7 25. Qb7 Nd5 26. Bd4 Rxa3 27. Qxb5 Rb3 28. Qa4 Rc8 29. Rdc1 Qd3 30. Rd1 Qf3 31. Qxc4 Qxd1+ 32. Kg2 Rxc4 *
a1a8 b3b8 a8b8 c4c8 b8c8
Ra8+ Rb8 Rxb8+ Rc8 Rxc8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
4r1k1/ppq3pp/1npb1n2/3p4/3P4/1PNB1Q1P/P1P2PP1/R1B3K1 b - - 1 16
1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Be6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 c6 9. Ng5 Nbd7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Rxe6 Nb6 12. b3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. h3 Rfe8 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Qf3 *
e8e1 d3f1 d6h2 g1h1 e1f1
Re1+ Bf1 Bh2+ Kh1 Rxf1#
deflection kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
6k1/R1p2ppp/3b4/4pN2/4n2P/6P1/P1r2PK1/8 w - - 1 29
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd7 6. Nxd5 e6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nf4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Rb8 11. Re1 O-O 12. e4 e5 13. Nd5 Bg4 14. Bg5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxg5 16. b4 Bxb4 17. Red1 Bd6 18. g3 Nf6 19. h4 Qg6 20. Ne3 Qxe4 21. Qf5 Qxf5 22. Nxf5 Rfd8 23. Kg2 Ba3 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rb1 Rd2 26. Rb3 Bd6 27. Rb7 Rxc2 28. Rxa7 Ne4 *
a7a8 d6f8 f5e7 g8h8 a8f8
Ra8+ Bf8 Ne7+ Kh8 Rxf8#
backRankMate deflection endgame long mate mateIn3 pin
4k3/2q3p1/7p/3QP1bP/1p6/pP6/Pr2N3/K4R2 b - - 0 37
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Kb1 O-O 11. f3 Rc8 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. h4 b5 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. h5 Bb5 21. g5 Qb6 22. g6 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 h6 24. gxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rh2 a5 26. Rg2 a4 27. Rf1 a3 28. b3 Rfc7 29. Rg6 Be3 30. f5 Rxc2 31. Rxe6 Qc7 32. f6 Rb2+ 33. Ka1 Bg5 34. f7+ Kf8 35. Re8+ Rxe8 36. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 37. Qxd5 *
b2a2 a1a2 c7c2 a2a1 c2b2
Rxa2+ Kxa2 Qc2+ Ka1 Qb2#
attraction endgame fork long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
3r1r1k/ppp1Q1pp/5p2/2P1p3/1P6/n1B1P3/4NPPP/4K2R b K - 0 21
1. d4 e5 2. c4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bc5 8. b4 Be7 9. Nf3 d6 10. e3 Bg4 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 dxe5 14. Bc3 Nd7 15. Qd2 f6 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. c5 Nc4 18. Qd7 Nxa3 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Rxd8 Raxd8 21. Qxe7 *
a3c2 e1f1 d8d1 c3e1 d1e1
Nc2+ Kf1 Rd1+ Be1 Rxe1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
1r2rknQ/pR3p2/2pq4/3p1BP1/3P4/4P3/P7/1K5R w - - 3 32
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Re8 11. Ng3 Nf8 12. h5 Be6 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. O-O-O Qd7 15. f4 N8h7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. f5 gxf5 18. Nxf5 Bb4 19. Qf2 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Qd6 21. Qh4 Kf8 22. Qh6+ Ke7 23. g4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qa3+ 25. Kb1 Qxc3 26. g5 Ng8 27. Qh2 Rad8 28. Rd3 Qb4+ 29. Rb3 Qd6 30. Rxb7+ Kf8 31. Qh8 Rb8 *
h8g7 f8g7 h1h7 g7f8 h7f7
Qg7+ Kxg7 Rh7+ Kf8 Rxf7#
attraction long master mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
4r2k/p6p/3q2p1/2b5/2Q5/PB6/1P4PP/3R3K b - - 2 31
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Kh1 Ne7 12. f4 Ng6 13. f5 Nxe5 14. fxe6 Bxe6 15. Bf5 Bb4 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qd6 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. Bf4 f6 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Qxe5 Rae8 24. Qg3 Re3 25. Qh4 g6 26. Bc2 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Re2 28. Bb3 Qd6 29. Qc4 Re8 30. a3 Bc5 31. Rd1 *
d6d1 b3d1 e8e1 c4f1 e1f1
Qxd1+ Bxd1 Re1+ Qf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame fork long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
3Q4/6pk/4pp1p/pPq5/P1p5/6R1/5nPP/5RK1 b - - 8 48
1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. d3 Nf6 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. c4 Rc8 11. b5 a6 12. a4 a5 13. Nbd2 Ng4 14. Qc1 Ne3 15. Re1 d5 16. Nf1 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 dxe4 18. dxe4 Bxe4 19. Ne5 Nf6 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Ne4 22. Qc2 Nf6 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Nc6 Bd6 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Nd7 27. Rh3 h6 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nxc8 Qxc8 30. Qe2 Qc7 31. Rd6 Rd8 32. Rhd3 Kg8 33. Qd2 Nxe5 34. Rxd8+ Kh7 35. Rg3 Nxc4 36. Qc3 Ne5 37. Rd1 f6 38. Rf1 Qd7 39. Qc2+ Kh8 40. Qd1 Qc7 41. Qe2 c4 42. Rc1 Qc5+ 43. Qe3 Qb4 44. Qxb6 Nd3 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Rf1 Qc5+ 47. Kh1 Nf2+ 48. Kg1 *
f2h3 g1h1 c5g1 f1g1 h3f2
Nh3+ Kh1 Qg1+ Rxg1 Nf2#
doubleCheck endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice smotheredMate
5rk1/5ppb/1pN5/3P1P1P/1PP1n3/4q2P/rQK5/5BR1 w - - 7 32
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. d5 Na5 12. Qc2 b6 13. b4 Nb7 14. h3 h5 15. O-O-O a5 16. Qb2 Bf5 17. Nge2 Nd6 18. Nd4 Bh7 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. g4 e3 21. f5 Nfe4 22. Rg1 axb4 23. axb4 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Ne4 25. Qb2 Qf4 26. gxh5 e2+ 27. Kc2 exd1=Q+ 28. Kxd1 Ra1+ 29. Kc2 Qd2+ 30. Kb3 Qe3+ 31. Kc2 Ra2 *
g1g7 g8h8 g7g8 h8g8 c6e7
Rxg7+ Kh8 Rg8+ Kxg8 Ne7#
