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2r3k1/2p3pp/1q6/3p4/2b2Q2/7P/1P3RP1/7K w - - 0 40
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O Ne7 12. a3 Ba5 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Qd3 f6 15. Bh4 Bb6 16. Rac1 Bf7 17. Ne2 Ng6 18. Bg3 c5 19. Bh2 cxd4 20. Nexd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Ne5 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Nc6 Qd7 24. f4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Rac8 26. Qxa6 Bg6 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qc4 Qe8 29. Rf1+ Bf7 30. a4 Kg8 31. Qc3 Qxe4 32. a5 Bd5 33. Ne7+ Qxe7 34. a6 Qe4 35. Rf2 Qa4 36. Qd3 Bc4 37. Qd4 Qxa6 38. Kh1 Qb6 39. Qf4 d5 *
f4f7 g8h8 f7f8 c8f8 f2f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
8/4PR1p/3B2p1/6P1/2p4r/2Pnk3/8/3K4 b - - 0 52
1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Be3 Bb4 5. f3 Nf6 6. Qd2 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. O-O-O c5 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nf3 a6 11. a3 Ba5 12. g4 Qc7 13. h4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 b5 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Ncxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Bxd2 18. Nxc7+ Rxc7 19. Rxd2 O-O 20. Bg2 Na5 21. b3 Rb8 22. Ka2 Ba6 23. f5 Rbc8 24. Rc1 Rc3 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Bd4 R3c7 27. g5 Nc4 28. bxc4 Bxc4+ 29. Ka1 Ra8 30. Bb2 Nc5 31. Bf1 Ne4 32. Rh2 Rca7 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34. c3 Nc5 35. Ka2 Nd3 36. Ra1 Rb7 37. Re2 Rb3 38. Kb1 Kf7 39. a4 Ra5 40. Ra3 Rxa3 41. Bxa3 Rxa4 42. Bd6 Ra6 43. Ra2 Rb6+ 44. Kc2 Kg6 45. Ra7 Rb2+ 46. Kd1 Rh2 47. Re7 Rxh4 48. Rxe6+ Kf5 49. Re7 g6 50. Rf7+ Ke4 51. e6 Ke3 52. e7 *
h4h1 f7f1 h1f1 d1c2 f1c1
Rh1+ Rf1 Rxf1+ Kc2 Rc1#
endgame exposedKing hookMate long mate mateIn3
8/5R1p/6pk/p2B4/3P1PPP/3b4/7K/1rq5 w - - 0 41
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 c4 7. d4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Qd6 9. O-O Nf6 10. a5 O-O 11. c3 Bxa5 12. Rxa5 Qb6 13. Ra2 Ne4 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Rae8 18. Re1 Qg6 19. Bf1 Rxe1 20. Qxe1 Re8 21. Qb1 Qg5 22. Qc2 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 g6 24. Ra1 Bf5 25. Qd1 Qf2 26. g3 Bd3 27. Bg2 Re2 28. Qg1 Rxd2 29. Qxf2 Rxf2 30. Re1 Rxb2 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. h4 Rb3 33. Re7 Rxc3 34. Rxb7 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 c3 36. Rc7 c2 37. f4 a5 38. Bxd5 Rb1 39. Rxf7+ Kh6 40. g4 c1=Q *
g4g5 h6h5 d5f3 h5h4 f7h7
g5+ Kh5 Bf3+ Kxh4 Rxh7#
endgame long mate mateIn3
3r1nrk/pp3p1p/2p1bPpQ/8/5R1R/2q4P/P1B3P1/7K w - - 0 35
1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nc6 4. dxe5 Nxe5 5. h3 Ng6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Qxb2 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qe2 Kh8 22. c4 Nb6 23. Bc3 Rad8 24. Nf6 Bxf6 25. exf6 Qd7 26. Rf3 Rfe8 27. Qe3 Rg8 28. Qh6 Nxc4 29. Rbf1 Qd6 30. Bb1 Ne5 31. Rf4 Nd7 32. Rh4 Nf8 33. Bc2 Qc5 34. Rff4 Qxc3 *
h6h7 f8h7 h4h7 h8h7 f4h4
Qxh7+ Nxh7 Rxh7+ Kxh7 Rh4#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r6k/6pp/8/q3B3/1p2P3/1P6/3Q1PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 30
1. e4 e5 2. Be2 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Re1 Bd7 8. Qg4 O-O 9. Qd1 Nd4 10. Re3 a6 11. Rd3 axb5 12. Rxd4 Bxd4 13. Qh5 Bxb2 14. Nc3 c5 15. Bxb2 b4 16. Qd1 b3 17. cxb3 c4 18. Nd5 c3 19. dxc3 Ba4 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Nf5 b5 22. Nh6 b4 23. Nxf7+ Rxf7 24. c4 Bxb3 25. axb3 Qa5 26. c5 Rfa7 27. c6 Nd7 28. cxd7 Rxd7 29. Bxe5 Rd2 30. Qxd2 *
a5a1 e5a1 a8a1 d2c1 a1c1
Qxa1+ Bxa1 Rxa1+ Qc1 Rxc1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
7k/ppp3pp/4pn2/1QP1qp1P/8/3R4/PP3r2/K2B4 w - - 5 36
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e4 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. h4 Ncxe5 11. O-O-O Nxf3 12. gxf3 f6 13. Bd3 f5 14. Rdg1 Ne5 15. Be2 Bd7 16. f4 Nf7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rg3 Nd6 19. Rhg1 Rf7 20. c5 Ne8 21. Nd1 Qf6 22. h5 Bc6 23. Bc4 Rd8 24. Ne3 Kh8 25. Bb3 Rfd7 26. Qc4 Bd5 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Qb5 Rd2 29. Rc3 Rxf2 30. Re1 Qd4 31. Rd1 Qxf4+ 32. Kb1 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Qe4+ 34. Ka1 Nf6 35. Rd3 Qe5 *
d3d8 f6g8 d8g8 h8g8 b5e8
Rd8+ Ng8 Rxg8+ Kxg8 Qe8#
attraction endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2kr4/2pR4/2P1K1P1/8/8/4n3/p7/8 w - - 0 50
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. dxe5 d4 5. a3 Nc6 6. axb4 dxc3 7. Qxd8+ Nxd8 8. bxc3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Be6 10. e3 Nge7 11. Nf3 Ng6 12. Bg3 O-O-O 13. Nd4 Ncxe5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. h3 a6 16. Bh2 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 Rd7 18. g4 Rhd8 19. Bg2 Nb2 20. c5 Rd2+ 21. Kf3 Nd3 22. Bg3 Nge5+ 23. Ke4 Nc4 24. Rad1 Nxf2+ 25. Bxf2 Rxf2 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Rd1+ Kc8 28. Bf3 Nd2+ 29. Ke5 Nxf3+ 30. Kxe6 Rd2 31. Rf1 Ng5+ 32. Ke7 Rd8 33. h4 Ne4 34. c4 Rd7+ 35. Ke6 h6 36. Rf8+ Rd8 37. Rf7 Rd7 38. Rf8+ Rd8 39. Rf7 Rg8 40. b5 Nd2 41. Kd5 Rd8+ 42. Ke6 Nxc4 43. bxa6 bxa6 44. Rxg7 Nxe3 45. c6 a5 46. g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 a4 48. g6 a3 49. Rd7 a2 *
d7d8 c8d8 g6g7 a2a1q g7g8q
Rxd8+ Kxd8 g7 a1=Q g8=Q#
advancedPawn endgame long mate mateIn3 promotion
1r4k1/5ppp/4p3/4P2P/4P3/p3P1P1/PR4K1/2qr4 w - - 0 30
1. d4 e6 2. e3 d5 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 c4 5. c3 b5 6. Bd2 a5 7. b3 a4 8. bxc4 bxc4 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. h4 Nc6 14. h5 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxd2 18. Rfd1 Qxc3 19. Rab1 Qc2 20. Rxb7 Qb2 21. Rxb2 Bxb2 22. Qe2 c3 23. Rb1 a3 24. f3 Rfd8 25. fxe4 Rd2 26. Qb5 c2 27. Rxb2 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 c1=Q 29. Qb8+ Rxb8 *
b2b8 c1c8 b8c8 d1d8 c8d8
Rxb8+ Qc8 Rxc8+ Rd8 Rxd8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 queenRookEndgame
3r2k1/p1p2rpp/8/2p1q3/8/2P5/P1P2QPP/5RK1 w - - 0 23
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nf5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qf6 12. Qd2 c5 13. f3 O-O 14. O-O d5 15. Rab1 Bc6 16. Rfe1 dxe4 17. fxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Qxf5 19. Rf4 Qg5 20. Rbf1 Rad8 21. Qf2 Qe5 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 *
f2f7 g8h8 f7f8 d8f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
r4k1r/2p2p2/pp1p1q1p/3P2pQ/2P1RBB1/5R2/P4PPP/6K1 b - - 0 30
1. e4 e6 2. d4 Qh4 3. Nf3 Qxe4+ 4. Be3 d6 5. Bd3 Qc6 6. Qe2 a6 7. c4 Qd7 8. Nc3 b6 9. d5 e5 10. O-O h6 11. Rfe1 g5 12. Nd4 Qd8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Qf6 15. Qf3 Bg7 16. Ne4 Qd8 17. Qh5 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Be6 Nd7 20. Bd2 Kf8 21. Bxd7 Ra7 22. Re3 Qe7 23. Bg4 Bf6 24. Rf3 e4 25. Re3 Bxb2 26. Rae1 Qf6 27. Rxe4 Ra8 28. R1e3 Be5 29. Rf3 Bf4 30. Bxf4 *
f6a1 f4c1 a1c1 e4e1 c1e1
Qa1+ Bc1 Qxc1+ Re1 Qxe1#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
6k1/pp4p1/2p5/5r2/4Q3/8/PPq2PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 24
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nc5 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Qd7 9. Nc3 c6 10. Re1 Qg4 11. Be3 Qh5 12. Bxh7+ Qxh7 13. Qxd6 Ne6 14. Bc5 Na6 15. Ng5 Qxc2 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Rxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Ne4 Nc5 21. Qe7 Rf5 22. Qh4+ Kg8 23. Re1 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 *
c2f2 g1h1 f2f1 e1f1 f5f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r5k1/pp2q1p1/2p1p2p/3nP1pP/3P2P1/2PQ1r2/PPB5/R5K1 w - - 0 24
