[Retros] Pawn to-the-8th-rank mates

[Hirokaz ONODA]

Pawn to-the-8th-rank mates
(1) Single checkmates by the promoted piece

[Simplified Edition, omitting the slower opposite color
games]


(1-1) promoted to Knight

1.c3 b5 2.Qa4 Ba6 3.Qd4 b4 4.a4 b3 5.Ra2 bxa2 6.Kd1 Bxe2
7.Kc2 a1N# (Andrew Buchanan & Nicolas Dupont)
1.a4 c5 2.Ra3 c4 3.Re3 c3 4.d3 cxb2 5.Kd2 Qc7 6.Qe1 Qc3
7.Nxc3 a6 8.Nd1 b1N# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Qe7 3.Bd4 exd4 4.e4 d3 5.Qe2 dxc2 6.Qa6 Qxb4
7.Ke2 Qc5 8.Kd3 c1N# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.d3 e5 2.Kd2 e4 3.Kc3 e3 4.Qd2 exd2 5.b3 Bb4 6.Kb2 d1N#
(Mario Richter)
1.e3 d5 2.Ke2 d4 3.Kf3 d3 4.Qe2 dxe2 5.g3 Bg4 6.Kg2 e1N#
(Mario Richter)
1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Qd7 3.Be4 dxe4 4.d4 e3 5.Qd3 exf2 6.Kd2 Qf5
7.Ke3 f1N# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.h4 e6 2.h5 Ke7 3.h6 Kf6 4.hxg7 h5 5.d4 h4 6.Rxh4 Rh5
7.Rg4 Nh6 8.Bxh6 Rf5 9.g8N# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.h4 g6 2.Rh3 g5 3.Re3 gxh4 4.f3 h3 5.Kf2 h2 6.Qe1 h1N#
(Gianni Donati 1996)

1.d4 c5 2.Qd3 c4 3.Qa3 c3 4.d5 cxb2 5.Kd2 Qb6 6.Kc3 Qd4
7.Kb3 bxa1N# (A. Buchanan & H. Onoda)
1.a4 c6 2.a5 Qxa5 3.Ra4 Qb5 4.Rh4 a5 5.d4 a4 6.Kd2 a3
7.Kc3 a2 8.Qd2 axb1N# (Richard Stanley)
1.a4 c5 2.Ra3 Qa5 3.Rb3 Qxa4 4.d3 c4 5.Kd2 cxb3 6.Kc3 bxc2
7.Qd2 cxb1N# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.e4 a5 2.Ne2 a4 3.Nec3 a3 4.Ke2 axb2 5.Qe1 Ra3 6.Nd1
bxc1N# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.c3 e5 2.Qa4 e4 3.Kd1 e3 4.Kc2 exd2 5.e3 b6 6.Bd3 Ba6
7.Be4 Bd3 8.Kb3 dxc1N# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.d4 f5 2.d5 Kf7 3.d6 Ke6 4.dxc7 d6 5.Qd4 Bd7 6.cxd8N#
(Olli Heimo)
1.d4 e6 2.d5 Ke7 3.Qd4 Kd6 4.dxe6 Kc6 5.e7 b5 6.exd8N#
(Olli Heimo)
1.f4 e5 2.Kf2 e4 3.Qe1 e3 4.Kf3 exd2 5.e4 Be7 6.e5 Bh4
7.e6 Qf6 8.e7 Qe6 9.Bd3 dxe1N# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.c3 e5 2.Qb3 e4 3.Kd1 e3 4.Kc2 exf2 5.e3 h5 6.Be2 h4
7.Bd1 h3 8.Ne2 Rh4 9.Re1 fxe1N# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.d4 f6 2.d5 Kf7 3.d6 Kg6 4.dxe7 d6 5.Qd5 Qd7 6.exf8N#
(Andrew Buchanan)
1.h4 d5 2.h5 Nd7 3.h6 Ndf6 4.hxg7 Kd7 5.Rh6 Ne8 6.gxf8N#
(Peter Roesler(version) 1994)
1.e3 h5 2.Qg4 hxg4 3.Ke2 Rxh2 4.Rxh2 g3 5.Rh6 gxf2 6.Rd6
e6 7.Kf3 Qh4 8.Be2 fxg1N# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.g4 c6 2.g5 Qa5 3.g6 Qxd2 4.Qxd2 e6 5.Qh6 Ke7 6.Qxh7 Kf6
7.Qh5 Rh7 8.gxh7 Be7 9.hxg8N# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.h4 f6 2.h5 Kf7 3.h6 Qe8 4.hxg7 h5 5.e3 h4 6.Qg4 h3
7.gxh8N# (Andrew Buchanan)
 