attraction doubleCheck kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2kr3r/1pp3p1/p3p3/3pPp2/4b3/PP2b1PP/1BP1Q2K/R4R2 b - - 1 22
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Nbd2 Nc6 4. h3 Bh5 5. b3 Nb4 6. a3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Bg6 8. e3 a6 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O h6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Nf3 h5 14. Nh4 Be4 15. Bxh5 Qxh4 16. Bf3 O-O-O 17. Bg4 Nh6 18. g3 Qxg3+ 19. fxg3 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Bxe3+ 21. Kh2 f5 22. Qe2 *
h8h3 h2h3 d8h8 e2h5 h8h5
Rxh3+ Kxh3 Rh8+ Qh5 Rxh5#
attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5rk1/pp5R/2n3p1/5N2/3pr3/q2B4/2PK1PP1/3R4 w - - 0 26
1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e6 3. Nbc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qe2+ Be6 13. Ne4 Qe5 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Ng3 Qd5 16. Qe4 Qa2 17. Bd3 g6 18. h4 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qxb2 20. h5 Rae8 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Rxh7 Qc3+ 23. Kc1 Qxa3+ 24. Kd2 Bf5 25. Nxf5 Rxe4 *
h7g7 g8h8 d1h1 e4h4 h1h4
Rg7+ Kh8 Rh1+ Rh4 Rxh4#
exposedKing long master mate mateIn3 middlegame
5r1k/1p3qbp/3Q2p1/2P5/1P6/8/6PP/3R1NK1 b - - 2 29
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. a3 Nbd7 7. c4 c5 8. b4 cxd4 9. c5 e5 10. Bg3 dxe3 11. fxe3 Nh5 12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Be2 Bh6 14. Ng5 Ndf6 15. O-O a5 16. Bxh5 Nxh5 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rac1 axb4 20. axb4 Rxf1+ 21. Nxf1 d4 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. exd4 exd4 24. Bf6+ Nxf6 25. Qxf6+ Qg7 26. Qd6 Rf8 27. Rd1 Qf7 28. Qxd4+ Bg7 29. Qd6 *
f7f2 g1h1 f2f1 d1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qxf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate deflection endgame long mate mateIn3
r2q1bkr/pppb2pp/2n2n2/8/4NB2/5Q2/PPP2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 8 15
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 5. Nxe5+ Kg8 6. d3 Nf6 7. Qf3 Qe7 8. d4 d6 9. O-O dxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Rfe1 Qd8 14. Ne4 Bd7 *
f3b3 f6d5 b3d5 d7e6 d5e6
Qb3+ Nd5 Qxd5+ Be6 Qxe6#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r1b2rk1/6p1/4p1P1/1p6/1PpBP3/5nq1/2PQ2B1/3K3R w - - 0 31
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e3 Nc6 6. Ne5 O-O 7. g4 Ne4 8. Qd3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxe5 10. dxe5 c6 11. f3 Nc5 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Rb1 Na4 14. Rb3 c5 15. g5 c4 16. Rb4 Nc5 17. h4 Qxa2 18. Bg2 a5 19. h5 axb4 20. cxb4 Nd7 21. g6 fxg6 22. hxg6 h6 23. e4 b5 24. Bxh6 Qa1+ 25. Ke2 Qxe5 26. Be3 d4 27. Bxd4 Qf4 28. Be3 Qg3 29. Kd1 Ne5 30. Bd4 Nxf3 *
h1h8 g8h8 d2h6 h8g8 h6g7
Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh6+ Kg8 Qxg7#
attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame pin sacrifice
8/1p4pp/3N1p2/4q2k/Q7/8/P2B1PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 29
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nxe4 7. Bd3 Nc5 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Nxd3 11. cxd3 Re8 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. d4 Bc4 14. Re1 a5 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. d5 Ne5 17. Bb2 axb4 18. Nxe5 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Ra3 20. Nxc4 Ra4 21. Qg5 f6 22. Qg4 Qb5 23. Qc8+ Kf7 24. Qxc7+ Kg6 25. Nxd6 Qxd5 26. Be1 Qe5 27. Qc2+ Kh6 28. Bd2+ Kh5 29. Qxa4 *
e5a1 d2c1 a1c1 a4d1 c1d1
Qxa1+ Bc1 Qxc1+ Qd1+ Qxd1#
backRankMate endgame hangingPiece long mate mateIn3
1r6/pp2kppQ/2n1p1n1/3p2P1/5P2/2PqP3/PP1N4/2KR3R b - - 4 27
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. c3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 Bh5 7. e3 Nge7 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Bb5 Rb8 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qc2 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Bg6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Ng6 15. h4 Ngxe5 16. Qe2 h6 17. Bh2 Qd8 18. g4 Qf6 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Qf5 22. Qh5 Rfd8 23. Bxc7 Kf8 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. f4 Ke7 26. O-O-O Qd3 27. Qh7 *
c6b4 c3b4 b8c8 d2c4 c8c4
Nb4 cxb4 Rc8+ Nc4 Rxc4#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack sacrifice
6k1/p1p2p2/6b1/8/1PP5/5P1P/PB1Rr1PK/5q2 w - - 1 39
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 Nxc4 8. dxc4 e4 9. Nd4 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Bg4 12. Qd2 Re8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qf4 Bd6 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. b4 Bd6 18. c5 Be5 19. c6 Qxd5 20. cxb7 Qxb7 21. Nf5 Rad8 22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Qxh6 Bg6 24. Bb2 Nh5 25. Nd2 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Bf4 27. Qd4 Be5 28. Qc4 Nf4 29. Rad1 e3 30. f3 e2 31. Rfe1 exd1=Q 32. Rxd1 Qb6+ 33. Kh1 Bg7 34. Qxf4 Qf2 35. Rd2 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 Be5 37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. c4 Re2 *
d2d8 e2e8 d8e8 g8h7 e8h8
Rd8+ Re8 Rxe8+ Kh7 Rh8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
1r4k1/5pp1/2Bp3p/q2P4/8/1PbQ4/P5PP/1K1R4 b - - 1 27