1. d4 d6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c3 d5 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. f3 e6 7. e4 dxe4 8. fxe4 Bg6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Nb6 14. O-O Nd5 15. Bd2 O-O 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Bh7 18. g4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Bg5 20. Rf3 Qe7 21. Bc2 f6 22. Bxg5 fxg5 23. Qd3 Rxf3 *
d3h7 g8f7 c2g6 f7f8 h7h8
Qh7+ Kf7 Bg6+ Kf8 Qh8#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
6rk/Q4Rq1/bp2p3/3p3p/3P4/P1P1r3/1PB2P2/3K3R b - - 5 42
1. d4 b6 2. Bf4 Bb7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Ne7 7. h3 h6 8. Be2 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. O-O Nf8 11. Qb3 Nfg6 12. Rac1 Ng8 13. Rfd1 Nf6 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Qc2 Ne7 17. e4 Rc8 18. a3 g4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Nc4 d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Nce5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Nc6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qe2 Qf6 26. Bc2 Ne7 27. Ne5 Rcd8 28. Qd3 Ng6 29. Qg3 Rg8 30. Rd3 Kh8 31. Nxg6+ Rxg6 32. Qc7 Rdg8 33. g3 Ba6 34. Re3 R6g7 35. Qxa7 h5 36. Kg2 Bc8 37. Rh1 Rg5 38. Rf3 Qg7 39. Rxf7 Rxg3+ 40. Kf1 Ba6+ 41. Ke1 Re3+ 42. Kd1 *
g7g1 h1g1 g8g1 d1d2 e3e2
Qg1+ Rxg1 Rxg1+ Kd2 Re2#
exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
7k/p5pp/6q1/1Qp2p2/1p3P2/1P1rP2P/5KP1/8 w - - 0 38
1. c4 c5 2. f4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Qb3 Bc6 12. Bf3 Kh8 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Rb1 b5 16. b3 b4 17. Nd1 Bb5 18. Nf2 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Rc8 20. Bb2 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qc4 Rfd8 23. Rd1 Qd6 24. Kg1 Qd5 25. Qa6 Rc7 26. Qa5 Rcd7 27. h3 Rb8 28. Qa4 Qd6 29. Kh2 Rb6 30. Kg3 Ra6 31. Qb5 Rxa2 32. d3 exd3 33. Rxd3 Qg6+ 34. Kf3 Qh5+ 35. Kg3 Qg6+ 36. Kf3 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Rxd3 *
b5b8 d3d8 b8d8 g6e8 d8e8
Qb8+ Rd8 Qxd8+ Qe8 Qxe8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
1r2k2r/4bNp1/pq1pQ1Pp/5p1P/n2P4/B1pB1b2/P1P2P2/K2R2R1 b k - 4 26
1. d4 b6 2. Bf4 Bb7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. h4 c5 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. exd4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 b5 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Rhg1 Nd5 14. Bd2 N7b6 15. g4 Na4 16. Qe1 b4 17. g5 Qa5 18. h5 Rc8 19. g6 f5 20. Neg5 h6 21. Nf7 Ndc3+ 22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Bc1 Bxf3 24. Qxe6 Rb8+ 25. Ka1 Qb6 26. Ba3 *
b6b2 a3b2 c3b2 a1b1 a4c3
Qb2+ Bxb2 cxb2+ Kb1 Nc3#
advancedPawn long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
rn3rk1/4pp1p/3p2pB/2q4P/3QP1b1/Pp6/1P2B3/1K1R2NR b - - 0 20
1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. f3 O-O 7. O-O-O a5 8. Bh6 a4 9. h4 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Nce2 b3 12. cxb3 axb3 13. a3 Qa5 14. Qe3 c5 15. h5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qc5+ 17. Kb1 Nxg4 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Be2 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 *
c5c2 b1a1 a8a3 b2a3 c2a2
Qc2+ Ka1 Rxa3+ bxa3 Qa2#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack sacrifice
4rr1k/6pp/Q7/1pp5/3p3q/P2P4/1PP1RPPP/4R1K1 b - - 4 25
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. a3 e6 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. d3 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Ba2 Be6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Re1 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 b5 14. Qf3 d4 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Ne4 Nd6 17. Qg4 Nf5 18. Ng3 Bf6 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Qxf5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Rc8 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Qxa6 Qh4 24. Re2 Rce8 25. Rae1 *
h4f2 e2f2 e8e1 f2f1 e1f1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Rxe1+ Rf1 Rexf1#
deflection endgame kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2r3k1/5ppp/p4b2/3Rp3/P3P3/1R3N2/5PPP/6K1 b - - 0 25
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 Qb6 10. Qb3 a6 11. Bc4 Qxb3 12. Bxb3 dxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bd5 Rb8 16. Rab1 Bb7 17. Bb3 Bg5 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. c4 Bc6 21. cxb5 Bxb5 22. a4 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 d5 24. Rxd5 Rxb3 25. Rxb3 *
c8c1 d5d1 c1d1 f3e1 d1e1
Rc1+ Rd1 Rxd1+ Ne1 Rxe1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
r1b2rk1/p2p1ppp/2p3q1/1p2Pn2/3b1P2/1BNP4/PP2Q1PP/R1B2R1K b - - 1 14
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 Qf6 6. c3 Bc5 7. O-O Ne7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. e5 Qg6 10. cxd4 Bxd4 11. Nc3 c6 12. Kh1 Nf5 13. f4 b5 14. Bb3 *
f5g3 h2g3 g6h6 e2h5 h6h5
Ng3+ hxg3 Qh6+ Qh5 Qxh5#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
3r1r1k/pp4p1/4Q2p/2p1P3/5qP1/7P/PPPN4/2KR1R2 b - - 2 21
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be6 4. Bxe6 fxe6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. f4 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h3 Nf6 15. g4 c5 16. Qxd6 Qf7 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxf4+ 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Rhf1 *
f4d2 d1d2 f8f1 d2d1 f1d1
Qxd2+ Rxd2 Rxf1+ Rd1 Rfxd1#
deflection discoveredAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack
1r3r1k/ppq2p2/4pNp1/4Pn2/8/1R5n/P1P2PPP/5R1K w - - 0 25
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. cxd6 Qxc3+ 10. Bd2 Qf6 11. O-O Qxd6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. e5 Qc7 14. Bf4 e6 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nge7 17. Ne4 O-O 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Qe3 Nf5 20. Qh3 h5 21. Rb3 Ncd4 22. Nxh5 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nxf4 24. Nf6+ Nxh3 *
b3h3 f5h4 h3h4 h8g7 h4h7
Rxh3+ Nh4 Rxh4+ Kg7 Rh7#
exposedKing hookMate kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
3r1r1k/1b3pR1/p3pqn1/1p1p2Rp/4P3/8/PPPQB2P/7K w - - 4 28
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne5 12. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Kxg7 14. Kh1 b5 15. Rg1 Bb7 16. Rg3 Qe5 17. Rh3 h5 18. Rg1 Rad8 19. Rhg3 Kh7 20. Rg5 Qd4 21. Ne2 Qxf2 22. R5g2 Qxf3 23. Ng3 d5 24. Be2 Qf6 25. Nxh5 gxh5 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. R1g5 Ng6 *
g5h5 h8g7 d2h6 g7g8 h6h7
Rxh5+ Kxg7 Qh6+ Kg8 Qh7#
exposedKing kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2r2rk1/p5pp/b3p3/2P1B3/3PQ3/6R1/P2q2PP/4R1K1 b - - 4 25
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nc6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. c5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qb8 13. Qxc6 Bb7 14. Qa4 Ne4 15. O-O Nxc3 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Rab1 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. f3 f6 21. fxe4 fxe5 22. Bxe5 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Qg5 24. Rb3 Qd2 25. Rg3 *
d2f2 g1h1 f2f1 e1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long master mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5qk1/1b3p2/pp1p1r2/3PnN1p/PP2Q1pP/6P1/2B2RK1/8 w - - 0 34
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d5 d6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nge2 h6 8. O-O g5 9. f4 g4 10. f5 h5 11. g3 Kh8 12. Bg5 Kh7 13. Kg2 Rg8 14. h4 Bh8 15. Qd2 Nbd7 16. Rf2 Nc5 17. Bc2 a6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. a4 b6 20. Raf1 Bb7 21. Nd1 Rc8 22. Ne3 Qf8 23. Nc3 c6 24. Bd1 cxd5 25. cxd5 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Nxe4 27. Qc2 Nxf2 28. f6+ e4 29. Rxf2 Rg6 30. Qxe4 Ne5 31. Bc2 Kg8 32. Nf5 Bxf6 33. Bxf6 Rxf6 *
