The Art of Checkmate by Georges Renaud

Author:Georges Renaud
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781849942966
Publisher: Pavilion Books
Published: 2015-02-03T05:00:00+00:00

Of course, some variations are possible, for instance:

To force this position, the attacker must not hesitate to sacrifice Pieces, even if it be the Queen. Here is a typical schematic position.

1

♕h1

h5

2

♕xh5!

gxh5

3

♗h7 mate.

The first move of the Queen forced the advance of the h-pawn, the following sacrifice opened a mating diagonal for the Bishop. As with Boden’s mate, the essential mechanism consists of opening a decisive diagonal.

This mate, with or without the sacrifice of the Queen, is not a rarity, and numerous examples of it are known.

The object of the Queen sacrifice is, as in the Boden mate, to force the opening of the mating diagonal.

Here is the oldest one we know:

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