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e4 d6 10. Qc2 Bc5 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O-O Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Rhf1 Be6 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rfc8 18. Qd2 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. f4 Qd8 21. Bxb5 Rc5 22. Bc6 Rb8 23. b3 Rc3 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Rf3 Qa5 26. Rxc3 Bxc3 27. Qd3 *
b8b3 a2b3 a5a1 b1c2 a1b2
Rxb3+ axb3 Qa1+ Kc2 Qb2#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
k2rRn2/p1Q5/1p6/3q4/8/2N3B1/PPP2P1P/1K6 b - - 0 27
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bf4 Qf6 8. e5 Qg6 9. O-O-O Bxg2 10. Rg1 Bc5 11. Qd2 O-O-O 12. Rxg2 Qe6 13. Kb1 Ne7 14. Rxg7 Ng6 15. Bg3 Bf8 16. Qh6 Bxg7 17. Qxg7 Rdg8 18. Qh6 Qg4 19. Bh3 Qf3 20. Bxd7+ Kb8 21. e6 Rd8 22. Re1 fxe6 23. Bxe6 Rhe8 24. Qxh7 Nf8 25. Qxc7+ Ka8 26. Bd5+ Qxd5 27. Rxe8 *
d5h1 e8e1 h1e1 c3d1 d8d1
Qh1+ Re1 Qxe1+ Nd1 Rxd1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
1r3rk1/p5pp/1qp5/4R3/8/PPQ5/2P2PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 21
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. b3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Qa5 10. Qf3 d6 11. O-O Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qc7 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Qh3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Qb6 21. Rdxe5 *
b6f2 g1h1 f2f1 e1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2r2nk1/p5pp/bp2p3/3pP1q1/3P4/1P3QP1/P2N2B1/5RK1 w - - 2 24
1. e4 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 f5 4. f3 fxe4 5. fxe4 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. c3 O-O 10. Nf3 d5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. e5 Be7 14. d4 Nd7 15. Qc2 c5 16. b3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rc8 18. Qd3 Rf5 19. h4 Nf8 20. Ng5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Qxg5 23. Qf3 Ba6 *
f3f7 g8h8 f7f8 c8f8 f1f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qxf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate deflection long mate mateIn3 middlegame
4r1k1/pp2qppp/8/8/1nPQ4/N7/PP3PPP/R4K1R b - - 0 16
1. e4 e5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. c4 c5 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nf3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bxb4 Nxb4 10. Na3 Re8+ 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Kf1 Bg4 13. Nxd4 Rad8 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. Qxg4 Rxd4 16. Qxd4 *
e7e2 f1g1 e2e1 a1e1 e8e1
Qe2+ Kg1 Qe1+ Rxe1 Rxe1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
7k/1r4pp/p2p2q1/1p2p3/4P2b/1P6/P4PPP/2R2RK1 w - - 0 26
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be6 4. Bxe6 fxe6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf5 Qf6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Rb8 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Nxe7 Bxe7 14. c4 c6 15. Qd3 a6 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Bb6 O-O 18. Rad1 Qg6 19. Bc7 Rfb8 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 21. b3 b5 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Rc1 Bh4 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Qb7 Rxb7 *
c1c8 h4d8 c8d8 g6e8 d8e8
Rc8+ Bd8 Rxd8+ Qe8 Rxe8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
3k4/pp6/1qp5/3p1QP1/2n2B2/1P3P2/P3r2P/1KR4R b - - 0 41
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bg6 5. e6 fxe6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nf6 8. g5 Ne4 9. f3 Nd6 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Nf4 e5 12. Ne6 Qb6 13. c3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb5 15. Nc3 Nc7 16. Nxc7+ Qxc7 17. Be3 O-O-O 18. O-O-O e5 19. Kb1 Re8 20. Rc1 Qa5 21. Qf5 g6 22. Qh3 Bg7 23. Bd2 exd4 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. Nc5 Re7 26. Ne6 Qd6 27. Nxg7 Rxg7 28. Qg4 Re8 29. Qxd4 Nb6 30. Qxg7 Re2 31. Qh8+ Kc7 32. Qxh7+ Kc8 33. Qg8+ Kc7 34. Qf7+ Kc8 35. Bf4 Qd8 36. Qxg6 Nc4 37. Qf6 Qb6 38. Qf8+ Kd7 39. Qf7+ Kc8 40. Qf5+ Kd8 41. b3 *
c4a3 b1a1 b6d4 c1c3 d4c3
Na3+ Ka1 Qd4+ Rc3 Qxc3#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack
6Q1/q1k5/3pB1p1/2pP1p2/2P2P2/rp2PK1P/8/8 w - - 3 38
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 Bxc3 5. Bxc3 Nf6 6. e3 d6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. h3 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nbd7 10. d4 b6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Rb8 13. d5 a5 14. Rb1 b5 15. O-O b4 16. Bb2 Rb6 17. f4 Ra6 18. g4 a4 19. g5 Nh5 20. Bf3 Ng3 21. Qc2 Nxf1 22. Rxf1 axb3 23. Qxb3 Qc7 24. Ba1 Rfa8 25. Qb2 f6 26. gxf6 exf6 27. Bg4 Rxa2 28. Qb3 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 30. Kf2 Ra3 31. Qb2 Qa7 32. Kf3 b3 33. Bxd7 f5 34. Be6+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qxh7+ Kd8 37. Qg8+ Kc7 *
g8c8 c7b6 c8c6 b6a5 c6b5
Qc8+ Kb6 Qc6+ Ka5 Qb5#
endgame long mate mateIn3
6k1/2Rrrp1p/1p5P/p4KP1/P1p5/8/8/8 w - - 0 42
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3 Be6 9. Qd2 Bxc4 10. dxc4 Qd7 11. Bh6 Ne7 12. Ne2 Nxe4 13. Qe3 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Nf5 15. Qc1 Qc6 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc4 18. g4 Qxc3 19. Kg2 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Rd1 Qc4 22. Qh6 Qe4+ 23. f3 Qxc2+ 24. Kg3 Qc4 25. h4 Qf4+ 26. Qxf4 exf4+ 27. Kxf4 Rfe8 28. Rab1 b6 29. Rbc1 Re7 30. h5 Rae8 31. h6 a5 32. g5 Rd8 33. Rc6 Rdd7 34. a4 Re5 35. Rd4 Rde7 36. Kg4 Rd7 37. f4 Re1 38. Rdc4 Ree7 39. f5 gxf5+ 40. Kxf5 d5 41. Rxc7 dxc4 *