f5e7 f8e7 e4h7 g8f8 h7h8
Ne7+ Qxe7 Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8#
clearance kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
8/p3k3/1q2rpp1/8/1p2R3/8/PPP1Q2P/1K6 b - - 1 30
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 f6 7. Nf4 fxe5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Bc5 10. Qd3 Ne7 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. f4 Kf7 13. O-O-O b5 14. Qf3 Qa5 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Kb1 Raf8 17. Bd3 Nxe5 18. Qe2 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 b4 20. Nxd5+ cxd5 21. Rxd5 Rd8 22. Re5 Rd6 23. f5 Qb6 24. fxe6 Bd4 25. Re4 Rf8 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Bf6 28. g5 Rxe6 29. gxf6+ gxf6 30. Qe2 *
b6g1 e2e1 g1e1 e4e1 e6e1
Qg1+ Qe1 Qxe1+ Rxe1 Rxe1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 xRayAttack
1r5k/p5pp/5p2/2N5/P2P1b2/B6P/4RPP1/7K b - - 0 32
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 c5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. c3 c4 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Re8 10. Re1 Qc7 11. h3 Bf5 12. b3 Nbd7 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Nbd2 Rxe2 15. Rxe2 Bd3 16. Re1 Nb6 17. Ba3 Nbd5 18. Qc1 Bf4 19. Ne5 Ne4 20. Rxe4 Bxe4 21. Qb2 f6 22. Nexc4 Rc8 23. Nxe4 Qxc4 24. Qxb7 Nxc3 25. Nc5 Rb8 26. Qd7 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Qc3 28. Rd1 Qc2 29. Re1 Qd2 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Qxe2 Qxe2 32. Rxe2 *
b8b1 a3c1 b1c1 e2e1 c1e1
Rb1+ Bc1 Rxc1+ Re1 Rxe1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
r5k1/3bQ1pp/3pp3/p1p5/4P3/2qP3P/6P1/5R1K w - - 0 25
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. a3 a6 8. h3 b5 9. Ba2 b4 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Nh2 Qb6 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. f4 Rfb8 15. f5 a5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ng4 Rf8 18. Bg5 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Qxb3 22. Rab1 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qxb2 24. Qe7 Qxc3 *
e7f7 g8h8 f7f8 a8f8 f1f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame fork long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2rq1k1r/1p2b1p1/p3pnQ1/3p4/3P4/2P2N2/PP3PPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 17
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 a6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Bg5 e6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Bh5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Ndf3 Rc8 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kf8 *
f3g5 d8e8 g5e6 f8g8 g6g7
Ng5 Qe8 Nxe6+ Kg8 Qxg7#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
6k1/5pp1/pq5p/4p3/P1r1B3/5Q2/5PPP/1R4K1 b - - 9 27
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Bc4 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 a6 11. a4 O-O 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bf6 16. Qd2 Rb8 17. Rac1 Re8 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Be5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Bxb7 h6 23. Be4 Rc8 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Qe3 Rc4 26. Qf3 Qb6 27. Rb1 *
b6b1 e4b1 c4c1 f3d1 c1d1
Qxb1+ Bxb1 Rc1+ Qd1 Rxd1#
backRankMate endgame fork long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
1k3r2/q5r1/2Qp3p/3Bp3/2N1P1p1/P7/1PP2PPP/R5K1 b - - 13 35
1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d5 Nce7 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Bd3 Rf8 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 e5 11. Nd5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxf6+ Rxf6 14. a3 Qe7 15. Re1 d6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Qd5 Rf7 18. Re3 a6 19. Ba4 b5 20. Bb3 Rg7 21. Rc3 g5 22. Rxc6 O-O-O 23. Rxa6 c6 24. Rxc6+ Bxc6 25. Qxc6+ Qc7 26. Be6+ Kb8 27. Qxb5+ Ka7 28. Bd5 g4 29. Nd2 Qb6 30. Qa4+ Kb8 31. Nc4 Qa7 32. Qb5+ Kc7 33. Qc6+ Kb8 34. Na5 Rf8 35. Nc4 *
a7f2 g1h1 f2f1 a1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r1bq1rk1/p1pp2pp/5p2/2pN1P2/2B1P3/6R1/PP4PP/n1B3K1 w - - 0 16
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Ne7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Qe3 b6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O Bc5 11. Qxc5 bxc5 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. f5 Nxc2 14. Rf3 Nxa1 15. Rg3 f6 *
d5e7 g8h8 e7g6 h7g6 g3h3
Ne7+ Kh8 Ng6+ hxg6 Rh3#
doubleCheck kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2r1k2r/pp3p2/1q6/3p4/2pP4/6p1/PPQ2PP1/RN3RK1 b k - 0 21
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Nh5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Nxg3 7. hxg3 Bg7 8. e3 c5 9. c3 g4 10. Nfd2 Qb6 11. Qb3 c4 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. e4 e6 14. Be2 h5 15. O-O h4 16. Bxg4 hxg3 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Nf3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. cxd4 *
h8h1 g1h1 b6h6 h1g1 h6h2
Rh1+ Kxh1 Qh6+ Kg1 Qh2#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
6k1/pp4pn/2pp3p/8/1r6/7q/4Q3/2RK1R2 w - - 0 31
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. h3 O-O 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Ne2 d6 7. Nd2 Na5 8. Bd5 c6 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 h6 11. Bh4 Qb6 12. O-O Nh7 13. Bg3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. c3 Bxd3 16. b4 Bxf2+ 17. Bxf2 Qb5 18. Re1 Rxf2 19. Kxf2 Qb6+ 20. Kf1 Rf8+ 21. Nf3 e4 22. b3 exf3 23. Qxd3 fxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Qf2+ 25. Kd1 Qxg2 26. Rc1 Rf3 27. Qe2 Qxh3 28. Kc2 Rxc3+ 29. Kd1 Rxb3 30. Rf1 Rxb4 *
e2e8 h7f8 f1f8 g8h7 f8h8
Qe8+ Nf8 Rxf8+ Kh7 Rh8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
2kr2nr/pp1b1ppp/2nB4/1B1N4/Q2P4/7P/Pq1NKP2/8 w - - 2 16
1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qa4 Bd7 7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 Qh4 9. Nf3 Qg4 10. h3 Qxg2 11. Nxd5 Qxh1+ 12. Ke2 Bd6 13. Bf4 Qxa1 14. Bxd6 Qxb2+ 15. Nd2 O-O-O *
d5b6 a7b6 a4a8 c6b8 a8b8
Nb6+ axb6 Qa8+ Nb8 Qxb8#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack sacrifice
k2r1b2/ppQ1p1pr/4R3/2Rp4/3B3p/q1N5/P1P2PPP/6K1 b - - 2 25
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. b4 f6 5. Ne2 Nd7 6. Ng3 Be6 7. Nc3 fxe5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O h5 11. Re1 h4 12. Bh5+ Nxh5 13. Nxh5 Qd6 14. Bf4 Qxb4 15. Bxe5 O-O-O 16. Nf4 Bf5 17. Rb1 Qc5 18. Bd4 Qa5 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. Rxe6 c5 21. Qg4 Kb8 22. Rb5 Qa3 23. Qf4+ Ka8 24. Rxc5 Rh7 25. Qc7 *
a3c1 c3d1 c1d1 e6e1 d1e1
Qc1+ Nd1 Qxd1+ Re1 Qxe1#
fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame
8/1p5p/p3N1pk/3K4/r7/4r3/8/6R1 w - - 0 41
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nb5 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bg5 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Bf5 11. e4 Re8 12. f3 d5 13. O-O-O dxe4 14. fxe4 Bg4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rd2 Bg5 17. Nf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qxd3 19. cxd3 Rad8 20. Kc2 Bxd2 21. Kxd2 f5 22. Nd5 Kf7 23. Nxc7 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rxe4 25. Rf1+ Kg8 26. Nb5 Re5 27. a4 a6 28. Nc3 Rf8 29. Rg1 Ref5 30. Kc2 Rf2+ 31. Kb3 Rxh2 32. Ne4 Kg7 33. Nc5 Rf7 34. Ne6+ Kh6 35. Nd8 Rd7 36. Ne6 Rxd3+ 37. Kc4 Re3 38. Nd4 Rxb2 39. Kd5 Rb4 40. Ne6 Rxa4 *
g1h1 e3h3 h1h3 a4h4 h3h4
Rh1+ Rh3 Rxh3+ Rh4 Rxh4#
anastasiaMate endgame long mate mateIn3
6k1/1pp2R2/p5p1/2P3r1/P7/3q4/6P1/5R1K w - - 0 35