(1-2) promoted to Bishop

1.b4 d6 2.b5 Bf5 3.b6 Bxc2 4.Qxc2 Kd7 5.Qf5 Kc6 6.d3 a6
7.Kd2 Ra7 8.bxa7 b6 9.a8B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.Nc3 a5 2.Nd5 a4 3.c3 a3 4.Qa4 axb2 5.Qxd7 Kxd7 6.Kd1
Rxa2 7.Kc2 Ra4 8.Kd3 Re4 9.Ra4 b1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 Qb6 3.Bd4 cxd4 4.e4 d3 5.Qf3 Qxf2 6.Kd1 dxc2
7.Kc1 Qxf1 8.Kb2 Qc4 9.Ka3 c1B# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.c3 d5 2.Qc2 Qd6 3.Qe4 dxe4 4.Kd1 e3 5.Kc2 exd2 6.e3 d1B#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 f6 2.d5 Kf7 3.d6 Kg6 4.dxe7 d5 5.e4 Qd6 6.e8B#
(Norbert Geissler 1996)
1.g3 e5 2.Bh3 e4 3.Kf1 e3 4.Kg2 exf2 5.e3 Qf6 6.Qg4 f1B#
(Nicolas Dupont)
1.Nf3 h5 2.Ne5 h4 3.f3 h3 4.Kf2 hxg2 5.h4 Rxh4 6.Qe1 Rg4
7.Rh8 g1B# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.h4 g5 2.Rh3 gxh4 3.Re3 h3 4.g3 h2 5.Bh3 d5 6.Kf1 Qd6
7.Kg2 Bxh3 8.Kf3 h1B# (Andrew Buchanan)

1.d3 a5 2.Kd2 a4 3.Kc3 a3 4.Bd2 axb2 5.a4 c6 6.a5 Qb6 7.a6
Qb5 8.a7 bxa1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.c3 a5 2.Qb3 a4 3.Kd1 axb3 4.a4 Rxa4 5.Ra2 bxa2 6.Kc2 Re4
7.Kd3 axb1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.e3 b5 2.Ke2 b4 3.Kd3 b3 4.Qe2 bxc2 5.b4 g6 6.b5 Bg7 7.b6
Bxa1 8.b7 e5 9.bxc8N Qh4 10.Ne7 cxb1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.d3 a5 2.Bg5 a4 3.Bxe7 a3 4.Bg5 axb2 5.Bc1 Qg5 6.Qd2 Qxg2
7.Qc3 Qxf1 8.Kd2 bxc1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.d4 c5 2.Kd2 c4 3.Ke3 c3 4.Nd2 cxd2 5.c3 Qa5 6.Qa4 Qf5
7.Qc6 a5 8.a4 Ra7 9.Ra2 dxc1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.b4 Nc6 2.b5 Nd4 3.b6 Nxe2 4.bxc7 Nc3 5.Qg4 e6 6.Qxg7 Bd6
7.Qxg8 Ke7 8.cxd8B# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 d5 2.Ke2 d4 3.Kd3 Qd5 4.Be2 Qa5 5.Kc4 d3 6.Kb3 dxe2
7.c4 exd1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.c4 a6 2.c5 a5 3.c6 a4 4.Qxa4 f6 5.cxd7 Kf7 6.Qc6 Qe8
7.dxe8B# (Richard Stanley)
1.d4 d6 2.d5 Be6 3.dxe6 Nc6 4.exf7 Kd7 5.Be3 Qe8 6.Kd2 Nd8
7.Kc1 Kc6 8.fxe8B# (Noam D. Elkies)
1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bh6 3.d6 Kf8 4.dxe7 Kg7 5.Qd6 Qf8 6.exf8B#
(Goeran Forslund 1996)
1.h4 b6 2.h5 Ba6 3.h6 Bxe2 4.hxg7 Bf3 5.Qe2 e6 6.Qa6 Qf6
7.Qc8 Ke7 8.gxf8B# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d3 g5 2.Kd2 g4 3.Ke3 g3 4.Qd2 gxf2 5.g3 e6 6.Bg2 Qf6
7.Bxb7 Bxb7 8.Nf3 Bxf3 9.Rg1 fxg1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.e3 h5 2.Qxh5 a6 3.Qc5 Rh5 4.h4 Rg5 5.h5 f6 6.h6 Kf7 7.h7
Ke6 8.hxg8B# (Olli Heimo & Terho Marlo)
1.e3 h5 2.Ke2 h4 3.Kf3 h3 4.Be2 hxg2 5.h4 e6 6.h5 Qh4 7.h6
gxh1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
 
