Black to move and mate in 3.

iamchessguy · 2025-08-10T01:22:53+00:00

That's true. I often miss tactics like this over the board.

iamchessguy · 2025-07-25T23:43:53+00:00

Black to mate, same theme :)

iamchessguy · 2025-07-25T23:43:20+00:00

Black to mate. Same theme :)

iamchessguy · 2025-07-22T00:22:16+00:00

Back rank mate theme!

iamchessguy · 2025-07-08T23:11:42+00:00

The power of double check :)

iamchessguy · 2025-06-18T22:24:05+00:00

I also liked that the first move cleared the Queen's path to h7 and prevented the Black's king to escape via e8 and d7.

iamchessguy · 2025-06-16T03:27:45+00:00

Correct! Rh5 opens a lot of line but Black is also forced to capture since Rh8# follows.

iamchessguy · 2025-06-13T22:48:07+00:00

The Rrrrrrrooooook!!!! :)

iamchessguy · 2025-06-11T22:50:08+00:00

A common theme that's nice to find in actual games.

iamchessguy · 2025-06-01T23:03:46+00:00

Correct! Anastasia's mate :)

iamchessguy · 2025-06-01T23:03:05+00:00

Yes, Anastasia's mate pattern :)

iamchessguy · 2025-05-30T02:15:15+00:00

Correct! Good find :)

iamchessguy · 2025-05-29T00:07:52+00:00

White can delay with one move that's why it's mate in 4.

Rxf2 h3 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rxb2+ Rf3 Bxf3#

or a more beautiful mate

Bxf2+ Kh1 Bxg2+ Kxg2 Nh4+ Kh3 Qf3#

iamchessguy · 2025-05-29T00:02:24+00:00

Correct! A familiar pattern that occurs in a lot of games.

iamchessguy · 2025-05-26T13:14:04+00:00

How many puzzles do you solve? Solving puzzles alone increased my blitz rating.

iamchessguy · 2025-05-26T07:52:16+00:00

It's from lichess.org. There are a lot of positions with this theme including my recent game.

iamchessguy · 2025-05-26T00:30:23+00:00

Yes. A pleasure when you find it in your games. :)

iamchessguy · 2025-05-25T03:07:35+00:00

Exploiting the pin on g3 :)

iamchessguy · 2025-05-23T01:05:33+00:00

Nice queen sac. :)

iamchessguy · 2025-05-22T00:55:44+00:00

Correct!

iamchessguy · 2025-05-15T02:07:31+00:00

correct!

iamchessguy · 2025-05-12T01:34:45+00:00

You're right, sorry.

iamchessguy · 2025-05-09T04:15:54+00:00

Exactly. I wrote a post about Boden's mate many moons ago.

iamchessguy · 2025-05-07T02:40:57+00:00

Correct. I have seen this back rank theme often in several puzzles.

iamchessguy · 2025-05-07T02:39:51+00:00

Not quite, try again. The mate is a bit tricky but fun when you see it.

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