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. c4 Nde7 7. Bxf4 d5 8. c5 Be6 9. Nc3 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. a4 a6 15. Nc3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Nh4 Nxh4 18. Bxh4 Ne7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxd5 Qe6 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Qd5 23. Qd2 Rcd8 24. Rd1 Rd7 25. b4 Rfd8 26. Qg5 Qb3 27. Rdf1 Qxb4 28. h4 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 Rf8 30. h5 Qd3 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. e6 Rd5 33. exf7+ Rxf7 34. Rxf7 Rxg5 *
f7f8 g8h7 f1f7 h7h6 f8h8
Rf8+ Kh7 R1f7+ Kh6 Rh8#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3 queenRookEndgame
r1b2rk1/1p2b1p1/pq2p1P1/3pn3/1P1P4/P1N1P3/6P1/R2QK2R w KQ - 0 18
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Be7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. h4 f6 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ng5+ fxg5 16. hxg5+ Kg8 17. g6 Nxe5 *
h1h8 g8h8 d1h5 h8g8 h5h7
Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh5+ Kg8 Qh7#
attraction fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
R1b2rk1/6pp/4p1p1/3pP3/1Q1N4/1p6/2q2PPP/4R1K1 b - - 2 21
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 Ng6 8. Bxg6 fxg6 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 O-O 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Nb3 a5 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 axb4 15. a4 bxa4 16. Bd2 b3 17. cxb3 axb3 18. Rxa8 Qc7 19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. Qxb4 Qc2 21. Nd4 *
c2f2 g1h1 f2f1 e1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
rnb1kb1r/pp3ppp/2p5/8/2P2P2/5N2/PP1B2PP/R2Q1BKR b kq - 0 13
1. d4 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Ng4 4. Nf3 d6 5. e3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxf2 7. Kxf2 Qf6+ 8. Kg1 d5 9. Nxd5 Qe5 10. Nf3 Qd6 11. Bd2 c6 12. Nf4 Qxf4 13. exf4 *
f8c5 f3d4 c5d4 d2e3 d4e3
Bc5+ Nd4 Bxd4+ Be3 Bxe3#
doubleBishopMate kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 opening
2kr1b1r/2p2ppp/3p1n2/2pPn3/Q3P3/5q1P/PPPK4/R4B1R w - - 2 17
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 Bg4+ 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bxf4 Nf6 8. h3 Bxf3+ 9. gxf3 Qxf4 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nb5 O-O-O 12. Nxa7+ Kb8 13. Nc6+ bxc6 14. Qd4 Qxf3+ 15. Kd2 c5 16. Qa4 Kc8 *
f1a6 c8b8 a4b5 b8a7 b5b7
Ba6+ Kb8 Qb5+ Ka7 Qb7#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack
1r4k1/2q3p1/p3R2p/b2p4/2pP3N/6P1/1rQ1RPP1/6K1 w - - 0 32
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. O-O Be6 8. Re1 h6 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. a4 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. a5 Qc7 13. Ndf3 Bd6 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Bg3 c4 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Qe3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Rab8 20. c3 Bf5 21. Re3 c5 22. Rae1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Bb4 24. Qe2 Bxa5 25. Nh4 Be6 26. Neg6 Kh7 27. Qc2 Kg8 28. R1e2 Rb4 29. Nf4 Reb8 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxb2 *
e6e8 b8e8 e2e8 g8f7 c2g6
Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Kf7 Qg6#
killBoxMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
3r1rk1/1Q2R2R/2p2qp1/2Pp4/1P3p2/5P2/P1B3PP/7K b - - 4 33
1. d4 g6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 d6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. c4 a5 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. c5 d5 10. Na4 Nh5 11. Ne5 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Rb8 14. Nb6 e6 15. Qa4 f5 16. Qxa5 f4 17. f3 Bd7 18. b4 Qh4 19. Nxd7 Rfd8 20. Qc7 Rbc8 21. Qd6 Bf8 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Nf6 Bg7 24. Qf7 Rf8 25. Qxb7 Bxf6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Bc2 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 Rfe8 29. Rae1 Rf8 30. Re7 Qf6 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32. Re1 Rcd8 33. Ree7 *
f6a1 c2b1 a1b1 e7e1 b1e1
Qa1+ Bb1 Qxb1+ Re1 Qxe1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
8/8/4P1kp/2R2Np1/2P5/1P4K1/r7/4n3 b - - 0 35
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rad1 Be6 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. b3 Rd8 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Nd4 Kf7 18. c4 c5 19. Nb5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 c6 21. Nxa7 Ra8 22. Rd7 Ke8 23. Rb7 Rd8 24. h4 Rd2 25. Kh2 Rxf2 26. Rxb6 Rxa2 27. Nxc6 Nf5 28. Rb5 Nxh4 29. Kg3 Nxg2 30. Rxc5 Ne1 31. Nd4 g5 32. Nxe6 Ke7 33. Ng7 Kf7 34. Nf5 Kg6 35. e6 *
a2g2 g3h3 g5g4 h3h4 e1f3
Rg2+ Kh3 g4+ Kh4 Nf3#
endgame exposedKing long master mate mateIn3
4q3/1k6/1pp5/5Pb1/3P2Pp/1N1Q4/1PP3PP/6K1 b - - 1 31
1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Bd3 h6 6. O-O g5 7. Re1 e6 8. Be3 g4 9. Nd2 h5 10. f3 Ngf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nb3 h4 14. fxg4 Bg5 15. Qf3 Qe7 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nf4 Qe7 18. a4 O-O-O 19. a5 Rdg8 20. axb6 axb6 21. Ba6 f5 22. exf5 d5 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. Nxd5 Qd8 25. Nf6+ c6 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Rxe6 Rc8 28. Rae1 Rhe8 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Qd3 *
e8e1 d3f1 g5e3 g1h1 e1f1
Qe1+ Qf1 Be3+ Kh1 Qxf1#
deflection endgame long mate mateIn3
r2r1bk1/1b5p/p4Pp1/1p2N1P1/4P2Q/1PPpq2P/6K1/R4R2 w - - 1 31
1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Be2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. O-O Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nh2 e5 13. f5 Rfd8 14. g5 Nd7 15. f6 Bf8 16. Ng4 Nb6 17. Qe1 d5 18. Qh4 d4 19. Bf2 dxc3 20. bxc3 c4 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Nf3 cxd3 23. Bd1 Nc4 24. Bb3 N6a5 25. Kg2 Qc6 26. Bb6 Qxb6 27. Nxf7+ Kg8 28. N3xe5 Nxb3 29. axb3 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Qe3 *
f6f7 g8h8 e5g6 h8g7 h4h6
f7+ Kh8 Nxg6+ Kg7 Qh6#
advancedPawn kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame pin
r1bq1nk1/ppp3p1/4p1Qp/4P1b1/3P4/2PB4/P1P3PP/5RK1 w - - 1 16
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Ngf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O dxe5 8. fxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 f6 11. Ng5 fxg5 12. Qh5 h6 13. Bxg5 Bxg5 14. Qg6 Rxf1+ 15. Rxf1 Nf8 *
g6f7 g8h8 f7f8 d8f8 f1f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qxf8+ Qxf8 Rxf8#
deflection kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
r5k1/5p2/7p/4Q3/3P1Ppq/4P2P/1R4PK/8 b - - 3 43
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qa4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 c6 12. O-O Nb6 13. Qb4 Bf5 14. a4 Rab8 15. a5 Nd7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Be4 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. Qb3 Rfe8 20. f4 Be4 21. Rf2 Bd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Qxd5 Rbd8 24. Qb3 Qa6 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. Ne5 Re7 27. h3 Ne4 28. Rc2 b6 29. Nc6 Red7 30. Nxd8 Rxd8 31. Qc4 Qb7 32. Qc6 Qe7 33. axb6 axb6 34. Qxb6 Re8 35. Ra7 Qh4 36. Re2 Ng3 37. Raa2 Nxe2+ 38. Rxe2 Ra8 39. Kh2 g5 40. Qf6 Qh5 41. Rf2 g4 42. Qe5 Qh4 43. Rb2 *
g4g3 h2g1 a8a1 b2b1 a1b1
g3+ Kg1 Ra1+ Rb1 Rxb1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
5k2/2R5/1PQ5/2Pp1n2/5P2/2b1r3/2K3P1/8 b - - 12 42
1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nc3 Qd7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O-O 11. b3 f6 12. Qe2 g5 13. Bh2 Nb4 14. Rfb1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 h5 16. b4 g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. c5 d5 19. Nb5 Kb8 20. a4 f5 21. Nxc7 Qxc7 22. Bxc7+ Kxc7 23. b5 e5 24. a5 g3 25. fxg3 f4 26. gxf4 exf4 27. exf4 Rh5 28. b6+ axb6 29. axb6+ Kd7 30. Qb5+ Ke6 31. Re1+ Kf7 32. Ra7 Bxd4+ 33. Kf1 Re8 34. Rxb7 Rh1+ 35. Ke2 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 Kf8 37. Kd2 Nf5 38. Qc6 Be3+ 39. Kd3 Bd4 40. Rc7 Re3+ 41. Kd2 Bc3+ 42. Kc2 *