(1-3) promoted to Rook

1.c4 d5 2.Qb3 Bd7 3.Qh3 Bb5 4.cxb5 Qd6 5.b6 Nd7 6.bxa7
O-O-O 7.a8R# (Andrew Buchanan & Joost de Heer)
1.d4 c5 2.Bd2 cxd4 3.Ba5 Qxa5 4.Nc3 dxc3 5.Qd4 b6 6.Rd1
cxb2 7.Rd2 b1R# [pin mate](Andrew Buchanan)
1.b4 d6 2.b5 Bf5 3.b6 Bxc2 4.bxc7 Bd3 5.Qa4 Qd7 6.c8R#
[pin mate] (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.b4 e6 2.Ba3 Bc5 3.bxc5 Qf6 4.c6 Ne7 5.cxd7+ Kf8 6.d8R#
(Richard Stanley 1996)
1.e4 d6 2.Qg4 Bf5 3.exf5 Qd7 4.f6 Kd8 5.fxe7 Kc8 6.e8R#
[pin mate] (Noam D. Elkies)
1.g3 d6 2.Bg2 d5 3.Be4 dxe4 4.c3 e3 5.Qc2 exf2 6.Kd1 f1R#
(Richard Stanley 1996)
1.g4 h5 2.g5 Rh6 3.gxh6 g5 4.h3 Bg7 5.hxg7 Nh6 6.h4 Nf5
7.g8R# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.h4 g5 2.hxg5 Bh6 3.Rxh6 Nxh6 4.g6 Rg8 5.gxh7 Rg3 6.a3
Ng4 7.h8R# (Andrew Buchanan)

1.c4 d5 2.c5 Qd6 3.c6 Bd7 4.cxb7 Ba4 5.Qxa4 Nd7 6.bxa8R#
[pin mate] (Andrew Buchanan)
1.d3 c5 2.Qd2 Qa5 3.Qb4 cxb4 4.Be3 b3 5.Nd2 bxa2 6.Rb1
axb1R# [pin mate] (Joost de Heer)
1.d3 c5 2.Qd2 Qa5 3.Qb4 cxb4 4.Be3 b3 5.Nd2 bxc2 6.Rb1
cxb1R# [pin mate] (Andrew Buchanan)
1.a4 b6 2.a5 Bb7 3.a6 Qc8 4.axb7 a6 5.bxc8R# (Richard
Stanley 1996)
1.e4 c6 2.e5 Qa5 3.e6 Kd8 4.exd7 e5 5.Qg4 Be7 6.dxc8R#
(Christoph Fieberg 2002)
1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bg7 3.d6 Kf8 4.dxc7 d6 5.cxd8R# (Hirokaz
Onoda)
1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bg7 3.d6 Be5 4.dxe7 d6 5.Qxd6 Be6 6.exd8R#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.c4 e6 2.Qa4 Ba3 3.c5 Kf8 4.c6 Qe8 5.cxd7 c5 6.dxe8R#
(Olli Heimo)
1.e4 d6 2.e5 Bf5 3.e6 Be4 4.exf7 Kd7 5.Bb5 Kc8 6.Ba4 Qe8
7.fxe8R# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bg7 3.d6 Bxb2 4.dxe7 Bg7 5.Ba3 Bf8 6.exf8R#
(Andrew Buchanan)
1.f4 c6 2.f5 Qc7 3.f6 Kd8 4.fxg7 f6 5.gxf8R# (Noam D.
Elkies 2002)
1.h4 g5 2.hxg5 Bg7 3.Rxh7 Kf8 4.Rxg7 Rh5 5.g6 Rd5 6.gxf7
e5 7.fxg8R# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.g4 h5 2.g5 Rh6 3.gxh6 g6 4.h7 Bh6 5.h3 Bg5 6.hxg8R#
(Andrew Buchanan & Hirokaz Onoda)
1.g3 h5 2.Bh3 h4 3.Bg2 h3 4.Nf3 hxg2 5.Ne5 gxh1R# (Mario
Richter)
 