c7c8 d7d8 c8d8 e7e8 d8e8
Rc8+ Rd8 Rxd8+ Re8 Rxe8#
endgame long mate mateIn3 rookEndgame
rnb1k1nr/ppp2ppp/5q2/4N2Q/4p3/3P4/PPP3PP/RNB2BKR b kq - 2 7
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. Nxe5 Bc5 5. Qh5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Qf6+ 7. Kg1 *
f6b6 d3d4 b6d4 c1e3 d4e3
Qb6+ d4 Qxd4+ Be3 Qxe3#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 opening
1Qrk3r/5p2/4p3/3pP2q/6p1/3B2P1/2P4n/5R1K w - - 3 36
1. e4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O-O 12. Qe2 Kb8 13. Ba6 Ba8 14. Nd2 g5 15. a4 h5 16. Nb3 g4 17. g3 h4 18. a5 hxg3 19. fxg3 Qg5 20. axb6 cxb6 21. Rab1 Rd7 22. Nc5 Rc7 23. Nd3 Ne7 24. Bb5 Nf5 25. Nb4 Bb7 26. Na6+ Bxa6 27. Bxa6 Qh5 28. Qf2 Rxc3 29. Bd3 Nxd4 30. Rb4 Nf3+ 31. Kh1 Nxh2 32. Rxb6+ Kc7 33. Rc6+ Rxc6 34. Qxa7+ Kd8 35. Qb8+ Rc8 *
b8d6 d8e8 d3b5 c8c6 b5c6
Qd6+ Ke8 Bb5+ Rc6 Bxc6#
exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r5k1/p4rpp/1p2p3/4P3/4bQ2/3q4/P5PP/5R1K w - - 0 21
1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. e5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nd5 8. Nf3 Nxc3 9. Qd2 Nd5 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 Nxe3 12. fxe3 d5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Bb7 15. Rac1 Nc6 16. Qf4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qxd3 19. Rxc7 Bxe4 20. Rxf7 Rxf7 *
f4f7 g8h8 f7f8 a8f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
1k3r2/pp5Q/3p2p1/5nb1/3q4/8/PP3PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 24
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5 4. exf5 e4 5. O-O exf3 6. Qxf3 Nf6 7. Re1+ Be7 8. Nc3 Nd4 9. Qd3 c5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 d6 12. c3 Nxf5 13. Qf3 Rf8 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qxh7 Kd7 16. Be6+ Kc7 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Kb8 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qxd4 23. Bg5 Bxg5 *
h7c7 b8a8 c7c8 f8c8 c1c8
Qc7+ Ka8 Qc8+ Rxc8 Rxc8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
4r1k1/pp3p1p/5Q2/7q/5RP1/2P5/PP3P2/6K1 b - - 0 36
1. e4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. exd5 e6 4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Re1 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rxe4 Qc7 15. c3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bf5 17. Re3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Rde8 19. Qd2 Ne7 20. Rd1 Ng6 21. Rd7 Qc6 22. h4 Qe4 23. h5 Nf4 24. h6 gxh6 25. Rd4 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Qh4 28. Kg1 Re5 29. Nf3 Qf6 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Qxh6 Qe2 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Rd4 Re8 35. Rf4 Qh5 36. g4 *
e8e1 g1g2 h5h1 g2g3 e1g1
Re1+ Kg2 Qh1+ Kg3 Rg1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
2Q2r1k/6bp/pN4p1/8/Q1P1p3/5rPq/2R2P2/1R4K1 b - - 0 34
1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. Nd2 Bg7 4. Ngf3 b5 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. a3 O-O 9. c4 a6 10. Qb3 Qa5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nfd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Ne4 Kh8 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Qc2 bxc4 18. dxc4 Qb6 19. Rab1 Qc6 20. Kg1 f5 21. Nc3 e5 22. Nd5 Rce8 23. b4 cxb4 24. axb4 Nf6 25. Nb6 Ne4 26. Rfc1 f4 27. Bc5 Nxc5 28. bxc5 fxg3 29. hxg3 Rf3 30. Qa4 Qe6 31. c6 Ref8 32. Rc2 Qh3 33. c7 e4 34. c8=Q *
f3g3 f2g3 g7d4 c2f2 d4f2
Rxg3+ fxg3 Bd4+ Rf2 Bxf2#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2r2nk1/pp3ppp/8/1q1Pp1bQ/1Pr1P3/P5P1/6BP/R4R1K w - - 0 25
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nge2 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. f4 e5 12. d5 Nb4 13. a3 Na6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Qd3 Nc5 16. Qd1 Qb6 17. Kh1 Bb5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. b4 Nd7 21. Ng1 Rc4 22. Nh3 Rfc8 23. Qh5 Nf8 24. Ng5 Bxg5 *
h5f7 g8h8 f7f8 c8f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qxf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate deflection long mate mateIn3 middlegame
3r2k1/1b5p/4pPp1/p1p2p2/2Q2P2/P6R/1P1q2PP/6RK b - - 0 26
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O c4 10. Qc2 a5 11. a3 Ba6 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 O-O 15. f4 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 Bb7 18. Rf3 Qd4 19. Rh3 g6 20. Ne2 Qd5 21. Ng3 c5 22. Nh5 f5 23. Nf6+ Rxf6 24. exf6 Rd8 25. Rg1 Qd2 26. Qxc4 *
d2g2 g1g2 d8d1 c4f1 d1f1
Qxg2+ Rxg2 Rd1+ Qf1 Rxf1#
clearance endgame kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 pin sacrifice
1r1k4/7R/8/4Pp2/3PbP2/qPp5/Q7/K3R3 b - - 2 41
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. Ne2 d5 5. e5 c4 6. f4 b5 7. g4 Qh4+ 8. Ng3 Nh6 9. Be2 f5 10. g5 Ng4 11. Bxg4 fxg4 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. Nf1 Nf5 14. Qe2 b4 15. Bd2 a5 16. Kd1 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Bb4 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Qg2 Rd8 21. Rc1 O-O 22. Be1 Qh5 23. Kc2 Qe8 24. h3 Qa4+ 25. Kb1 gxh3 26. Qxh3 Bxe1 27. Qxh7+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ Ke7 29. Rcxe1 Rb8 30. Qe2 c3 31. b3 Qa3 32. Rh7 Rf7 33. g6 Rff8 34. Rxg7+ Kd8 35. Rh7 a4 36. Nxd5 Bxd5 37. g7 Be4+ 38. Ka1 axb3 39. gxf8=Q+ Qxf8 40. axb3 Qa3+ 41. Qa2 *