f5d4 c2b1 e3e1 b1a2 e1a1
Nd4+ Kb1 Re1+ Ka2 Ra1#
endgame exposedKing fork long mate mateIn3
r4r2/ppR2nbp/kn4p1/N2p2B1/PP6/8/2p2PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 25
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Ng5+ Ke8 9. Qf3 Qe7 10. O-O g6 11. Re1 Bg7 12. e6 d5 13. Qf7+ Qxf7 14. exf7+ Kd8 15. Ne6+ Bxe6 16. Rxe6 Ne5 17. Bg5+ Kd7 18. Re7+ Kc6 19. Nd2 Rhf8 20. Nb3 Nxf7 21. Na5+ Kb5 22. b4 dxc3 23. Rxc7 Ka6 24. a4 c2 *
b4b5 a6a5 g5d2 g7c3 d2c3
b5+ Kxa5 Bd2+ Bc3 Bxc3#
exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
rn3rk1/pp4pp/2p2q2/8/3PR3/2P5/P1P3PP/R1BQ2K1 b - - 0 17
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. exf5 e4 5. Ng5 Bxf5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Be2 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. f3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 exf3 13. Bxf3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Re1 Qf6 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 *
f6f2 g1h1 f2f1 d1f1 f8f1
Qf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Qxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
8/1b4k1/p3pr2/1p3p1Q/3P1P2/1P2pNq1/2P5/2R3RK b - - 1 35
1. d4 c5 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3 a6 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Rxa3 O-O 11. Qd3 b5 12. Ra2 Nc6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Ne5 Nb4 15. Raa1 Rc8 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. f4 Ne8 18. Ne2 f6 19. Nf3 h6 20. Ng3 f5 21. Ne5 Qd6 22. Qe2 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Nf6 24. Rac1 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Qe2 Qb4 27. Qh5 Rc3 28. g4 Rxe3 29. g5 Qc3 30. gxh6 Rg3+ 31. hxg3 Qxg3+ 32. Kh1 e3+ 33. Nf3 Rf6 34. hxg7 Kxg7 35. Rg1 *
b7f3 h5f3 f6h6 f3h5 h6h5
Bxf3+ Qxf3 Rh6+ Qh5 Rxh5#
exposedKing fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame
rn1r2k1/pp3ppp/2pq4/5Q2/8/2P1P1P1/PP2NPBP/R3K2R b KQ - 0 15
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Bxc3 6. dxc3 exd5 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxd5 c6 10. Qf3 Qg6 11. e3 Rd8 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Qe4 Qd6 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Qxf5 *
d6d2 e1f1 d2d1 a1d1 d8d1
Qd2+ Kf1 Qd1+ Rxd1 Rxd1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5rk1/p5b1/bq4pB/8/4Q2R/2P5/PP3PPP/3R2K1 b - - 16 27
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. e5 Ng8 8. e6 Nf6 9. exf7+ Kxf7 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Ng5+ Kg8 12. Qc4+ d5 13. Qxc6 h6 14. Qxa8 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qxe7 Qa5+ 19. c3 Kh7 20. O-O Qb6 21. Rad1 Rf8 22. Rd4 Bc8 23. Rh4+ Kg8 24. Bh6 Rf7 25. Qe8+ Rf8 26. Qe4 Ba6 27. Rd1 *
b6f2 g1h1 f2f1 d1f1 f8f1
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2r1rb2/pb1R1p1k/1p3p1p/2P1qN2/8/6Q1/PP3PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 25
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 h6 9. Rd1 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb7 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Nb4 17. Qd2 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf6 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. Bh4 c5 21. Qg3 Kh7 22. dxc5 Qc7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rd7 Qxe5 *
d7f7 h7h8 f7f8 e8f8 g3g7
Rxf7+ Kh8 Rxf8+ Rxf8 Qg7#
fork long mate mateIn3 middlegame
8/1P2R3/2Np4/pr6/8/2n5/2P2k2/2K5 b - - 0 47
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qh5 Qf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d3 h6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bg5 Qg6 8. Qxg6 fxg6 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. g4 g5 12. a3 a6 13. b4 Ba7 14. a4 Nf8 15. b5 a5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. d4 h5 20. dxe5 hxg4 21. exf6 gxf3 22. fxg7 Nxg7 23. Rf1 Rxh3 24. Nd1 g4 25. Nf2 Rh4 26. O-O-O O-O-O 27. Rg1 Rh2 28. Nxg4 Re2 29. Rdf1 Rf8 30. b6 Ne6 31. Rg3 Ng5 32. Kd1 Nxe4 33. Rgxf3 Rxf3 34. Rxf3 Nc3+ 35. Kc1 Nxa4 36. Rf8+ Kd7 37. Nf6+ Ke7 38. Nh7 Rxe3 39. Rb8 Re5 40. Rxb7+ Ke6 41. Nf8+ Kf5 42. Rf7+ Ke4 43. b7 Rb5 44. Ne6 Nc3 45. Nd8 Ke3 46. Re7+ Kf2 47. Nxc6 *
c3a2 c1d2 b5d5 c6d4 d5d4
Na2+ Kd2 Rd5+ Nd4 Rxd4#
endgame long mate mateIn3
6kr/4n1p1/4ppp1/1q2P1N1/2RP4/7P/5PP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 31
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c3 e6 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. Bxg6 hxg6 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. Rc1 c4 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. e4 Qd7 14. a4 Kf8 15. O-O Re8 16. e5 Ng8 17. b3 cxb3 18. Nxb3 b6 19. Qb5 Qc7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Rxc4 Rc8 22. Rfc1 Nge7 23. a5 Qb7 24. Nc5 Qa8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Nd7+ Kg8 27. Nxb6 Qb7 28. Ng5 f6 29. Nxc8 Qxb5 30. Nxe7+ Nxe7 *
c4c8 e7c8 c1c8 b5e8 c8e8
Rc8+ Nxc8 Rxc8+ Qe8 Rxe8#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2r1r1k1/1b3p1p/p2q1Bp1/3P2P1/1p4R1/3p3Q/PPP4P/1K6 w - - 0 24
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O-O g6 11. Rhe1 Bg7 12. g4 Rc8 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxd4 16. Bxe7 Be5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf6 O-O 19. Rxe5 dxe5 20. Qh3 Qd6 21. g5 Rfe8 22. Rg1 e4 23. Rg4 exd3 *
h3h7 g8h7 g4h4 h7g8 h4h8
Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh4+ Kg8 Rh8#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r4r1k/3Q4/p6p/4R1pq/3N2n1/2N1B1P1/PP3P1P/R5K1 b - - 0 26
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. Nc3 Ng4 6. d4 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. dxe5 Be7 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. e5 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Bg5 f6 13. Rfd1 Qe8 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qc4+ Kh8 16. Re1 h6 17. Bf4 Qg6 18. Rxe7 Bh3 19. g3 Qxc2 20. Re2 Qf5 21. Qxc6 Bg4 22. Nd4 Qh5 23. Re5 g5 24. Be3 Bd7 25. Qxc7 Ng4 26. Qxd7 *
h5h2 g1f1 f8f2 e3f2 h2f2
Qxh2+ Kf1 Rxf2+ Bxf2 Qxf2#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
2q3k1/5pp1/5n1p/3N3r/1P6/P4bP1/3Q1PP1/2R2RK1 b - - 0 23
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bg3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Re8 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. O-O Bg4 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. a3 Ne5 16. b4 b6 17. Bxa6 bxc5 18. Bxc8 cxd4 19. exd4 Qxc8 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd2 Rh5 22. Rac1 Bf3 23. Nxd5 *
h5h1 g1h1 c8h3 h1g1 h3g2
Rh1+ Kxh1 Qh3+ Kg1 Qxg2#
attraction long master mate mateIn3 middlegame pin sacrifice
r1qr3k/pp3pb1/1np1p3/8/3P3P/2N2PR1/PP1Q2P1/2KR4 w - - 0 23
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Qd8 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Nge2 e6 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. h4 h6 9. Be3 c6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. c5 O-O 14. f3 Qc7 15. Rh3 Rfd8 16. Nge4 Nxc5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qd2 Nd7 19. Bf4 Qc8 20. Rg3 Kh8 21. Bxh6 Nb6 22. Bxg7+ Bxg7 *
d2g5 d8g8 g5h5 g7h6 h5h6
Qg5 Rg8 Qh5+ Bh6+ Qxh6#
exposedKing kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
8/1b4p1/p3p1Pr/1p1p4/3N4/2PBk3/PP5r/1K3R2 w - - 21 42
1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Bb3 Bd7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bf4 Bc6 8. Qf3 Bd6 9. Nh3 Bxf4 10. Qxf4 Qf6 11. O-O-O Qxf4+ 12. Nxf4 Nf6 13. h4 Ng4 14. f3 Nf2 15. Kb1 Nxh1 16. Rxh1 Nd7 17. g4 Nf6 18. g5 Nd7 19. Nd3 b6 20. f4 b5 21. Rf1 h6 22. f5 hxg5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. hxg5 Ke7 25. g6 Raf8 26. Rg1 Rf6 27. Ne5 Bb7 28. Ne2 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Rf5 30. Nd4 Rxe5 31. c3 Rh6 32. Bc2 Kf6 33. Rf1+ Kg5 34. Nf3+ Kf4 35. Nd4+ Ke3 36. Rf3+ Kd2 37. Rf2+ Ke1 38. Rg2 Reh5 39. Bd3 Rh2 40. Rg1+ Kf2 41. Rf1+ Ke3 *