(1-4) promoted to Queen

1.c4 d5 2.Qb3 Bd7 3.Qh3 Bb5 4.cxb5 Qd6 5.b6 Nd7 6.bxa7
O-O-O 7.a8Q# (Andrew Buchanan & Joost de Heer)
1.d4 c5 2.Bd2 cxd4 3.Ba5 Qxa5 4.Nc3 dxc3 5.Qd4 b6 6.Rd1
cxb2 7.Rd2 b1Q# [pin mate](Andrew Buchanan)
1.c4 d5 2.c5 Qd6 3.cxd6 Bd7 4.dxc7 Bc6 5.c8Q# (Andrew
Buchanan)
1.e3 d5 2.Bc4 dxc4 3.Qf3 c3 4.Ke2 cxd2 5.c3 d1Q# (Andrew
Buchanan)
1.d4 f6 2.d5 Kf7 3.d6 Kg6 4.dxe7 d5 5.e4 Qd6 6.e8Q#
(Norbert Geissler 1996)
1.e3 g5 2.Bd3 g4 3.Be4 g3 4.Qg4 gxf2 5.Kd1 f1Q# (Andrew
Buchanan)
1.g4 h5 2.g5 Rh6 3.gxh6 g5 4.h3 Bg7 5.hxg7 Nh6 6.h4 Nf5
7.g8Q# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.h4 g5 2.hxg5 Bh6 3.Rxh6 Nxh6 4.g6 Rg8 5.gxh7 Rg3 6.a3
Ng4 7.h8Q# (Andrew Buchanan)
 
1.c4 d5 2.c5 Qd6 3.c6 Bd7 4.cxb7 Ba4 5.Qxa4 Nd7 6.bxa8Q#
[pin mate] (Andrew Buchanan)
1.d3 c5 2.Qd2 Qa5 3.Qb4 cxb4 4.Be3 b3 5.Nd2 bxa2 6.Rb1
axb1Q# [pin mate] (Joost de Heer)
1.d3 c5 2.Qd2 Qa5 3.Qb4 cxb4 4.Be3 b3 5.Nd2 bxc2 6.Rb1
cxb1Q# [pin mate] (Andrew Buchanan)
1.a4 c6 2.a5 Qc7 3.a6 Qf4 4.axb7 d6 5 bxc8Q# (Noam D.
Elkies 2002)
1.e4 c6 2.e5 Qa5 3.e6 Kd8 4.exd7 e5 5.Qg4 Be7 6.dxc8Q#
[Christoph Fieberg 2002]
1.e4 e6 2.e5 Bd6 3.exd6 Kf8 4.dxc7 d6 5.cxd8Q# (Gianni
Donati 1996)
1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bg7 3.d6 Be5 4.dxe7 d6 5.Qxd6 Be6 6.exd8Q#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 c5 2.Be2 c4 3.Kf1 c3 4.Qe1 cxd2 5.c4 Qa5 6.c5 dxe1Q#
(Andrew Buchanan)
1.d3 e5 2.Bg5 e4 3.Kd2 e3 4.Kc1 exf2 5.Qe1 fxe1Q# (Andrew
Buchanan)
1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bh6 3.d6 Kf8 4.dxe7 Kg7 5.Qd6 Qf8 6.exf8Q#
[Goeran Forslund 1996]
1.h4 c6 2.h5 Qc7 3.h6 Kd8 4.hxg7 h6 5.gxf8Q# (Noam D.
Elkies 2002)
1.h4 g5 2.hxg5 Bg7 3.Rxh7 Kf8 4.Rxg7 Rh5 5.g6 Rd5 6.gxf7
e5 7.fxg8Q# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.g4 h5 2.g5 Rh6 3.gxh6 g6 4.h7 Bh6 5.h3 Bg5 6.hxg8Q#
(Andrew Buchanan & Hirokaz Onoda)
1.g3 h5 2.Bh3 h4 3.Bg2 h3 4.Nf3 hxg2 5.Ne5 gxh1Q# (Mario
Richter)
 