a3a2 a1a2 b8a8 h7a7 a8a7
Qxa2+ Kxa2 Ra8+ Ra7 Rxa7#
attraction endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
8/1R3p1p/8/3P1p2/2P2k2/1P5P/1P1r2P1/7K b - - 0 32
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Be6 6. Bb3 Nd4 7. Nf3 Bxb3 8. axb3 Be7 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Rxa7 c6 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nf5 Re8 15. O-O Qa7 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Kh1 Rxe5 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Bf4 Re8 22. Bg5 Qb6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. h3 Kg7 26. Rf5 Re2 27. Rxc5 Kg6 28. d4 f5 29. d5 Rd2 30. c4 Kg5 31. Rb5 Kf4 32. Rxb7 *
f4g3 b7e7 d2d1 e7e1 d1e1
Kg3 Re7 Rd1+ Re1 Rxe1#
endgame long mate mateIn3 rookEndgame
8/2R3pk/6pp/p7/1p4N1/1n1r3P/1P4P1/7K w - - 0 35
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 h6 6. d3 c6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Bxb6 Qxb6 9. Bb3 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Kh1 Bxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Nd2 d5 14. f4 dxe4 15. Ncxe4 Nh7 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Qh5 Ng6 18. Nc4 Qd4 19. Rab1 b5 20. Ncd6 Rad8 21. Nf5 Qd5 22. Qxg6 fxg6 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Rf1 Ne6 27. Rf7 a5 28. Ra7 b4 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Ra6 Nd4 31. Nf2 Nxc2 32. Rxc6 Nd4 33. Rc7 Nxb3 34. Ng4 Rxd3 *
g4f6 h7h8 c7c8 d3d8 c8d8
Nf6+ Kh8 Rc8+ Rd8 Rxd8#
endgame long mate mateIn3 pin
2r3k1/pp3p2/5PpR/3p1q2/3P4/6P1/P2Q2KP/8 w - - 3 36
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bb3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. c3 O-O 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c6 13. Qd3 Qh4 14. f4 Be6 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Bc2 g6 17. Bd1 Bf5 18. Qd2 Re6 19. Bf3 Rfe8 20. g3 Qh3 21. Bg2 Qh5 22. Bf2 Bg4 23. Re5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 c5 25. Be3 Bh3 26. Bg5 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 cxd4 28. cxd4 h6 29. Bf6 Qg4 30. Rf4 Qh5 31. Rh4 Qf5 32. Rxh6 Qe4+ 33. Kh3 Rxf6 34. exf6 Qf5+ 35. Kg2 Rc8 *
h6h8 g8h8 d2h6 h8g8 h6g7
Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh6+ Kg8 Qg7#
attraction endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r3kb1r/2p2ppp/b4n2/p5N1/2Q5/8/PPP2PqP/RNB1KR2 w Qkq - 2 14
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bxb5 Qxd5 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8. Qf3 e4 9. Qc3 Qd5 10. d3 exd3 11. Qxd3 Qxg2 12. Rf1 a5 13. Qc4 Ba6 *
c4f7 e8d8 g5e6 d8c8 f7c7
Qxf7+ Kd8 Ne6+ Kc8 Qxc7#
attackingF2F7 long mate mateIn3 middlegame
Q7/p3kppp/3p3q/3Bp3/4P3/2Pb1P1N/P5PP/R3K2R b KQ - 0 21
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Bg5 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Qb3 Qe7 7. Nh3 Na5 8. Qb5+ Nc6 9. Bd5 Bd7 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qa6 Nd4 12. cxd4 Bb5 13. Qa5 Bxd3 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxc7 Bxd4 16. Qxb8+ Ke7 17. Qxh8 Qh6 18. Nc3 Qh5 19. f3 Qh6 20. Qa8 Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 *
h6e3 e1d1 e3e2 d1c1 e2c2
Qe3+ Kd1 Qe2+ Kc1 Qc2#
exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame
5rk1/5p1p/p4Qp1/1p3n2/1P4q1/P7/B5PP/4R1K1 w - - 1 30
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 a6 6. a3 g6 7. b4 b5 8. Ba2 Bg7 9. Nc3 e6 10. Bb2 Nge7 11. Rb1 O-O 12. Nge2 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Qf3 d4 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Nxd4 Rad8 18. c3 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Nf5 20. O-O Nxd4 21. Qe3 Rfe8 22. Rbc1 Qe7 23. f3 Nf5 24. Qe2 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Qxe4 27. Rfe1 Qg4 28. Qf6 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rf8 *
a2f7 f8f7 e1e8 f7f8 e8f8
Bxf7+ Rxf7 Re8+ Rf8 Rxf8#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
5k2/ppr2p2/2r1pBp1/4P1P1/2PpR3/1P6/P4P2/7K w - - 1 36
1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 Bg7 3. c3 c6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb3 e6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 Nbc6 10. Ng3 Re8 11. O-O Na5 12. Bc2 Qb6 13. Re1 Nc4 14. b3 Nd6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Bd3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ndf5 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22. Rac1 Rc6 23. c4 d4 24. Bg5 Rec8 25. Bf6 h5 26. Re4 Qb5 27. h3 Qa5 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nh6 30. Qh3 Qd2 31. Qxh6 Qxh6 32. g5 Qh5 33. Kg2 R8c7 34. Rh1 Qxh1+ 35. Kxh1 Kf8 *
e4h4 f8e8 h4h8 e8d7 h8d8
Rh4 Ke8 Rh8+ Kd7 Rd8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
8/p4R1p/bp4r1/4B1pk/4p3/1P2P1PP/P2r4/6K1 w - - 3 32
1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 Nd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bb2 Ngf6 11. Ne2 Ne4 12. Rc1 Qf6 13. Bb5 Rd8 14. Bxd7+ Rxd7 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qh4 17. Ba3 Kf7 18. Ng3 g5 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. g3 Qh3 21. f3 Rg8 22. fxe4+ Kg6 23. Rf6+ Kg7 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Bd6 Kg6 26. Qd2 dxe4 27. Rf1 Qxe5 28. Bxe5 Rxd2 29. Rf6+ Kh5 30. h3 Rg6 31. Rf7 Ba6 *
f7h7 g6h6 g3g4 h5g6 h7g7
Rxh7+ Rh6 g4+ Kg6 Rg7#
endgame long mate mateIn3
2r5/q3Q3/6pk/4R3/2n1P2p/p4P2/PpP3P1/1K1R4 b - - 4 34