f1f3 e3d2 d4b3 d2e1 f3f1
Rf3+ Kd2 Nb3+ Ke1 Rf1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
2k4r/5Rp1/2b1p3/4P2r/1P1B4/2P5/5PP1/1N2RK2 b - - 2 26
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. e5 Ng4 7. d4 dxe5 8. Qa4 Qd5 9. dxe5 Bf5 10. O-O c4 11. Re1 Bd3 12. b3 Qc5 13. Nd4 Qb6 14. h3 cxb3 15. axb3 e6 16. hxg4 Bc5 17. Qxc6+ Qxc6 18. Nxc6 h5 19. b4 Bb6 20. gxh5 Rxh5 21. Be3 Bb5 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Bc6 24. Rxa7 O-O-O 25. Rxf7 Rdh8 26. Kf1 *
c6b5 c3c4 b5c4 e1e2 h5h1
Bb5+ c4 Bxc4+ Re2 Rh1#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame pin
r1bq3k/1pp1b1p1/p1n1p3/5rN1/2PPQ3/P3P3/1P3PP1/R3KB2 w Q - 0 16
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nc6 7. a3 a6 8. Qc2 h6 9. h4 hxg5 10. hxg5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 f5 13. gxf6 Rxf6 14. Ng5 Rf5 15. Rh8+ Kxh8 *
e4h4 h8g8 h4h7 g8f8 h7h8
Qh4+ Kg8 Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame
2k4r/ppp1q1p1/3b2p1/3Q4/1P2NPn1/P1P5/6P1/R1B2RKN b - - 0 21
1. e4 d5 2. e5 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. c3 Qd7 5. Bd3 O-O-O 6. a3 e6 7. Ne2 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. b4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. h3 Re8 14. O-O Bd6 15. f4 Neg4 16. hxg4 Nxg4 17. Qf3 Rh4 18. Qxd5 Reh8 19. Nd2 Qe7 20. Nde4 Rh1+ 21. Nxh1 *
h8h1 g1h1 e7h4 h1g1 h4h2
Rxh1+ Kxh1 Qh4+ Kg1 Qh2#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
3r2k1/6pp/8/5Q2/2pP4/2q3P1/5RKP/8 w - - 0 36
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e5 Be7 10. Bg2 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Re3 Ne7 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nf5 17. Re2 Qe7 18. Rd2 c5 19. Qa4 Rad8 20. Rad1 a6 21. Qc2 f6 22. Qb2 fxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qb7+ 25. Kg1 b5 26. a4 Nh6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Nd3 c4 29. Nc5 Qf3 30. Nxe6 Ng4 31. Nxd8 Nxf2 32. Rxf2 Qxd1+ 33. Kg2 Rxd8 34. Qxb5 Qd3 35. Qf5 Qxc3 *
f5f7 g8h8 f7f8 d8f8 f2f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
r1b2rk1/p4ppp/2p5/6q1/6P1/3p1Q1P/PPP5/1K2RR2 w - - 0 18
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Be3 Bxe3 5. fxe3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. g4 c6 9. Nxe5 d5 10. exd5 Nfxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qf3 Qg5 13. Nc4 b5 14. O-O-O bxc4 15. Kb1 Nxe3 16. Re1 Nxf1 17. Rhxf1 cxd3 *
f3f7 f8f7 e1e8 f7f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Rxf7 Re8+ Rf8 Rfxf8#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r5k1/pp1b2p1/1q2p2p/3pP3/6P1/2N1n3/PP3Q1P/1B3RK1 w - - 0 21
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nh6 6. Nf3 Nf5 7. Bd3 Nxe3 8. fxe3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. Qd2 h6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rf2 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Raf1 Bd7 16. Bb1 Ne7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxf2 19. Qxf2 Nf5 20. g4 Nxe3 *
f2f7 g8h8 f7f8 a8f8 f1f8
Qf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
fork long master mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
r2k1r2/pppn2Q1/3p3p/8/8/1PP1R2P/Pq2B2K/8 w - - 4 26
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O h6 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. gxf5 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Qg5+ 16. Kh2 Qxe3 17. Qg4 Nd7 18. Rf3 Qe5+ 19. Rg3 Qxa1 20. c3 Qb2+ 21. Be2 g6 22. fxg6 Kg7 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qg7+ Ke8 25. Re3+ Kd8 *
g7e7 d8c8 e7e8 f8e8 e3e8
Qe7+ Kc8 Qe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
8/1Q4pk/5prp/8/1P5q/P2r3P/5RP1/5R1K b - - 2 33
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Ne7 11. Bc4 c6 12. a3 Ba5 13. Nh2 Bc7 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 d5 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bb3 Ng6 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Rae8 21. Bxd5 Qxc2 22. Qxg6 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Qxd5 24. Qg3 Re6 25. b4 Rg6 26. Qf3 Qg5 27. Rad1 f6 28. Rf2 Re8 29. Rdf1 Re3 30. Qxb7 Rxd3 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Qxa7 Qh4 33. Qb7 *
d3h3 g2h3 h4h3 f2h2 h3f1
Rxh3+ gxh3 Qxh3+ Rh2 Qxf1#
deflection endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2k5/p1p2p1p/1p5r/P2BB3/1b2Pp1q/5K1P/8/R4Q1R b - - 0 28
1. b3 Nc6 2. Bb2 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. d4 Nf6 5. d5 Na5 6. b4 Nxc4 7. Bd4 Nxd5 8. e4 Nf4 9. Bxc4 Nxg2+ 10. Kf1 Nf4 11. f3 d6 12. Nc3 e5 13. Be3 g5 14. a4 Qf6 15. Nge2 O-O-O 16. a5 g4 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. Bd4 Qh4 19. Bxh8 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 gxf3 21. Qf1 Qg4+ 22. Kf2 d5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxb4 25. Bf6 Rd6 26. Be5 Rh6 27. h3 Qh4+ 28. Kxf3 *
h4g3 f3e2 g3e3 e2d1 e3d2
Qg3+ Ke2 Qe3+ Kd1 Qd2#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
2r3k1/p2Q1p1p/1p2p1p1/4P3/q4P2/6P1/PP5P/1K1R4 b - - 9 30
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 b6 6. Ne2 Bb7 7. f3 Nd5 8. Qd2 Nxf4 9. Nxf4 Bd6 10. Ne2 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qh3 12. Nf4 Bxf4 13. exf4 cxd4 14. Bf1 dxc3 15. Nxc3 Qh5 16. Ne4 O-O 17. Be2 Na5 18. O-O-O Rac8+ 19. Kb1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxe4+ 21. fxe4 Rxc4 22. Qxd7 Qa5 23. e5 g6 24. Rc1 Rfc8 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qd8+ Kg7 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Qe7 Qa4 30. Qd7 *
a4c2 b1a1 c2c1 d1c1 c8c1
Qc2+ Ka1 Qc1+ Rxc1 Rxc1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
3r4/1p5p/2kb3R/p4NP1/Prp2P2/K3P3/1P6/3R4 b - - 0 34
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 c6 7. h3 Bd6 8. g4 fxg4 9. hxg4 Nd7 10. g5 Qf7 11. e3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bd3 g6 15. f4 Bd6 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Qxf5 gxf5 19. Rh6 Bc5 20. O-O-O O-O-O 21. Re1 Rde8 22. Nf1 Re7 23. Kd2 Rhe8 24. Rh3 Kd7 25. a4 a5 26. Kd3 Bd6 27. Rd1 c5 28. c4 dxc4+ 29. Kxc4 Kc6 30. Rh6 Re4+ 31. Kb3 Rb4+ 32. Ka3 Rd8 33. Ng3 c4 34. Nxf5 *
b4a4 a3a4 b7b5 a4a5 d8a8
Rxa4+ Kxa4 b5+ Kxa5 Ra8#
attraction doubleCheck endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
5rk1/1pp3pp/1p2R3/8/3q4/P5QP/1PP2rP1/2R4K b - - 1 22
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Nc3 Qh4 9. Nxe4 Qxe4 10. Re1 Qh4 11. Be3 O-O 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. Bxd7 Rd8 14. e6 fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Qf3 Bxe6 17. Rxe6 Rd2 18. Rc1 Kg8 19. a3 Rf8 20. Qg3 Qd4 21. h3 Rdxf2 22. Kh1 *
f2f1 c1f1 f8f1 h1h2 d4g1
Rf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1+ Kh2 Qg1#
endgame long mate mateIn3
r5k1/2Q2ppp/8/8/3Pq2n/p3P3/P5PP/5RK1 w - - 2 38
1. d4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nfd2 d5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nb3 Bb4 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Bb5 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne7 11. Nc5 b6 12. Nb3 Ng6 13. Bg3 a6 14. Be2 Qd7 15. c4 a5 16. Qc1 a4 17. Nd2 c6 18. Re1 b5 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qa5 22. Bf1 Rac8 23. Nc4 Qd8 24. Rb1 Nh5 25. Nb6 Nxg3 26. Nxc8 Nxf1 27. Rxf1 Qxc8 28. Rb6 Qc7 29. Rxc6 Qa5 30. Rc5 Qb4 31. Rxf5 Nh4 32. Rc5 a3 33. Rc8 Ng6 34. Ra8 Rxa8 35. f3 Qe7 36. fxe4 Qxe4 37. Qc7 Nh4 *
c7f7 g8h8 f7f8 a8f8 f1f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
3R4/ppp3rk/5Q2/8/2q5/5P2/1P1R1KPr/8 b - - 7 34
