Mating Patterns
More Bishop and Rook Mates
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For those who enjoyed the first set of games, here are some more with the Bishop and Rook mating pattern.
Ignatz Kolisch - Carl Hamppe [C44]
Vienna 1859
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d6 5.
10... Bxe5 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxd5 Bd6=
11... Nf5!?
13. Qg4+?!
13. Nxf5! Qxd1 zwichenzug? 14. Nh6+! zwichenzug! 14... Kg7 15. Rxd1![]()
13... Ng7 14. Qg3 Qd6 15. Bf4?!
15. Nxc6! Qxg3?? (15... bxc6 16. Bf4
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16. Ne7+
zwichenzug!
16. Bxd6? Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Nxg3+ 18. Bxg3 Bf5![]()
17... Qd3!
18. Nc3 Bd3 19. Bh6 f5 20. Rf4 Qf6
21. Bg5 Qg6 22. Nd5 Rae8 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Rh4 h5??
24... f4!! 25. Qh3 (25. Qxf4 Ne6!)
25... Bf5![]()
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George Koltanowski - A Dunkelblum [B18]
Antwerp 1923
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Bd3!? Qxd4 6. Nf3 Qd8 7. Qe2 Nf6?!
7... Bxe4!
8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Bxf5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxf5 11.
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Larry Melvyn Evans - W. Young [B23]
US op/Baltimore (6) 1948
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 e6 6.
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Moises A Kupferstich - Chantal Chaude de Silans [D01]
Dubrovnik ol (Men)/Dubrovnik (1) 1950
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. e4 dxe4 6. fxe4
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and mate next move.
1-0Kaj Rosell (2343) - Erling Mortensen (2401) [A57]
Holmsgaard mem/Norresundby (1) 1978
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. a4 Nxb6 9. a5 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg7 11. Be2
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I. Bolevski - Fabio Samaritani [C00]
Pellestrina-C/Pellestrina (7) 1979
1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 d4 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2 a6 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. c4 Nc6 9. d3 Nh6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Ne4
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Lars Veno Jakobsen - Per Andreasen (2290) [A30]
Vejgaard-B/Vejgaard (2) 1992
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6.
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28. Bf5!
(threatening Bxh7+ and mate to follow)
28... h6
28... g6 29. Qxh7+ (29. Qh6 also works, but is not as pretty) 29... Nxh7 30. Rxh7 Kxh7 31. Rh2+ Kg8 32. Rh8#
29. Qxh6!! gxh6 30. Rxh6 Ng6 31. Rch2 exd3 32. Rh8+ Nxh8 33. Rxh8# 1-0
P. Gelhausen - A. Alhindi [B22]
WchT U26/Graz 1981
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nc7?! 7. cxd4 e6 8.
23. h4![]()
23... Bxf4 24. g3 Bxc1 25. Qxh5? Qg5!
26. Qe2 Qh4!! 27. Rxc1?
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Peter Ostermeyer (2455) - Ralf Lau (2455) [E15]
Solingen 1986
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bb4+ 8. Kf1 Bd6 9. Nxc4 Nd5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Nbd2 f5 12. h4
30. e4!![]()
30... g4! 31. Bg2 Rxh1+ 32. Bxh1 Rh8
33. Bg2 Qh5 34. Nd2??
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and mate in two following 36.Bxh1 Rxh1+ 37.Kg2 Nxe3# (double check and mate!)
0-1Winfried Basener - Ulrich Koepf (2275) [C00]
Munich op 9192/Munich (5) 1992
1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Ngf3 Qd7 7.
(the beginning of an extremely faulty combination that wins the e-pawn -- but opens the long diagonal for Black's attack!)
30... dxe4 31. Qb5 Rh8! 32. Qf5+ Kb8 33. Bxe4
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Patrick Norris - Gerald Toler [C84]
USA-72ch/Ventura (9) 1971
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7.
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Berit Pommerin - Edith Kreis [C50]
RLPF-ch (Women)/Bingen (1) 1991
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5.
10... Nf6!
11. Qd2 h6 12. Ne2 Nxe2+ 13. Rxe2 hxg5 14. Qxg5 Qd7 15. Qh4
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Dorothea Elges - Maike Strehl [C50]
Ostwestfalen Lippe-ch U15 Girls/Barntrup (4) 1993
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3
(These rather symmetrical positions can be tricky. One slip in the attack and you wind up on defense!)
13. Re1?!
13. Kh1! Bxf1
(13... Kh8? 14. Rg1 Rg8 (14... Bxf2 15. Bg7+ Kg8 16. Bxf6+ Bxg1? 17. Qxg1+ Kf8 18. Qg7#)
15. Bxf7 Bxf2! 16. Bxg8 (16. Rxg8+? Qxg8 17. Bxg8 Rxg8
18. Qg1!! Rxg1+ 19. Rxg1 Bxg1 20. Kxg1=)
16... Bxg1 17. Bb3 Bb6 18. Qe1!
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14. Qxf1 Kh8
15. Bxf7![]()
14. Kh1
Rg8 15. Rg1 Bxf2 16. Bxf7 Bxg1 17. Bxg8 Bb6 18. Bb3 Qe8!![]()
14... Rg8+
15. Kh1 Bg2+ 16. Kg1 Bxf3+ 17. Kf1 Rg2
17... Qd7!
18. Bxf7?
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18... Rxh2
and White cannot avoid eventual mate but succumbed quickly by
Don Griffith (2081) - Kevin Hopps (1836) [B96]
US open/St Paul (4) 1982
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nfd7 11.
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14... Rxa2![]()
16... fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Be7 18. Qxe7#
17. Nc7+!! Qxc7 18. Qe2+ Ne5 19. Qxe5+! Qxe5
19... Be7
20. Qxc7 Bxg5+ 21. Kb1 ![]()
20. Rd8# 1-0
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