1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. h4 c5 7. h5 Bg4 8. hxg6 fxg6 9. Bh6 Nc6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qd2 h5 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Qg5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bxg4 dxc3 16. Bxc8 cxb2+ 17. Kb1 Qxc8 18. f3 Qc7 19. d4 Rc8 20. Qd2 a5 21. Rhe1 a4 22. Re2 a3 23. Qe3 e5 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Red2 Qc5 26. Qb3 Kh6 27. Qxb7 h4 28. Qf7 Ne8 29. Qd5 Qc7 30. Qb3 Qc5 31. Rd5 Qa7 32. Rxe5 Nd6 33. Qe6 Nc4 34. Qe7 *
c4d2 d1d2 a7g1 d2d1 g1d1
Nd2+ Rxd2 Qg1+ Rd1 Qxd1#
endgame long master mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r4rn1/pp3pkp/3p2pb/2pPp1N1/2P1P3/P2BP3/1P2bRPP/5RK1 w - - 0 20
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Nf3 Nxe3 8. fxe3 Bh6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. O-O e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 c5 13. a3 Bd7 14. Rf6 Kg7 15. Raf1 Ng8 16. R6f2 Qg5 17. Nd1 Ba4 18. Nf3 Bxd1 19. Nxg5 Bxe2 *
f2f7 f8f7 f1f7 g7h8 f7h7
Rxf7+ Rxf7 Rxf7+ Kh8 Rxh7#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r1b3k1/pp3ppp/8/2q5/2B5/2b4P/P2N1PP1/4QRK1 w - - 0 21
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. b4 Bxb4 6. c3 Bc5 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Ba3 d6 10. e5 Ng4 11. exd6 O-O 12. dxc7 Bxc7 13. Bxf8 Qxf8 14. h3 Nf6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. Nd2 Nc3 18. Qe1 Qc5 19. Rc1 Bxe5 20. Rxc3 Bxc3 *
e1e8 c5f8 c4f7 g8h8 e8f8
Qe8+ Qf8 Bxf7+ Kh8 Qxf8#
deflection long mate mateIn3 middlegame
3r1r1k/p1p2p1P/4p1p1/4P3/7Q/P3nK2/q5P1/nR6 w - - 0 27
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nxd4 10. Qxb7 Nc2+ 11. Kf2 Nxa1 12. Qc6+ Nd7 13. Na3 e6 14. Bd3 Bxa3 15. bxa3 O-O 16. h4 Nb6 17. Be4 Qd4+ 18. Be3 Qb2+ 19. Kf3 Rad8 20. Rb1 Qxa2 21. h5 Nxc4 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qe4+ Kg8 24. h6 g6 25. h7+ Kh8 26. Qh4 Nxe3 *
h4f6 h8h7 b1h1 h7g8 h1h8
Qf6+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg8 Rh8#
exposedKing killBoxMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
2r5/4kpBp/2r1p1pP/p5P1/1p6/4nP2/PPPR4/1K1R4 w - - 1 26
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Kb1 a5 10. f3 d6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. g4 Qc7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. h4 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Rfc8 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 Rxc6 18. Rd2 b5 19. Rhd1 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bd4 b4 22. h5 Rac8 23. h6 Kf8 24. Bg7+ Ke7 25. g5 Ne3 *
g7f6 e7f8 d2d8 c8d8 d1d8
Bf6+ Kf8 Rd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
5r2/6pk/7p/4p3/PQ2Pq2/8/1P4PP/3R2K1 b - - 0 33
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Be2 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nab1 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Bb7 12. Qc4 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nd4 14. c3 bxc3 15. Nxc3 Qa5 16. O-O Be7 17. Be3 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Qb4 19. f3 O-O 20. a3 Qb3 21. Rfd1 Qe6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 f5 24. Qxa6 fxe4 25. fxe4 Qg4 26. Qd3 Bg5 27. Bxg5 Qxg5 28. Rxd6 h6 29. Rd1 Rc1 30. Qb3+ Kh7 31. a4 Qf4 32. Qb4 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 *
f4f2 g1h1 f2f1 d1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r4nk1/pppb2p1/3p3p/3P3Q/8/3B1R2/Pq3PPP/6K1 w - - 0 22
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 O-O 14. Qh5 h6 15. Rae1 Ng6 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Rf4+ Kg8 18. Rxf8+ Nxf8 19. Bd3 Qf6 20. Re3 Bd7 21. Rf3 Qxb2 *
h5f7 g8h8 f7f8 a8f8 f3f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qxf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
deflection kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r1r5/5pk1/4p3/4PpP1/1PpP1K2/P4N1q/5P2/R1R1Q3 b - - 0 38
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 c4 5. a3 a5 6. bxa5 Qxa5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O g6 9. d4 Bg7 10. c3 Nge7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 b5 13. Qc1 Nf5 14. Bd2 Ba6 15. g4 Nfe7 16. Bh6 Rfc8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qg5 Ng8 19. h4 b4 20. cxb4 Qd8 21. Qf4 Bb5 22. h5 Nce7 23. Bd1 c3 24. Re1 Bd3 25. Bb3 Be4 26. Rc1 c2 27. Nbd2 Bd3 28. Qe3 Bc4 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Bxc2 Nd5 31. Qe4 Nh6 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. g5 Nf5 34. Qe1 Qh8 35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Kg2 Nf4+ 37. Kg3 Qh3+ 38. Kxf4 *
h3g4 f4e3 g4e4 e3d2 e4d3
Qg4+ Ke3 Qe4+ Kd2 Qd3#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
1q6/6pk/p6p/8/P5PK/2P2Q1P/5P2/8 b - - 0 38
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. a4 a6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nf5 Qc8 14. d4 Bxf5 15. exf5 exd4 16. fxg6 dxc3 17. bxc3 Kh8 18. gxf7 Qf5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Qf4 21. Qd3 Rad8 22. Rae1 d5 23. Bb3 c5 24. Re8 c4 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qg6 cxb3 27. Re8 Nxe8 28. fxe8=Q Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Kh7 30. Qd7 b2 31. Qxb7 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 b1=Q 33. Qxd5 Qf4+ 34. g3 Qfc1 35. g4 Qh1+ 36. Kg3 Qb8+ 37. Kh4 Qxf3 38. Qxf3 *
g7g5 h4h5 b8e8 f3f7 e8f7
g5+ Kh5 Qe8+ Qf7+ Qxf7#
endgame long mate mateIn3 queenEndgame