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Ng5 Nf6 5. d6 Qxd6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nc6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. d3 Nb4 13. O-O Nxc2 14. Rb1 Nb4 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. Ne4 Qxd3 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. Qxb4 gxh6 20. Qg4+ Rg7 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Qxh6 Qd5 23. f3 Qxa2 24. Qf6 Rg8 25. Rfc1 h6 26. Qxh6+ Rh7 27. Qf6+ Rgg7 28. Ra1 Qd5 29. Rd1 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 Rxh2 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rad1 Qc2 33. R1d2 Qc4+ 34. Kf2 *
g7g2 f2e3 g2e2 d2e2 h2e2
Rgxg2+ Ke3 Re2+ Rxe2 Rxe2#
endgame killBoxMate long mate mateIn3
7r/p1b1kp2/5p2/P3p3/1P1P2p1/3Q2Pr/5P1P/3R3K b - - 0 28
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 d6 9. O-O h5 10. a3 Bc5 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Be2 Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxg4 hxg4 15. g3 Ke7 16. Kg2 Rh3 17. b4 Rah8 18. Rh1 Bd4 19. Rb1 Bxc3 20. Qd3 Bd4 21. c3 Bb6 22. a4 d5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. a5 Bc7 25. Rbd1 d4 26. cxd4 Qd5+ 27. Kg1 Qxh1+ 28. Kxh1 *
h3h2 h1g1 h2h1 g1g2 h8h2
Rxh2+ Kg1 Rh1+ Kg2 R8h2#
endgame long mate mateIn3
r5k1/2p1Rr1p/p1p3pQ/q4p2/5P2/8/5PPP/4R1K1 w - - 4 24
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 a6 5. c3 Bd6 6. c4 Bxf4 7. exf4 Nf6 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. Bd3 Be4 11. O-O Bc6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qb4 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Qxd4 18. Rfe1 f5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rad1 Qxb2 21. Rxe6 Qxa2 22. Rde1 Qa5 23. Re7 Rf7 *
e7e8 a8e8 e1e8 f7f8 e8f8
Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Rf8 Rxf8#
endgame killBoxMate long mate mateIn3
r3k2r/1p2ppbp/pq1p2p1/3N4/3nPPn1/3B4/PPPQ2PP/R1B2RK1 b kq - 3 16
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qxc5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qb4 12. Bc1 Nd4 13. Qe3 Ng4 14. Qd2 a6 15. O-O Qb6 16. Nd5 *
d4e2 g1h1 b6g1 f1g1 g4f2
Ne2+ Kh1 Qg1+ Rxg1 Nf2#
doubleCheck kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice smotheredMate
5rk1/1pQ3pp/8/p5K1/1p1N4/1P2P1P1/5PBP/3q4 b - - 6 32
1. d4 e5 2. c4 exd4 3. Qxd4 c5 4. Qd2 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. e3 d6 8. b3 O-O 9. Ke2 Nc6 10. g3 a5 11. Bg2 Nb4 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Kf1 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Nfxd5 16. Bb2 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. a3 Rad8 19. axb4 Nc3 20. Qc2 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nxd1 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qc2 Qa1+ 24. Ke2 cxb4 25. Nd4 f4 26. Qc7 Qb2+ 27. Kf1 Qb1+ 28. Ke2 f3+ 29. Kxf3 Qd1+ 30. Ke4 Re8+ 31. Kf4 Rf8+ 32. Kg5 *
h7h6 g5h4 g7g5 h4h3 d1h5
h6+ Kh4 g5+ Kh3 Qh5#
endgame long mate mateIn3
N4Q2/1p6/p5kp/2P3b1/1P4K1/P3P1P1/6PP/2q5 b - - 10 35
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. c5 Nc6 5. Bf4 a6 6. b4 h6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 f5 13. O-O g5 14. a3 g4 15. Nd2 Bg5 16. Qe2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bc2 Re8 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Nc4 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Qxg4 Qe7 23. Nd5 Qg7 24. Qxc4 Qxa1+ 25. Kf2 Qb2+ 26. Kf3 Rf8 27. Nxc7+ Kh7 28. Qe4 Rxf5+ 29. Qxf5+ Kg7 30. Nxa8 Qc1 31. Qe5+ Kf7 32. Qc7+ Ke6 33. Qd6+ Kf5 34. Qf8+ Kg6 35. Kg4 *
c1d1 f8f3 d1d7 f3f5 d7f5
Qd1+ Qf3 Qd7+ Qf5+ Qxf5#
endgame long mate mateIn3
2r1r1k1/p2p1pBp/1b2pPp1/8/P2nP2Q/8/B2R2PP/7K b - - 0 30
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Bg5 Qa5+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. O-O Bc5 10. Nd4 Nge7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. f4 b4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. cxb4 Bxb4 15. Qf3 Rac8 16. a3 Bc5 17. Ra2 Bb5 18. Rd1 Qa6 19. Nc3 Qb6 20. Nxb5 Qxb5 21. a4 Qb4 22. Rad2 Nc6 23. Ba2 Nd4 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. f5 Bb6 26. f6 g6 27. Bh6 Rfe8 28. Bg7+ Kg8 29. Qh4 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 *
c8c1 d2d1 c1d1 h4e1 d1e1
Rc1+ Rd1 Rxd1+ Qe1 Rxe1#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame
5rk1/5p1p/5Qp1/7P/1p1p4/pPqP1P2/P1PR1P2/3K2R1 b - - 2 25
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nf6 9. Bxd4 Bxd4 10. Qd2 c6 11. Rg1 g6 12. O-O-O d5 13. Bb3 a5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Ne2 O-O 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qg5 b5 18. Bxd5 a4 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Qxf6 b4 21. h4 a3 22. b3 Qd5 23. Rd2 Qc5 24. h5 Qc3 25. Kd1 *
c3a1 d1e2 f8e8 f6e7 e8e7
Qa1+ Ke2 Re8+ Qe7 Rxe7#
endgame long mate mateIn3
4n2k/1b3pbP/p3p2B/1p6/4q1Q1/1N1r4/2K5/6R1 w - - 0 34
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. f3 O-O 8. Be3 a6 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. a3 Be7 12. Bf4 d6 13. Nb3 Rd8 14. Qe3 b5 15. h4 Bb7 16. g4 Nc4 17. Qf2 Rac8 18. h5 Nxb2 19. Bd2 Nxd1 20. Kxd1 d5 21. g5 Ne8 22. Bd3 dxe4 23. fxe4 Bxa3 24. g6 Nf6 25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. h6 Bf8 27. hxg7+ Bxg7 28. Qh4 Qe5 29. Qg4 Rxc3 30. Rg1 Ne8 31. Bh6 Rcxd3+ 32. cxd3 Rxd3+ 33. Kc2 Qxe4 *
h6g7 h8h7 g4h5 h7g8 h5h8
Bxg7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Qh8#
exposedKing long mate mateIn3 middlegame
2k1r3/1pp2ppp/p3r3/8/6n1/2PQB1Pq/PP1R1P1P/5RK1 w - - 6 19
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 O-O-O 8. c3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. O-O Bd6 12. g3 a6 13. Nd2 Rhe8 14. Nc4 Qf5 15. Nxd6+ Rxd6 16. Rad1 Rde6 17. Qd3 Qh3 18. Rd2 Ng4 *
d3d7 c8b8 d7d8 e8d8 d2d8
Qd7+ Kb8 Qd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack sacrifice
3k4/pp4p1/2P5/1B1bp3/6P1/BPR2P2/P5K1/3r3r w - - 1 29
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O e6 8. c4 Nb6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. b3 Bf6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bb2 h5 14. Rc1 hxg4 15. hxg4 Bg5 16. d5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. dxe6 Bxc1 19. exf7+ Bxf7 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxc1 Rd2 22. Ba3 Be6 23. c5 Nd5 24. Bb5+ Kd8 25. c6 Nxc3 26. Rxc3 Rd1+ 27. Kg2 Bd5+ 28. f3 Rhh1 *
c6c7 d8c8 b5d7 c8d7 c7c8q
c7+ Kc8 Bd7+ Kxd7 c8=Q#
advancedPawn attraction endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3 promotion
4kb2/1b1p3p/pQ2N3/4P1rq/3n3P/8/PPP3P1/R6K w - - 0 26
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bc4 exf4 5. d4 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e5 Nh5 8. O-O g5 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Nxg5 Qxg5 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Rg8 13. Qf3 Nxd4 14. Qf2 Bc5 15. Kh1 b6 16. h4 Qg4 17. Bxf7 Rg7 18. Bxh5 Qxh5 19. Bxf4 Bb7 20. Bg5+ Rxg5 21. Qf6+ Be7 22. Qxb6+ Ke8 23. Nc7+ Kd8 24. Ne6+ Ke8 25. Rf8+ Bxf8 *
b6d8 e8f7 d8f6 f7g8 f6f8
Qd8+ Kf7 Qf6+ Kg8 Qxf8#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame
2Q5/p4pk1/3p2pp/8/3RP3/5P2/1r4PP/7K b - - 0 30
1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 6. d4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c6 10. Re1 Qb6 11. Na4 Qc7 12. c4 Rfe8 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. a3 b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Nc3 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Qe2 Rab8 19. Rc2 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. f3 Rc5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd5 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Rxb2 27. Qc8+ Kg7 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Rd1 Qd4 30. Rxd4 *
b2b1 c8c1 b1c1 d4d1 c1d1
Rb1+ Qc1 Rxc1+ Rd1 Rxd1#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3 queenRookEndgame
6k1/p3rp2/1p1p2b1/3P2q1/PP1B2p1/8/5PPK/2R5 w - - 0 33
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nc5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Ne6 9. d5 Ng5 10. Nc3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bf5 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Ne4 Re8 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Rfe1 Ne5 17. Bh5 h6 18. Be2 Ng6 19. Be3 Ne5 20. h3 g5 21. c4 Re7 22. Bd4 Rae8 23. Rac1 b6 24. Kh2 Bg6 25. b4 Qf5 26. c5 h5 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. a4 g4 29. hxg4 Nxg4+ 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Qg5 Qxg5 *
c1c8 e7e8 c8e8 g8h7 e8h8
Rc8+ Re8 Rxe8+ Kh7 Rh8#
endgame long mate mateIn3
2r5/pp3k1p/3QpP2/3p4/4b2K/1P5P/P7/5q2 w - - 2 41
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O Nh5 10. Bh2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Rxe5 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Qb3 c4 16. Qc2 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Bf5 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Nd4 Ne4 21. Qc1 Be6 22. f3 Nd6 23. f4 Bf5 24. g4 Be4 25. f5 Nc4 26. b3 Ne5 27. Qd2 Rac8 28. Rc1 Qa6 29. Qh2 Qd3 30. Qf4 gxf5 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. gxf5 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Qxc3 34. f6 Rc8 35. Qxe5 Qxe3+ 36. Kh2 Qd2+ 37. Kg3 Qg2+ 38. Kh4 Qxf1 39. Ne6+ fxe6 40. Qd6+ Kf7 *
d6e7 f7g6 e7g7 g6f5 g7g5
Qe7+ Kg6 Qg7+ Kf5 Qg5#
endgame long mate mateIn3
8/6pk/8/5KP1/R7/p3r3/8/8 w - - 1 48
1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc3 Nf6 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qb2 11. Nbd2 Qxc3 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Rc1 Qb4 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Nxd4 17. Ned6 Nf5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Bxf5 Ne7 20. Bg4 Ng6 21. h3 b5 22. Nd6 Nxe5 23. Nxc8 Nxg4 24. hxg4 Raxc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxd7 Qc5 27. Re1 Rf8 28. Re7 a5 29. Qd2 b4 30. Rd7 Rc8 31. Rd5 Qc1+ 32. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kh2 a4 34. Rd4 Rc2 35. Rxb4 Rxa2 36. Kg3 f6 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Ke3 Kg6 39. g3 h5 40. gxh5+ Kxh5 41. g4+ Kh6 42. f4 Ra1 43. Ke4 Re1+ 44. Kf5 a3 45. Ra4 Re3 46. g5+ fxg5 47. fxg5+ Kh7 *
g5g6 h7h8 a4a8 e3e8 a8e8
g6+ Kh8 Ra8+ Re8 Rxe8#
endgame long mate mateIn3 rookEndgame
7k/2pr4/4N1p1/1p5p/8/2P1Q1K1/2q3PP/8 w - - 11 42
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 h6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. e4 Nf4 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 b5 14. Bb3 Rb8 15. d4 exd4 16. Qxf4 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 dxc3 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. bxc3 Qe7 20. Raf1 Ne5 21. Rh3 Nxf7 22. Nd4 Ng5 23. Qg3 Nxh3+ 24. Qxh3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qxe4 26. Qd7 Rf8+ 27. Nf3 Qb1+ 28. Kf2 Qxa2+ 29. Kg3 Qc4 30. Qe7 Qf4+ 31. Kf2 Rf7 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qd3+ g6 34. Qd5 h5 35. Qb7 Kh6 36. Qxa6 Qf5 37. Qa7 Qc2+ 38. Kg3 Rd7 39. Qe3+ Kh7 40. Ng5+ Kg7 41. Ne6+ Kh8 *
e3h6 h8g8 h6f8 g8h7 e6g5
Qh6+ Kg8 Qf8+ Kh7 Ng5#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
2r3k1/pb3ppp/1p2pq2/1P6/2Q1PP2/6P1/P5BP/2R3K1 w - - 1 25
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nge2 dxc3 9. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Bb7 15. Qg4 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. b4 Qf6 19. Rd6 Ne5 20. Qe2 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. f4 Nc4 23. Qxc4 Rc8 24. b5 Bb7 *
c4c8 b7c8 c1c8 f6d8 c8d8
Qxc8+ Bxc8 Rxc8+ Qd8 Rxd8#
backRankMate endgame long mate mateIn3
r5k1/ppp1Qppp/1q6/6r1/2P2R2/2P1P2P/PB3PP1/1b4K1 w - - 0 23
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Bd3 Re8 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Be2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qd6 12. Rd1 Nfg4 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Rxd5 Qf6 16. Rd4 Bh5 17. Bb2 Re5 18. h3 Rg5 19. Rf4 Qc6 20. Qe4 Qb6 21. Rb1 Bg6 22. Qe7 Bxb1 *
e7f7 g8h8 f7f8 a8f8 f4f8
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
backRankMate long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
2k3r1/pppb1prp/1q6/8/Q7/2P1R1P1/P4P1P/4R1K1 w - - 4 24
1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. fxg7 Rg8 9. O-O d3 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Bd6 13. Re1 Rxg7 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxc4 O-O-O 16. Qh4 Rdg8 17. g3 Bc5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 d2 20. Nxd2 Qxd2 21. Rae1 Qxb2 22. Qd4 Qb6 23. Qa4 Bd7 *
e3e8 d7e8 e1e8 g8e8 a4e8
Re8+ Bxe8 Rxe8+ Rxe8 Qxe8#
long mate mateIn3 middlegame queensideAttack sacrifice
5r1k/7p/5qp1/3Q4/P2Pp3/8/Rr3PPP/5RK1 b - - 2 28
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nd2 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 e6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. c3 Nd7 12. O-O a6 13. Nf3 Rb8 14. Bd4 f6 15. exd5 exd5 16. Rfe1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Bxa6 Bxa6 20. Qxa6 Rxb2 21. Qxc6 e4 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Rb6 24. Qc5 Rf8 25. a4 Rb2 26. Rf1 Qf6 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Ra2 *
f6f2 f1f2 b2b1 f2f1 b1f1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Rb1+ Rf1 Rbxf1#
endgame long mate mateIn3 sacrifice
2Q5/6k1/p5p1/1pR2p2/1P3Pr1/3K4/1P4r1/8 b - - 2 41
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd2 c5 7. Ne4 Qd8 8. Nxc5 Bxc5 9. dxc5 O-O 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. O-O Qxc5 12. a3 Qc7 13. Bb4 Rd8 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Ng5 Nxb4 16. axb4 b6 17. Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Nxh7 Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rfe1 Rd5 21. Qh4 g6 22. Red1 Bb7 23. c4 Rh5 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Rc8 26. Rd4 a6 27. Rad1 b5 28. c5 Bd5 29. f4 Kg7 30. g4 Rh4 31. Kf2 Rxg4 32. g3 Rh8 33. Rxd5 exd5 34. Rxd5 Rh2+ 35. Kf3 f5 36. c6 Rc2 37. Rc5 Rd2 38. c7 Rd3+ 39. Ke2 Rdxg3 40. c8=Q Rg2+ 41. Kd3 *
g4g3 d3d4 g2d2 d4e5 g3e3
R4g3+ Kd4 Rd2+ Ke5 Re3#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3 queenRookEndgame
3r2k1/pp4pp/6r1/4Qp1q/5n2/2P2PR1/PPB2P1P/6RK b - - 0 24
1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nf3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc2 Qb6 11. Qc1 Bg4 12. O-O Bxf3 13. gxf3 O-O 14. Nd2 Rad8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bc2 Qg6+ 19. Kh1 Qh5 20. Qe3 Ng6 21. Rg1 Nf4 22. Rg3 Rf6 23. Rag1 Rg6 24. Qxe5 *
h5h2 h1h2 g6h6 g3h3 h6h3
Qxh2+ Kxh2 Rh6+ Rh3 Rxh3#
attraction kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice
5b1r/5ppp/p3pn1k/6R1/P4P2/6K1/2p1r3/6R1 w - - 0 33
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. Qb3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Qxb7 Rc8 11. Bb5 Rxc1+ 12. Ke2 Qxe5+ 13. Kd2 Rc7 14. Qb8+ Ke7 15. Nc3 Qd4+ 16. Ke2 Bxb5+ 17. Qxb5 Qc4+ 18. Qxc4 dxc4 19. Nb5 Rb7 20. a4 a6 21. Nc3 Rxb2+ 22. Ke3 Kf6 23. Ne4+ Ke5 24. f4+ Kf5 25. g4+ Kxg4 26. Rag1+ Kh5 27. Rg5+ Kh6 28. Rhg1 Nf6 29. Ng3 c3 30. Kf3 Rxh2 31. Ne2 c2 32. Kg3 Rxe2 *
g1h1 e2h2 h1h2 f6h5 h2h5
Rh1+ Rh2 Rxh2+ Nh5+ Rhxh5#
endgame exposedKing long mate mateIn3
r1b5/7p/pp4pk/2qQ1n1r/8/PBN2P1P/1PP3P1/3RR2K b - - 0 24
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nge7 9. O-O b6 10. h3 Bb7 11. f3 O-O 12. Bb3 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nxf5 Rxf5 15. Qd2 Ne7 16. Rad1 d5 17. Bh6 Rh5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rfe1 Qd6 20. Qe2 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Nf5 22. Qxe6 Bc8 23. Qe5+ Kh6 24. Qxd5 *
f5g3 h1h2 h5h3 g2h3 c5f2
Ng3+ Kh2 Rxh3+ gxh3 Qf2#
kingsideAttack long mate mateIn3 middlegame sacrifice