Checkmates in the opening
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In chess, checkmates in the opening are examples of a player being checkmated during the first phase of game (the opening). Some common or notable mating patterns have names of their own. These are Fool’s mate, Scholar’s mate, and Légal’s Mate.
Quick checkmates[edit]
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- Benoni Defense 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e6 3.Nc3 exd5?! 4.Nxd5 Ne7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Qa5+ 7.c3 Nf5?? 8.Qa4!! Qxa4 9.Nc7# Yermolinsky-Tate, Reno 2001[1]
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3 Qxd4 6.Be3 Qg4 7.Qf2 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Qxe4 9.0-0-0 a6 10.Nf3 f6 11.Bd3 Qa4 12.a3 Nc6 13.Qd2 Be6 14.Rhe1 0-0-0 15.Bf2 Bf7 16.Bf5+ e6 17.Rxe6! Bxe6?? (Black had to play 17...Rxd2 18.Re4+ Kb8 19.Rxa4 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1) 18.Bxe6+ Kb8 19.Qxd8+! Nxd8 20.Rxd8# Diemer-Portz, Lindau 1948[2]
- Caro-Kann Defense 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Bd3 Qxd4 6.Nf3 Qd8 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.Nxf6+ gxf6 9.Bxf5 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qxf5 11.0-0-0 Qe6 12.Qd3! Qxa2?? 13.Qd8+!! Kxd8 14.Ba5++ Kc8 15.Rd8# Koltanowski-Dunkelblum, Antwerp 1923[3]
- French Defense 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 0-0 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nh3 cxd4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Bxh7+ Kxh7 11.Qh5+ Kg8 12.Ng5! (1-0 Bogoljubov-N.N., 1952)[4] 12...Nf6 13.exf6 Re8 14.Qh7+ Kf8 15.Qh8#
- Sokolsky Opening 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bd6 3.f4?! exf4! 4.Bxg7 Qh4+ 5.g3 fxg3! 6.Nf3?? (6.hxg3?? B/Qxg3#) 6...gxh2+! 7.Nxh4 Bg3# Dr. J-Mr. K, New York 1876[5]
- Van't Krujis Opening
- 1.e3 d6 2.Nf3 Nd7? 3.Bd3 b6 4.Ng5 h6?? 5.Ne6! fxe6 6.Bg6# Krejcik-N.N., Vienna 1908[6]
- 1.e3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 Bd6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.0-0 0-0 6.Ne5 c5 7.c3 c4 8.Bc2 b5 9.f4 Bd7 10.Nd2 a5 11.g4 Nc6 12.g5 Ne8 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh6 Qe7 15.Rf3 b4 16.Rh3 f6 17.Nxg6! hxg6 18.Qh8+! Kf7 19.Qh7+! (1-0 Suvorin-Chekhov, Melikovo 1893)[7] 19...Ng7 20.Bxg6#
Handicap (chess) examples[edit]
- Rook odds
- (remove a1-rook) 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5 5.Bd5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qh5 7.d4 Nf6 8.Bb3 Ba6 9.Qe2 Nxd4! 10.Nxd4 b4! 11.Qxa6?? Qd1+ 12.Kf2 Nxe4# or 12...Ng4# Morphy-Maurian, New Orleans 1855[8]
- (remove a1-rook) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.0-0 cxb2 7.Bxb2 Bf8 8.e5 d6 9.Re1 dxe5? 10.Nxe5! Qxd1 11.Bxf7+ Ke7 12.Ng6++ Kxf7 13.Nxh8# Morphy-Carpentier, New Orleans 1849[9]
- (remove a1-rook) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nd4 9.Bxd5+ Kd6 10.Qf7 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Ne4+ Kd5 13.c4+ Kxe4 14.Qxe6 Qd4? 15.Qg4+! Kd3 16.Qe2+! Kc2 17.d3+! Kxc1 18.0-0# Paul Morphy-Alonzo Morphy, New Orleans 1850[10]
References[edit]
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- ↑ Yermolinsky-Tate, Reno 2001. ChessGames.com. Retrieved on 8 March 2020.
- ↑ Diemer-Portz, Lindau 1948. ChessGames.com. Retrieved on 5 March 2020.
- ↑ Koltanowski-Dunkelblum, Antwerp 1923. ChessGames.com. Retrieved on 6 March 2020.
- ↑ Bogoljubov-N.N., 1952. ChessGames.com. Retrieved on 6 March 2020.
- ↑ Dr. J-Mr. K, New York 1876. ChessGames.com. Retrieved on 5 March 2020.
- ↑ Krejcik-N.N., Vienna 1908. ChessGames.com. Retrieved on 6 March 2020.
- ↑ Suvorin-Chekhov, Melikovo 1893. ChessGames.com. Retrieved on 7 March 2020.
- ↑ Morphy-Maurian, New Orleans 1855. ChessGames.com. Retrieved on 7 March 2020.
- ↑ Morphy-Carpentier, New Orleans 1849. ChessGames.com. Retrieved on 7 March 2020.
- ↑ P. Morphy-A. Morphy, New Orleans 1850. ChessGames.com. Retrieved on 7 March 2020.