(1-4') =Q#, whereas =R/=B is not a mate

1.c4 d5 2.c5 Qd6 3.cxd6 Bd7 4.dxc7 Bc6 5.c8Q# (Andrew
Buchanan)
1.e3 d5 2.Bc4 dxc4 3.Qf3 c3 4.Ke2 cxd2 5.c3 d1Q# (Andrew
Buchanan)
1.e3 g5 2.Bd3 g4 3.Be4 g3 4.Qg4 gxf2 5.Kd1 f1Q# (Andrew
Buchanan)
1.d3 Nh6 2.Bxh6 gxh6 3.f4 Bg7 4.f5 Bc3 5.bxc3 Rg8 6.f6 Rg7
7.fxg7 f6 8.g8Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e4 h5 2.Ne2 h4 3.Ng3 hxg3 4.Be2 Rh3 5.O-O Nh6 6.Re1 gxh2
7.Kf1 Re3 8.g3 h1Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.a4 c6 2.a5 Qc7 3.a6 Qf4 4.axb7 d6 5.bxc8Q# (Noam D.
Elkies 2002)
1.e4 e6 2.e5 Bd6 3.exd6 Kf8 4.dxc7 d6 5.cxd8Q# (Gianni
Donati 1996)
1.d3 e5 2.Bg5 e4 3.Kd2 e3 4.Kc1 exf2 5.Qe1 fxe1Q# (Andrew
Buchanan)
1.h4 e6 2.h5 Qh4 3.h6 Kd8 4.hxg7 h6 5.gxf8Q# (Hirokaz
Onoda)
1.g4 h5 2.g5 Rh6 3.gxh6 g6 4.h7 Bh6 5.e3 Bxe3 6.fxe3 f5
7.hxg8Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)


(1-5) =R# unique, whereas =Q# non-unique 

1.c4 b6 2.Qb3 Bb7 3.Qxb6 cxb6 4.c5 Qc7 5.c6 Qd6 6.c7 Bc6
7.c8R# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 h5 2.Qxh5 Rxh5 3.h4 Re5 4.h5 g6 5.h6 Bg7 6.hxg7 Nh6
7.d4 Nf5 8.g8R# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 h5 2.Qxh5 Rxh5 3.h4 Rg5 4.hxg5 Nh6 5.gxh6 g6 6.h7 Bh6
7.d4 Bg5 8.h8R# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.a4 c6 2.a5 Qxa5 3.Rxa5 Kd8 4.Rc5 a5 5.b4 axb4 6.Ba3 bxa3
7.Qc1 a2 8.Qa3 Kc7 9.Qh3 axb1R# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 c6 2.d5 Qb6 3.Qd4 Qxd4 4.dxc6 Qxb2 5.cxb7 Qb5
6.bxc8R# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bg7 3.d6 Kf8 4.dxc7 d6 5.Qxd6 exd6 6.Bd2 Ne7
7.cxd8R# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.e3 h5 2.Qxh5 Rxh5 3.h4 Rf5 4.h5 g6 5.h6 Bg7 6.h7 Bf6
7.hxg8R# (Hirokaz Onoda)


Amici Sumus,
Hiro


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