r1bk1r2/pppp2pp/8/2PNQq2/8/8/PPP3PP/R1B1R1K1 b - - 0 17
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. d4 Na5 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. dxc5 Qf6 8. Qd5+ Ke8 9. O-O Nc6 10. e5 Qf5 11. Nc3 Nge7 12. Qd2 Ng6 13. Nd5 Kd8 14. Re1 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxf4 Rf8 17. Qxe5 *
f5f2 g1h1 f2f1 e1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
7k/ppp3rr/1b1p4/4pQ2/4P1q1/P2P2B1/1PP1RP1P/R5K1 b - - 1 24
1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Ba5 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg5 Nd4 8. O-O d6 9. Nd5 Bg4 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bh4 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bh3 13. Re1 Kh8 14. Re3 Rg8+ 15. Bg3 Bb6 16. Re2 h5 17. Bxf7 Rg7 18. Bxh5 Qd7 19. Qd2 Rag8 20. Qh6+ Rh7 21. Qxf6+ Rgg7 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. fxg4 Qxg4 24. Qf5 *
g4g3 h2g3 g7g3 g1f1 h7h1
Qxg3+ hxg3 Rxg3+ Kf1 Rh1#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame pin sacrifice
r5q1/pp6/1k6/2pPQ3/2P5/3P2P1/PP5P/n5K1 w - - 13 33
1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Nh7 13. Bh6 Rf6 14. Qh5 Be6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. f4 Nc2 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rxf5 Nxa1 20. Rxf6 Bxf6 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Be4 Qg8 23. Qh5 Bg7 24. Bxh7 Qxh7 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qxe5+ Kf8 27. Qf6+ Qf7 28. Qh8+ Qg8 29. Qf6+ Ke8 30. Qe5+ Kd7 31. Qf5+ Kc7 32. Qe5+ Kb6 *
e5d6 b6a5 d6c5 b7b5 c5b5
Qd6+ Ka5 Qxc5+ b5 Qxb5#
deflection endgame long mate mateIn3
1r6/6R1/3p4/KP1Rp3/2r1P3/2k2P2/8/8 b - - 2 45
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O-O Qb8 12. g4 Rc8 13. h4 Ne5 14. h5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 b5 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Rdg1 Kf7 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5+ e6 24. Qg5 Qg8 25. Rg4 Bf6 26. Qf4 Rac8 27. Rg2 e5 28. Qd2 Ke7 29. Kb1 b4 30. Bg5 Bxg5 31. Qxg5+ Kd7 32. Rc1 a4 33. Qxg6 Qxg6 34. Rxg6 b3 35. c3 bxa2+ 36. Kxa2 Rf8 37. Rd1 Rc6 38. Rd3 Kc7 39. Ka3 Rb8 40. Rg7+ Kb6 41. Kxa4 Kc5 42. Rd5+ Kc4 43. b4 Kxc3 44. b5 Rc4+ 45. Ka5 *
c4a4 a5a4 b8a8 g7a7 a8a7
Ra4+ Kxa4 Ra8+ Ra7 Rxa7#
attraction endgame long mate mateIn3 rookEndgame sacrifice
2r4k/p4Qn1/4pNp1/1p4qp/8/1P2N2P/P3PPB1/6K1 b - - 0 34
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Nbd2 Qxc5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Be6 12. Rc1 Qh5 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qb1 Bf5 15. Qa1 Nc2 16. Rxc2 Bxc2 17. h3 Rfd8 18. g4 Qb5 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Nxc2 Rac8 21. N2e3 b5 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Nd3 h5 24. g5 Ne8 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Nf4 Qd6 27. Nfd5 e6 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Qb2 Qf4 32. Qa3 Qxg5 33. Qe7 Rc8 34. Qxf7 *
c8c1 e3f1 c1f1 g1f1 g5c1
Rc1+ Nf1 Rxf1+ Kxf1 Qc1#
attraction backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame pin sacrifice
r1b1r1k1/p1pq1p1p/2pb1p1B/8/3p4/5Q2/PP3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 18
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Nxc3 Nf6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Bb5 Qe7 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Ne4 Qe6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Qf3 exd4 *
f3g4 d7g4 e1e8 d6f8 e8f8
Qg4+ Qxg4 Rxe8+ Bf8 Rxf8#
deflection kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5b1r/ppQnkppp/8/1q1p4/8/4PbBP/P4P2/2R1K1R1 w - - 2 20
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. c3 e5 8. Bg3 e4 9. h3 Bh5 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Qd2 exf3 13. gxf3 Bxf3 14. Rg1 Nf6 15. Nc3 Rc8 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. Rc1 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxb5 19. Qc7+ Nd7 *
c7d6 e7d8 c1c8 d8c8 d6c7
Qd6+ Kd8 Rc8+ Kxc8 Qc7#
attraction long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r4bnr/p5p1/1p1p2k1/2p5/2B1PQ2/2PPK1p1/PP4q1/RNB5 w - - 1 21
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 h5 6. hxg4 hxg4 7. Nh2 Qh4 8. f4 Qxh2+ 9. Kf2 g3+ 10. Kf3 Nd4+ 11. Ke3 Qxg2 12. d3 c5 13. c3 exf4+ 14. Rxf4 Ne6 15. Qa4+ Ke7 16. Qb5 b6 17. Qc6 Nxf4 18. Qc7+ Kf6 19. Qxf7+ Kg5 20. Qxf4+ Kg6 *
c4f7 g6h7 f4f5 g7g6 f5g6
Bf7+ Kh7 Qf5+ g6 Qxg6#
exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame
1R3bk1/7p/2Qp1rp1/2p5/P1P1p3/8/q4PPP/1R4K1 b - - 3 35
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. a4 b6 5. Nc3 a6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qe2 e5 11. Nd5 Na5 12. Ba2 Bxd5 13. exd5 d6 14. Rab1 Qc7 15. c4 b5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. b3 bxa4 18. bxa4 Ra7 19. Nd2 Re8 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. Rb2 Qd8 22. Reb1 Rae7 23. Rb6 f5 24. Ng5 Ra7 25. Ne6 Qf6 26. Qd2 Rxe6 27. dxe6 Re7 28. Qxa5 Rxe6 29. Rb8+ Bf8 30. Qxa6 e4 31. dxe4 fxe4 32. R1b7 Qa1+ 33. Rb1 Qxa2 34. Qc8 Rf6 35. Qc6 *
a2f2 g1h1 f2f1 b1f1 f6f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
6k1/2p2ppp/p5q1/1p2r3/8/2P2Q2/PP3PPP/3r1RK1 w - - 0 25
1. e4 e5 2. Qf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Qg3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nh3 Qf6 9. O-O Bxh3 10. Qxh3 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. d4 Bd6 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. Nf3 a6 15. Qg4 b5 16. Bd5 Bf8 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Ne5 Qf6 19. Nd7 Qg6 20. Qxf4 Bd6 21. Qf3 Rad8 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Rad1 Rxd1 *
f3a8 d1d8 a8d8 e5e8 d8e8
Qa8+ Rd8 Qxd8+ Re8 Qxe8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
8/6QR/pr5p/6p1/5p1k/q6P/2P2PPK/8 b - - 7 39
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O e6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Re1 a6 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Bd3 Rab8 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. b4 Qc3 21. Re3 Qf6 22. Qxd5 Rfd8 23. Qb3 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Rce1 Rbd8 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Kh7 28. Re1 f4 29. Qf3 g5 30. Qxb7 Rc4 31. Re7 Kg7 32. Re2 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qxa3 34. Re7 Kg6 35. Rxf7 Rxb4 36. Rg7+ Kh5 37. Qf7+ Kh4 38. Rh7 Rb6 39. Qg7 *
a3g3 f2g3 f4g3 h2g1 b6b1
Qg3+ fxg3+ fxg3+ Kg1 Rb1#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2k1q3/pp1r4/6p1/3R4/6Q1/1B6/PPP5/1K6 b - - 0 33
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. h3 h5 7. Bc4 Qd4 8. Qe2 Bd7 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Qe5 11. f4 Qe7 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Bxf7 Rhf8 14. Bb3 Nh7 15. f5 Nf6 16. O-O-O Rde8 17. d4 Qa5 18. e5 Bxf5 19. Qf3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Qxd5 Qb6 22. Rhf1 Rd8 23. Qc4 g6 24. d5 Rfe8 25. e6 c6 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bxg4 28. Qxg4 cxd5 29. e7+ Rd7 30. Rf8 Qe3+ 31. Kb1 Qxe7 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Rxd5 *
e8e1 d5d1 e1d1 g4d1 d7d1
Qe1+ Rd1 Qxd1+ Qxd1 Rxd1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
5r1k/p1p2qpp/6b1/1P1QP3/8/4P1R1/PB4PP/3R2K1 b - - 0 26
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. fxe5 Be7 8. Nf3 f6 9. O-O fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. d4 O-O 12. Nd2 Bb5 13. c4 dxc4 14. bxc4 Ba6 15. Qc2 b5 16. Rf3 Bb7 17. Rg3 Bd6 18. cxb5 Kh8 19. Ndf3 Be4 20. Qb3 Nd5 21. Ng5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Bg6 23. Ne6 Qd7 24. Nxf8 Rxf8 25. Rd1 Qf7 26. Qxd5 *
f7f2 g1h1 f2f1 d1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
3r2k1/pp3pp1/2p1p2p/4P1q1/4B3/4PQ2/PPPr2PP/5R1K w - - 6 24
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nh4 Bd7 8. d4 e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bd3 Bb4 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Ne5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bc6 16. Qh5 h6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe1 19. Rxe1 Qg5 20. Qh3 c6 21. Rf1 Rad8 22. Kh1 Rd2 23. Qf3 Rfd8 *
f3f7 g8h8 f7f8 d8f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
endgame kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
4r1k1/5pbp/1R4p1/8/8/B7/5RPP/6K1 b - - 0 23
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. d4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. c5 dxc5 12. dxc5 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Bxf3 14. cxb6 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 axb6 16. Rd7 Rxa2 17. Rxb7 Rxb2 18. Nc1 Nd4 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Ba3 Ne2+ 21. Nxe2 Rbxe2 22. Rxb6 Rxf2 23. Rxf2 *
e8e1 f2f1 g7d4 g1h1 e1f1
Re1+ Rf1 Bd4+ Kh1 Rxf1#
backRankMate deflection endgame fork long mate mateIn3
1k1r1b1r/npp2pp1/5n1p/1N6/8/1P3N2/1P2qPPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 17
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Qe7 5. Nxc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 h6 7. O-O d6 8. e5 Be6 9. Bb3 O-O-O 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe2 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nf6 13. Be3 Kb8 14. Nb5 Qd3 15. Bxa7+ Nxa7 16. Rfd1 Qxe2 *
d1d8 a7c8 a1a8 b8a8 d8c8
Rxd8+ Nc8 Ra8+ Kxa8 Rxc8#
attraction deflection hangingPiece long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack
7k/1R4p1/p7/2P1p2q/3bP3/5P2/PPQ4P/7K b - - 0 37
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 d4 4. Ne2 c5 5. c3 d3 6. Nf4 c4 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qxc4 Nc6 9. Bxd3 e5 10. Nd5 Rc8 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. O-O Bd6 15. d3 Ne7 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. Be3 O-O 18. Rfd1 Kh8 19. c4 f5 20. Nd2 Qh4 21. f3 Rf6 22. Bf2 Qh5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Ne4 Rg6 25. Bg3 h5 26. Kh1 Bc7 27. Re1 Rd8 28. Qc2 Rd4 29. Rad1 h4 30. Bxh4 Qh5 31. Bg3 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. dxe4 Rxg3 34. Rd7 Bb6 35. Rxb7 Bd4 36. c5 Rxf3 37. gxf3 *
h5f3 c2g2 f3d1 g2f1 d1f1
Qxf3+ Qg2 Qd1+ Qf1 Qxf1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
r3r3/2q1b1pk/p3P1Np/5Qp1/8/8/PPpp1P2/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 31
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3 Nd4 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 c6 11. f4 Nf6 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Ne2 c5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nh7 17. Re1 Be7 18. Nf4 O-O 19. e6 f6 20. Ng6 Re8 21. Qg4 Qc7 22. Qf3 Ng5 23. Qg4 c4 24. dxc4 bxc4 25. h4 cxb3 26. hxg5 fxg5 27. Qf3 bxc2 28. Qf7+ Kh7 29. Rac1 d3 30. Qf5 d2 *
g6f8 h7g8 f5h7 g8f8 h7h8
Nf8+ Kg8 Qh7+ Kxf8 Qh8#
doubleCheck long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice