[Retros] Summary of 2006: Pawn to-the-7th/6th/5th/4th/3rd rank mates

[Hirokaz ONODA]

Pawn to-the-7th rank mates
Summary of 2006
  

Category A:
b7#/...b2# etc., mate by pawn itself

1.c3 b5 2.Qa4 Bb7 3.Qxa7 Bd5 4.Qxc7 Nc6 5.Qxc6 Qc7 6.a4
0-0-0 7.a5 Kb8 8.a6 Qd6 9.a7# (Noam D. Elkies)
1.d4 c5 2.Qd3 Qa5 3.Nd2 Qxa2 4.Nb3 a5 5.Bd2 a4 6.O-O-O a3
7.Na1 Qe6 8.Kb1 Qe3 9.Rc1 a2# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.b4 d6 2.b5 Bh3 3.b6 Bxg2 4.Bxg2 Kd7 5.Bxb7 d5 6.Bc6+ Kc8
7.b7# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d3 b5 2.Bh6 b4 3.Bxg7 b3 4.Bxh8 Bg7 5.Kd2 Bxb2 6.Bc3
Bxc3 7.Kc1 b2# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d3 c5 2.Bg5 c4 3.Bxe7 c3 4.Bd6 cxb2 5.c4 Qe7 6.c5 Kd8
7.c6 Qe8 8.c7# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.c4 d6 2.c5 Bg4 3.c6 Bxe2 4.cxb7 Bd3 5.Qe2 c5 6.Kd1 c4
7.Qe1 c3 8.Be2 c2# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 c5 2.Bf4 Qb6 3.Bc7 d6 4.dxc5 Be6 5.cxd6 Bb3 6.c4 Nc6
7.d7# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 e6 2.d5 Qg5 3.d6 Qxc1 4.dxc7 d5 5.Nc3 d4 6.Nd5 d3
7.Ne7 d2# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e4 d5 2.Be2 dxe4 3.Bh5 Qd4 4.Qg4 Qxf2+ 5.Kd1 e3 6.Nf3
e2# (Noam D. Elkies)
1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Be7 3.Qd5 Bh4 4.Kd1 Qg5 5.Qxf7+ Kd8 6.e6
Nf6 7.e7# (Noam D. Elkies)
1.h4 g5 2.hxg5 f5 3.Rxh7 Nf6 4.gxf6 a6 5.f7# (Francois
Labelle)
1.Nc3 d5 2.Ne4 dxe4 3.f4 Qd4 4.Nf3 exf3 5.f5 f2# (Francois
Labelle)
1.g4 e6 2.g5 Ba3 3.g6 Bxb2 4.Bxb2 Ke7 5.Bxg7 Qe8 6.Bf6+
Kf8 7.g7# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 g5 2.Ba6 g4 3.Bxb7 g3 4.Bxa8 Bb7 5.Ke2 Bxg2 6.Qe1
Bf3+ 7.Kf1 g2# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.g4 h5 2.Bg2 hxg4 3.Bxb7 Rxh2 4.Nh3 gxh3 5.O-O Rxf2
6.Bxa8 Rxe2 7.Bh1 h2# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d3 h6 2.Bxh6 g5 3.h4 Bg7 4.h5 Be5 5.Bg7 Nf6 6.Bxf6 O-O
7.h6 Qe8 8.h7# (Hirokaz Onoda)


Category B:
b7#/...b2# etc., discovered checkmate

1.d4 g5 2.Bxg5 e6 3.Bxd8 Bc5 4.Bxc7 Ne7 5.Ba5 b6 6.dxc5
Kd8 7.cxb6 Re8 8.b7# (Gianni Donati)
1.d4 e5 2.Bd2 exd4 3.Bb4 Bxb4+ 4.c3 dxc3 5.Qd6 cxd6 6.Na3
c2# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 c5 2.Bf4 Qc7 3.Bxc7 Nf6 4.Bxb8 Kd8 5.Be5 d6 6.dxc5
Kc7 7.cxd6+ Kb8 8.d7# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Bxf7+ Kf8 4.Bxg8 Qg5 5.Bb3 d5 6.exd5
Be6 7.dxe6 Kg8 8.e7# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Bf5 3.Be4 dxe4 4.f4 Qd5 5.Nf3 exf3 6.O-O Be4
7.Kh1 f2# (Roberto Osorio)
1.e4 g5 2.Qh5 g4 3.Nh3 gxh3 4.g4 Bg7 5.g5 Be5 6.g6 f6
7.g7# (Noam D. Elkies)


Category C:
bxc7#/...bxc2# etc., mate by pawn itself

1.c4 d5 2.Qb3 Qd6 3.Qxb7 Nd7 4.Qa6 Bb7 5.b4 O-O-O 6.b5 Kb8
7.b6 Ba8 8.bxa7# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.d4 c5 2.d5 Qb6 3.Qd4 Qxb2 4.Nd2 Qa3 5.Bb2 b5 6.O-O-O b4
7.Kb1 b3 8.Ba1 bxa2# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.a4 d6 2.a5 Bh3 3.a6 Bxg2 4.Bxg2 Kd7 5.Bc6+ Kc8 6.axb7#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d3 a5 2.Bh6 a4 3.Bxg7 a3 4.Bh6 Bg7 5.Kd2 Bc3 6.Kc1 axb2#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 e6 2.d5 Qe7 3.d6 Kd8 4.Qd5 Qe8 5.Qc6 Ne7 6.dxc7#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e4 d6 2.e5 Bh3 3.Qg4 Bxg2 4.Qc8 Nd7 5.e6 Rb8 6.exd7#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 e5 2.d5 Qe7 3.d6 Kd8 4.Qd5 Qe8 5.Qxf7 Be7 6.Qf8 Nf6
7.dxe7# (Andrey Frolkin)
1.e4 c5 2.e5 c4 3.e6 c3 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.exf7# (Norbert
Geissler, 1996)
1.h4 g5 2.hxg5 f5 3.Rxh7 Nh6 4.g6 Nf7 5.gxf7# (Christoph
Fieberg, 2002)
1.h4 e6 2.h5 Ba3 3.h6 Bxb2 4.Bxb2 Kf8 5.Bf6 Qe8 6.hxg7#
(Hirokaz Onoda) 
1.e3 h5 2.Ba6 h4 3.Bxb7 h3 4.Ba6 Bb7 5.Kf1 Bf3 6.Qe1 hxg2#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.h4 e6 2.h5 Ba3 3.bxa3 Ne7 4.Bb2 Ng6 5.Bxg7 Qf6 6.hxg6
Qb2 7.Bf6 O-O 8.gxh7# (Andrey Frolkin)
  Fewer captures: 1.e4 e5 2.Qg4 Ne7 3.Qxg7 Nec6 4.Qh6 Bg7
5.g4 O-O 6.g5 Bh8 7.g6 Qg5 8.gxh7# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.d3 e5 2.Bh6 Qg5 3.e3 Qxg2 4.Ne2 Qh3 5.Bg2 g5 6.O-O g4
7.Bxb7 g3 8.Bh1 gxh2# (Nicolas Dupont)

 
Category D:
bxc7#/...bxc2# etc., double checkmate

1.e4 b5 2.Bxb5 Nc6 3.Bxc6 dxc6 4.b4 Bf5 5.b5 Bxe4 6.b6
Bxc2 7.d3 Kd7 8.Be3 Kc8 9.Nd2 Kb8 10.Rb1 Qc8 11.bxa7#
(Andrey Frolkin)
  Fewer captures: 1.b4 e5 2.b5 Qg5 3.b6 Qe3 4.dxe3 Ba3
5.Qd5 d6 6.Qxb7 Nd7 7.Qa6 Bb7 8.Nxa3 O-O-O 9.Rb1 Kb8
10.Rb2 Ba8 11.bxa7# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.e4 c5 2.Qh5 c4 3.Bxc4 d6 4.Ba6 Bg4 5.c4 Kd7 6.c5 Kc8
7.c6 Nd7 8.Qc5 Rb8 9.cxb7# (Andrey Frolkin)
1.Nc3 d5 2.Nxd5 Qd7 3.Nf6 Kd8 4.Nxh7 Rxh7 5.d4 Rxh2 6.d5
Rh4 7.d6 Rc4 8.Bf4 Qe8 9.dxc7# (Andrey Frolkin)
1.e3 d5 2.Qf3 d4 3.Qxb7 dxe3 4.Qb6 axb6 5.a4 Rxa4 6.Nc3
Re4 7.Nd1 exd2# (Andrey Frolkin)
1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 d5 3.Qxd5 Be6 4.Qe4 Bxa2 5.e6 Bb3 6.Ra5 Nd7
7.Rd5 Rb8 8.exd7# (Andrey Frolkin)
1.d4 e5 2.Qd3 exd4 3.Qxh7 d3 4.Qxg8 Rh5 5.Qxg7 Rd5 6.Qf6
Qxf6 7.Kd1 Qxf2 8.Nf3 dxe2# (Andrey Frolkin)
1.c4 d5 2.cxd5 Qd6 3.Qa4 Kd8 4.Qd4 Qxh2 5.d6 Qh4 6.Rh3 Nf6
7.Re3 Ne8 8.dxe7# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 d5 3.Qxd5 Be6 4.Qe4 Bxa2 5.e6 Bb3 6.Ra5 Nd7
7.Rf5 Rb8 8.exf7# (Andrey Frolkin)
1.d3 h6 2.Bxh6 Nf6 3.Bxg7 Ng4 4.Bc3 Bg7 5.h4 O-O 6.h5 Kh8
7.h6 Rg8 8.hxg7# (Andrey Frolkin)
1.e4 e5 2.Qg4 Ne7 3.Qxg7 Nec6 4.Qh6 Bg7 5.g4 O-O 6.g5 Bh8
6.g6 Qg5 7.Be2 Qxg1 8.Rxg1 Rd8 9.gxh7# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.e4 e5 2.Ne2 Qg5 3.Nec3 Qxg2 4.Na4 Qh3 5.Bg2 g5 6.O-O g4
7.Bh1 g3 8.Qg4 Be7 9.Qxg8 Rxg8 10.Rd1 gxh2# (Nicolas
Dupont) 


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Pawn to-the-6th rank mates
Summary of 2006
 

Category I:
b6#/...b3# etc., mate by pawn itself

1.b3 a5 2.Bb2 a4 3.Bxg7 Bxg7 4.Nc3 Bxc3 5.Qb1 Nf6 6.Kd1
O-O 7.Kc1 Bxd2+ 8.Kb2 a3# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.a4 b6 2.a5 Ba6 3.Ra4 Bxe2 4.Qxe2 Na6 5.Qxa6 Qb8 6.Bb5
Kd8 7.Qc8 Kxc8 8.Bxd7 Kb7 9.a6# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.a4 b5 2.a5 b4 3.a6 Bxa6 4.c3 Qc8 5.Qa4 Qb7 6.Kd1 Bxe2+
7.Kc2 a6 8.Qa5 b3# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1. e3 h5 2. Qxh5 a5 3. Qxa5 Nf6 4. Qxc7 Nh7 5. Qxc8 Qxc8
6. b4 Qc7 7. b5 Qg3 8. hxg3 Kd8 9. Rh4 Kc7 10. Rb4 Kb6 11.
Rb2 Ka7 12. b6# (Alexander Kisljak, 1993)
1.Na3 d5 2.Nc4 dxc4 3.d4 Qxd4 4.b4 Qxf2+ 5.Kd2 Qg3 6.b5
c3# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 Na6 2.Be3 Nc5 3.dxc5 d6 4.Qd5 Be6 5.Qxb7 Kd7 6.Qxa8
Qe8 7.c6# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 e6 2.d5 Qf6 3.Qd4 Ke7 4.Qxa7 b6 5.Qxc7 Bb7 6.Qxb8 Bc6
7.d6# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 d5 2.Ne2 d4 3.Nec3 Qd5 4.Ke2 Kd7 5.Qe1 Kd6 6.Nd1 Bd7
7.c3 d3# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1. e4 d6 2. e5 Bh3 3. Qg4 f6 4. Bb5+ Kf7 5. e6# (Francois
Labelle)
1. d4 e5 2. Bg5 e4 3. Bh4 Qg5 4. f3 Bb4+ 5. Kf2 e3#
(Francois Labelle)
1.Nf3 f5 2.Ne5 f4 3.Nxd7 Qxd7 4.e3 Qb5 5.Bd3 Bh3 6.Ke2
Bxg2 7.Re1 f3# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.f4 e6 2.f5 Ba3 3.bxa3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Ne4 5.Bxg7 Nxd2 6.Qxd2
Ke7 7.Kd1 Re8 8.f6# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.h4 g5 2.h5 g4 3.h6 Bxh6 4.f3 Bf4 5.Kf2 h5 6.Qe1 g3#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 d6 2.Qh5 Be6 3.Qxh7 f6 4.g4 Kf7 5.g5 Qe8 6.g6#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.g3 h5 2.Bg2 h4 3.Bxb7 Bxb7 4.Nf3 Bxf3 5.Kf1 Bxe2+ 6.Kg2
Rh5 7.Qg1 h3# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.h4 g6 2.h5 Bg7 3.Rh4 Bxb2 4.Bxb2 Nf6 5.Bxf6 Kf8 6.Bxe7
Kg7 7.Nh3 Qg8 8.h6# (Nicolas Dupont)


Category II:
b6#/...b3# etc., discovered checkmate

1.e3 c5 2.Bb5 c4 3.Bxd7+ Bxd7 4.d4 Bb5 5.d5 Qxd5 6.Ke2 Kd7
7.Qe1 c3# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.c3 e6 2.c4 Bb4 3.c5 Bxd2 4.Bxd2 d5 5.Bb4 d4 6.Qxd4 Ke7
7.Kd2 Qe8 8.c6# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.b3 d5 2.Ba3 d4 3.Bxe7 Qxe7 4.e4 Qxe4 5.Ne2 Bc5 6.f3 Ne7
7.Kf2 O-O 8.Ng3 d3# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.g3 e5 2.Bh3 e4 3.Bxd7+ Bxd7 4.Nh3 Bc6 5.O-O Qxd2 6.Kh1
Qxe2 7.Bf4 Qxf2 8.Qc1 e3# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d3 h5 2.Bh6 gxh6 3.f4 Bg7 4.f5 Bxb2 5.d4 Kf8 6.Qd3 Kg7
7.Kd2 Kh7 8.f6# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.g3 f5 2.Bh3 f4 3.Bxd7+ Bxd7 4.h3 Bxh3 5.g4 Bxg4 6.Kf1
Qd6 7.Kg2 Kd7 8.Kh2 f3# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.f4 g5 2.f5 g4 3.f6 exf6 4.Kf2 Bc5 5.Kg3 Bb6 6.h4 c5 7.h5
Qc7 8.Kh4 Qf4 9.a4 d6 10.a5 g3# (Nicolas Dupont)
[pin mate]
1.e3 f6 2.Qg4 Kf7 3.Qxd7 Qe8 4.Qxc7 Be6 5.d4 Bxa2 6.d5
Bxb1 7.Bc4 Bxc2 8.Ne2 Bg6 9.d6# (Andrey Frolkin)
[double-pin mate]
1.e4 f5 2.Qg4 f4 3.Qxd7 Kf7 4.Qxc7 Qd5 5.d4 Qxa2 6.Nd2 Qb1
7.Ra5 Nd7 8.Rf5 Ndf6 9.d5 h5 10.Bc4 Rh6 11.Ne2 Rg6 12.O-O
Qxc1 13.Qd7 Qa1 14.d6# (Andrey Frolkin)
1.f3 e5 2.Kf2 e4 3.fxe4 Qg5 4.Nf3 Qxd2 5.Ne1 Qxc2 6.Qd4 d5
7.Qxa7 Nd7 8.Qb8 Rxa2 9.Be3 Ra3 10.Ba7 Rg3 11.hxg3 d4
12.Rh6 Bc5 13.Rb6 h5 14.Ra3 Rh6 15.Rf3 Rf6 16.Nc3 d3#
(Paul Raican)


Category III:
bxc6#/...bxc3# etc., mate by pawn itself

1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 Qb6 3.Qd6 Kd8 4.Qxe7+ Kc7 5.Qf6 a6 6.cxb6#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 c6 3.Qd5 Qb6 4.Kd1 Kd8 5.Bg5+ Kc7 6.Kc1 Bd6
7.exd6# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 d5 2.Qh5 Be6 3.Qh6 f5 4.c4 Kf7 5.cxd5 Qe8 6.dxe6#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.g3 d5 2.Bh3 d4 3.Kf1 d3 4.Kg2 dxe2 5.d4 e1=R 6.Qf3 g5
7.Qf6 g4 8.Nf3 gxh3# (Nicolas Dupont)


Category IV:
bxc6#/...bxc3# etc., discovered checkmate (with/without en
passant) 

1.d4 e6 2.d5 Qg5 3.Qd4 Qxg2 4.Bxg2 Ke7 5.Bg5 Kd6 6.f4 Nc6
7.dxc6# (Nicolas Dupont)
1. d4 a5 2. Qd3 Ra6 3. Qg3 Rf6 4. Be3 Rf3 5. exf3 g6 6.
Ne2 Bh6 7. Nc1 Bg5 8. Be2 Nh6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Rd1 Kg7 11.
Rd3 Kf6 12. Ra3 Ke6 13. b3 Kd5 14. c4+ Kc6 15. Nc3 Kb6 16.
d5+ c5 17. dxc6+ Ka6 18. c5+ b5 19. cxb6# e.p. (Andrey
Frolkin, 1987) 
1. h4 d5 2. Rh3 Kd7 3. Rb3 Kd6 4. Rxb7 Bh3 5. Rxb8 Qc8 6.
Rxc8 Rb8 7. e3 Rb3 8. Be2 Ra3 9. b4 e6 10. Bxa3 Be7 11.
Qc1 Bg5 12. Qb2 Bh6 13. b5+ c5 14. bxc6# e.p. (Alexander
Kisljak, 1993)
1.e4 e5 2.Qg4 Be7 3.Qxd7+ Qxd7 4.f3 f5 5.Kf2 Qd4+ 6.Kg3
Qf2+ 7.Kh3 f4+ 8.g4 fxg3# e.p. (Unto Heinonen, 1996)
1. a4 e5 2. Ra3 Ke7 3. Rg3 Ke6 4. Rxg7 Ba3 5. Rxg8 d6 6.
Rf8 Rg8 7. c4 Rg3 8. Nc3 Rxc3 9. g4 Rxc1 10. Bh3 Rc3 11.
Kf1 Rb3 12. Kg2 Rb6 13. Qf1 Ra6 14. g5+ f5 15. gxf6# e.p.
(Alexander Kisljak, 1993)


Category V:
bxc6#/...bxc3# etc., double checkmate (with/without en
passant)

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Rg8 3.e6 dxe6 4.d4 Qd6 5.d5 Qxh2 6.g3 Qh4
7.Bg2 Qa4 8.Rh5 Kd7 9.Re5 Ne8 10.dxe6# (Andrey Frolkin)
1.d3 a5 2.Bf4 a4 3.Bd6 exd6 4.Kd2 Qg5 5.Kc3 Qc1 6.Kb4 Qxc2
7.Ka3 d5 8.b4 axb3# e.p.(Hirokaz Onoda & Ulrich Ring)
1.a4 d6 2.a5 Bf5 3.Ra4 Bd3 4.exd3 Kd7 5.Qg4 Kc6 6.Qc8 Kb5
7.Qb8 Ka6 8.d4+ b5 9.axb6# e.p. (Ulrich Ring, 1996)
1.d4 a5 2.Bg5 a4 3.Bxe7 Qxe7 4.Kd2 Qxe2 5.Kc3 Ne7 6.Kb4
Qxd1 7.Nc3 Qxc2 8.Re1 d5 9.Rxe7 Kxe7 10.Ka3 Ke8 11.b4
axb3# e.p. (Klaus Kiesow, 2004)
1.a4 d5 2.a5 d4 3.a6 d3 4.axb7 Qd4 5.Ra6 Qc3 6.bxc3 f5
7.Ba3 f4 8.Bxe7 Nxe7 9.Rh6 Ng6 10.g3 Bc5 11.Bh3 0-0 12.Bg4
Rf6 13.Nh3 Nf8 14.0-0 g6 15.Kg2 Kg7 16.Kf3 Bxb7+ 17.e4
fxe3# e.p. (Rustam Ubaidullaev, 2002)
1.c3 f6 2.Qa4 Kf7 3.Qxd7 Kg6 4.Qxe7 Kh6 5.Qf7 Ne7 6.h4
Nbc6 7.h5 Na5 8.d3+ g5 9.hxg6# e.p. (Richard Stanley,
1996)
1.f4 e5 2.Kf2 Qh4+ 3.Kf3 Qf2+ 4.Kg4 h5+ 5.Kh3 h4 6.e4 d5+
7.g4 hxg3# e.p. (Gerd Wilts & Norbert Geissler, 1996)


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Pawn to-the-5th-rank mates 
Summary of 2006
 

category 1: c5#/...c4#, etc., mate by pawn itself

1.e4 Na6 2.e5 Nc5 3.e6 dxe6 4.a4 Kd7 5.Ra2 Kc6 6.Qf3 Kb6
7.a5# (Roberto Osorio)
1.b4 d6 2.Bb2 Kd7 3.Bd4 Kc6 4.Nc3 Qd7 5.b5# (Christoph
Fieberg, 2002)
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Ke7 3.Bd5 Kd6 4.c4 Be7 5.Qc2 Qf8 6.c5#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 d6 2.Qd2 Kd7 3.Qa5 Kc6 4.c3 Qd7 5.d5# (Christoph
Fieberg, 2002)
1.e4 e6 2.Qh5 Ke7 3.Nf3 Kf6 4.Rg1 Ne7 5.e5# (Christoph
Fieberg, 2002)
f5# (vacant) 
1.g4 e6 2.Bg2 Ke7 3.Be4 Kf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.g5# (Christoph
Fieberg, 2002)
1.h4 e6 2.Rh3 Ke7 3.Rd3 Kf6 4.Rd5 Kg6 5.d3 Qf6 6.h5#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
 
1.d3 a5 2.Bg5 Ra6 3.Be7 Qxe7 4.Kd2 Kd8 5.Kc3 Qc5 6.Kb3 a4#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1. e4 b5 2. Ke2 Bb7 3. Kd3 Bd5 4. Kc3 Nc6 5. Bd3 b4#
(Francois Labelle)
1. f4 c5 2. Kf2 Qb6 3. Ke3 Qe6+ 4. Kd3 Nc6 5. Nc3 c4#
(Francois Labelle)
1. d3 d5 2. Kd2 Qd7 3. Ke3 Qg4 4. Bd2 d4# (Francois
Labelle)
1.e3 e5 2.Ke2 Qh4 3.Kf3 f6 4.Be2 e4# (Richard Stanley,
1996) 
1. e4 d5 2. Ke2 Qd6 3. Kf3 Qh6 4. Kg3 f5 5. Nf3 f4#
(Francois Labelle)
1. e4 e6 2. Ke2 Qh4 3. Kf3 g5 4. Be2 Bh6 5. Qf1 g4#
(Francois Labelle)
1. e4 d5 2. Ke2 Qd6 3. Kf3 Qf6+ 4. Kg3 h5 5. Qf3 h4#
(Francois Labelle)


category 2: c5#/...c4#, etc., discovered checkmate

1.b4 d5 2.Ba3 Bd7 3.Qc1 Bc6 4.Qb2 Kd7 5.Qxg7 e5 6.Qxe5 Be7
7.Qf5 Kd6 8.b5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 e5 2.Bc4 Bd6 3.Bb3 Ke7 4.c4 Ke6 5.Qh5 Qe7 6.Qg5 h5
7.c5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.c4 d5 2.c5 Be6 3.c6 Nxc6 4.d3 Nb4 5.Kd2 c5 6.Kc3 Qa5
7.Kb3 d4# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 c5 2.Be3 c4 3.Kd2 c3 4.Nxc3 d6 5.Nb5 Kd7 6.c4 Kc6
7.Qa4 Kb6 8.d5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e4 d5 2.Qh5 Bh3 3.Qxd5 Bxg2 4.Qa5 Kd7 5.Bxg2 Kc6 6.Kf1
Nd7 7.e5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 e5 2.Bh6 Qh4 3.Bxg7 Qxd4 4.Bxh8 Qa4 5.Kd2 Bg7 6.Kc3
Bxh8 7.Nd2 e4# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 f6 2.Bb5 f5 3.Bxd7 Qxd7 4.a4 Qxa4 5.g4 Qxg4 6.Kf1
Qxd1 7.Kg2 Qxg1 8.Kh3 Qg5 9.Rf1 f4# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.g4 b6 2.Bh3 Ba6 3.Kf1 Bxe2 4.Qxe2 b5 5.Qxb5 f5 6.Qxf5 d5
7.Qf4 Kd7 8.Kg2 Ke6 9.g5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.b3 g5 2.Ba3 Bh6 3.Bxe7 Qxe7 4.b4 Qxb4 5.f4 Qxf4 6.d4 Qf5
7.Kd2 Kf8 8.Ke3 g4# (Hirokaz Onoda)


category 3: bxc5#/...bxc4#, etc., mate by pawn itself

1.b4 d6 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.Bc3 Bxe2 4.Qxe2 Kd7 5.Kd1 Kc6 6.Qc4
Kb6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 Na5 9.bxa5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.a4 d6 2.Ra3 Bd7 3.Rg3 Bb5 4.e3 Kd7 5.Qg4 Kc6 6.Qd4 Qd7
7.axb5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Bc5 3.Bd4 Ke7 4.c3 Kd6 5.Qc2 Ne7 6.Qe4 Re8
7.bxc5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 e6 2.Qd2 Bc5 3.Kd1 Ke7 4.Qg5 Kd6 5.f4 Nc6 6.dxc5#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.c4 Nf6 2.Qa4 Nd5 3.Qa5 d6 4.Kd1 Kd7 5.Kc2 Kc6 6.Kd3 Nd7
7.cxd5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1. d4 e5 2. Bf4 Ke7 3. e3 Kf6 4. Qg4 Ne7 5. dxe5#
(Francois Labelle)
1. e4 f5 2. Qf3 Kf7 3. Bc4+ Kg6 4. d3 Nf6 5. exf5#
(Francois Labelle)
1.e3 d6 2.Qg4 Bf5 3.Qd4 Kd7 4.g4 Ke6 5.Bh3 Qd7 6.gxf5#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.f4 e6 2.Kf2 Bb4 3.Kf3 Bxd2 4.Qxd2 Qg5 5.Qd3 Ke7 6.Qxh7
Kf6 7.Qe4 Ne7 8.fxg5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.h4 e6 2.Rh3 Bb4 3.Ra3 Bxd2 4.Qxd2 Qg5 5.Qd3 Ke7 6.Qxh7
Kf6 7.Qe4 Ne7 8.hxg5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.g4 e6 2.Bg2 Bb4 3.Bf3 Bxd2 4.Qxd2 Ke7 5.Kd1 Kf6 6.Qf4
Kg6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Kc1 Nh5 9.gxh5# (Hirokaz Onoda)

1. e3 d5 2. Bc4 Qd7 3. Ke2 Qg4+ 4. Kd3 Nd7 5. Nc3 dxc4#
(Francois Labelle)
1. d4 e5 2. Kd2 Qg5+ 3. Kd3 Qxc1 4. c4 Qxd1+ 5. Kc3 exd4#
(Francois Labelle)
1. e4 d5 2. Ke2 Bf5 3. Kf3 e6 4. Be2 Qg5 5. Qf1 dxe4#
(Francois Labelle)
1. d3 e5 2. Bf4 Qe7 3. Kd2 Qb4+ 4. Ke3 Bd6 5. Nf3 exf4#
(Francois Labelle)
1. d3 e5 2. Bf4 Qg5 3. Kd2 Qxg2 4. Ke3 g5 5. Nd2 gxf4#
(Francois Labelle)
1.e3 f5 2.Bb5 Kf7 3.Bxd7 Qxd7 4.Qg4 Qd6 5.Ke2 Qxh2 6.Kf3
Qe5 7.Ne2 fxg4# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 h5 2.Bb5 Rh6 3.Bxd7 Qxd7 4.Qg4 Qd6 5.Ke2 Qxh2 6.Kf3
Qe5 7.Ne2 hxg4# (Hirokaz Onoda)

 
category 4: bxc5#/...bxc4#, etc., discovered checkmate

[Still no games.]


category 5: bxc5#/...bxc4#, etc., bouble checkmate

1.e3 a5 2.Bb5 Ra6 3.Bxd7 Kxd7 4.Ke2 Kd6 5.Kd3 Kc5 6.Kc3
Qxd2 7.Kb3 Qxc1 8.Ka3 Qxb1 9.b4 axb4# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.c4 e6 2.Qa4 Bb4 3.Qa5 Bxd2 4.Nxd2 d5 5.Ndf3 Bd7 6.Bf4
Bb5 7.O-O-O Kd7 8.Kb1 Kc6 9.Rc1 Nd7 10.cxb5# (Hirokaz
Onoda)
1.b3 d5 2.Ba3 Be6 3.Bxe7 Nxe7 4.e4 Nf5 5.Bc4 Bb4 6.Ke2 O-O
7.Kd3 Re8 8.Ne2 dxc4# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 b6 2.Be3 Bb7 3.Qd2 Bxg2 4.Bg2 e5 5.Be4 Bc5 6.Bxh7 Ke7
7.Bf5 Kd6 8.Bxd7 Ne7 9.dxc5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 c5 2.Qd3 Qb6 3.Qxh7 Kd8 4.Qd3 Rh6 5.Kd2 Rc6 6.Kc3 g6
7.Bd2 cxd4# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.c4 d5 2.Qb3 Qd6 3.Kd1 Qxh2 4.Kc2 Qd6 5.Rh3 Kd7 6.Rc3 Kc6
7.g3 Bd7 8.cxd5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 e5 2.Qd3 Bc5 3.Qxh7 d6 4.Qd3 Rh6 5.Kd2 Re6 6.Ke3 Qf6
7.Bd2 exd4# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e4 d5 2.Bc4 Qd6 3.d3 Qxh2 4.Bd2 Qd6 5.Rh3 Kd7 6.Re3 Ke6
7.Qf3 Bd7 8.exd5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 e5 2.Bf4 Bc5 3.e3 Ke7 4.Bb5 Kd6 5.Bxd7 Ne7 6.dxe5#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e4 d5 2.Bc4 Bf5 3.Ke2 e6 4.Kd3 Bb4 5.Ne2 Bxd2 6.Re1
dxe4# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e4 g6 2.Bd3 Bg7 3.Qe2 Bxb2 4.Bxb2 d5 5.Bd4 Bf5 6.Bxa7
Kd7 7.Bc5 Ke6 8.Bxe7 Nd7 9.exf5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 h5 2.Bb5 Rh6 3.Bxd7 Qxd7 4.Ke2 Qxd2 5.Kf3 Qxc2 6.Kg3
Qxb2 7.Qg4 Qe5 8.Kh3 hxg4# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.f4 e6 2.Kf2 Qh4 3.Kf3 Qxh2 4.Kg4 Qh5 5.Rxh5 Be7 6.Ra5
Bg5 7.Kh5 Ke7 8.g4 Kf6 9.Bh3 Ne7 10.Qf1 Rf8 11.fxg5#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.b3 g5 2.Ba3 Bg7 3.Bxe7 Qxe7 4.Nf3 Qe4 5.Nh4 Ne7 5.f3 Rg8
7.Kf2 Bd4 8.Kg3 Bg1 9.h3 gxh4# (Hirokaz Onoda)

    
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Pawn to-the-4th-rank mates
Summary of 2006
 

Category 1: a4#/...a5#, etc., single checkmate by pawn
 
1.d4 d6 2.Kd2 Qd7 3.Kc3 Qh3 4.Kb4 Bd7 5.c4 a5# (Hirokaz
Onoda)
1.d4 c6 2.Kd2 Qa5 3.Kd3 Qa3 4.Kc4 b5# (Richard Stanley
2002)
1.e4 d6 2.Bb5 Qd7 3.Ke2 Qxb5 4.Ke3 Qb3 5.Kd4 c5# (Hirokaz
Onoda)
1.e4 d6 2.Qf3 Kd7 3.Qa3 Kc6 4.d3 Kb5 5.Be3 c6 6.c4#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 c6 2.Kd2 Qa5 3.Kd3 Qa3 4.Kc4 d5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d3 e6 2.Qd2 Ke7 3.Qc3 Kd6 4.Bf4 Kd5 5.e4# (Hirokaz
Onoda)
1.e3 d6 2.Ke2 Qd7 3.Kd3 Qc6 4.Kd4 Bd7 5.Bd3 e5# (Hirokaz
Onoda)
1.d4 e6 2.Kd2 Qg5 3.Kd3 Qg3 4.Ke4 f5# (Richard Stanley
2002)
1.e3 f5 2.Qf3 Kf7 3.Bc4 Kf6 4.Qc6 Ke5 5.f4# (Noam D.
Elkies 2002)
1.d4 d5 2.Kd2 Qd6 3.Ke3 Qa3 4.Kf4 f6 5.b4 g5# (Francois
Labelle)
1.e3 e6 2.Qg4 Ke7 3.Be2 Kf6 4.Qxe6 Kg5 5.h4# (Noam D.
Elkies 2002)
1.f3 e6 2.Kf2 Qe7 3.Kg3 Qd6 4.Kg4 Be7 5.h3 h5# (Hirokaz
Onoda)


Category 2: bxa4#/...bxa5#, etc., single checkmate by pawn
 
[Still no games.]
  

Category 3: c4#/...c5#, etc., discovered checkmate

captureless: 1.a4 c6 2.Ra3 Qa5 3.Re3 Kd8 4.Re6 Kc7 5.e3
Kb6 6.Bc4 Kc5 7.Ba2 b6 8.b3 Kd5 9.b4# (Hirokaz Onoda)
captureless: 1.d3 d6 2.Kd2 Bd7 3.Kc3 Ba4 4.Kb4 b5 5.Ka5
c5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
captureless: 1.d3 d6 2.Nd2 Kd7 3.Ndf3 Kc6 4.Bd2 Kb5 5.Rc1
Ka4 6.c4# (Noam D. Elkies, 2002)
captureless: 1.d3 e5 2.Kd2 Qh4 3.Ke3 Qg3 4.Ke4 Nf6 5.Kf5
d5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
captureless: 1.f4 d6 2.Kf2 Bg4 3.Kg3 f5 4.Kh4 Kf7 5.Kg5
e5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
captureless: 1.e3 e6 2.Ke2 Be7 3.Kf3 Kf8 4.Kg4 Qe8 5.Kh5
Bd8 6.g4 f5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d3 h6 2.Bxh6 e6 3.Bc1 Rh4 4.Kd2 Rd4 5.e4 Qh4 6.Ke3 Qh8
7.Kf4 Kd8 8.Ke5 g5# (Roberto Osorio)
captureless: 1.h4 a5 2.Rh3 Ra6 3.Rd3 Re6 4.Rd6 f6 5.d3 Kf7
6.Bf4 Kg6 7.Bh2 Kf5 8.g3 Ke5 9.g4# (Hirokaz Onoda)

 
Category 4: bxc4#/...bxc5#, etc., discovered checkmate

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Nh5 3.Bxe7 f6 4.Bc5 d6 5.Kd2 Bf5 6.Kc3 Qd7
7.Kc4 Bd3 8.Kd5 dxc5# (Hirokaz Onoda)
 

Category 5: bxc4#/...bxc5#, etc., double checkmate

1.e4 g5 2.Qh5 g4 3.Qxh7 f5 4.Qxh8 Kf7 5.h3 Kg6 6.Qg7+ Kh5
7.hxg4# (Ulrich Ring)


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Pawn to-the-3rd-rank mates
Summary of 2006
 

Category 1: c3#/...c6#, etc., mate by pawn itself

captureless: 1.d3 e6 2.Kd2 Qe7 3.Kc3 Qa3 4.Kc4 d5 5.Kb5
a6# (Hirokaz Onoda)
captureless: 1.d3 d6 2.Qd2 Kd7 3.Qa5 Kc6 4.Qa6+ Kc5 5.Be3+
Kb4 6.a3# (Christoph Fieberg 2002)
captureless: 1.d3 d6 2.Kd2 Qd7 3.Kc3 Qe6 4.Kb4 Qb3 5.Ka5
b6# (Hirokaz Onoda)
captureless: 1.d3 e6 2.Kd2 Qe7 3.Kc3 Qa3 4.Kc4 d5 5.Kb5
c6# (Hirokaz Onoda)
captureless: 1.a4 d6 2.Ra3 Kd7 3.Rd3 Kc6 4.Na3 Kc5 5.Rd5+
Kb4 6.c3# (Christoph Fieberg 2002)
captureless: 1.f3 c6 2.Kf2 Qc7 3.Ke3 Kd8 4.Kd4 Qf4 5.Kc5
d6# (Hirokaz Onoda)
captureless: 1.d3 h5 2.Kd2 h4 3.Ke3 h3 4.Kf4 Rh4 5.Kg5 e6#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
captureless: 1.e3 d6 2.Ke2 Qd7 3.Kf3 Qh3 4.Kf4 e5 5.Kg5
f6# (Hirokaz Onoda)
captureless: 1.e3 e6 2.Ke2 e5 3.Kf3 e4+ 4.Kg4 d5+ 5.Kh5
g6# (Noam D. Elkies 1996)
captureless: 1.e3 d6 2.Ke2 Qd7 3.Kf3 Qh3 4.Kf4 e5 5.Kg5
h6# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e4 e6 2.Qh5 Ke7 3.Qxh7 Kf6 4.e5+ Kg5 5.d3+ Kg4 6.h3#
(Christoph Fieberg 2002)

 
Category 2: c3#/...c6#, etc., discovered checkmate

captureless: 1.d3 d5 2.Kd2 Bd7 3.Kc3 Bb5 4.Kb4 e6 5.Ka5
c6# (Hirokaz Onoda)
captureless: 1.d3 e5 2.Kd2 Qh4 3.Ke3 Qg3 4.Ke4 Nf6 5.Kf5
d6# (Hirokaz Onoda)
captureless: 1.f4 d6 2.Kf2 Bg4 3.Kg3 f5 4.Kh4 Kf7 5.Kg5
e6# (Hirokaz Onoda)
captureless: 1.h4 e6 2.Rh3 Ke7 3.Re3 Kf6 4.g3 Kf5 5.Re5+
Kg4 6.e3# (Noam D. Elkies 2002)
captureless: 1.d3 f6 2.Bd2 Kf7 3.Qc1 Kg6 4.Kd1 Kh5 5.Be1
Kh4 6.Qd2 h5 7.f3#  (Hirokaz Onoda)


Category 3: bxc3#/...bxc6#, etc., mate by pawn itself

1.e3 e6 2.Ba6 Qe7 3.Ke2 Kd8 4.Kd3 Qa3 5.Kc4 d5 6.Kb5 bxa6#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d3 d6 2.Bh6 Qd7 3.Kd2 Kd8 4.Ke3 Qh3 5.Kf4 e5 6.Kg5 gxh6#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
 

Category 4: bxc3#/...bxc6#, etc., discovered checkmate


Category 5: bxc3#/...bxc6#, etc., bouble checkmate

1.d3 d6 2.Kd2 Qd7 3.Kc3 Qe6 4.Kb4 Qb3 5.Ka5 Be6 6.Be3 Kd7
7.Bb6 axb6# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Kd7 3 Bxc7 Kc6 4.Bd6 Kb5 5.e4+ Ka4 6.Bd3 Qb6
7.Ne2 Qb3 8.axb3# (Noam D. Elkies)
1.a4 e5 2.a5 Bb4 3.Ra4 Bc3 4.Rh4 Ke7 5.e4 Kd6 6.Be2 Kc5
7.b4+ Kd4 8.dxc3# (Noam D. Elkies)
1.e3 c6 2.Ke2 Qc7 3.Kf3 Kd8 4.Kg4 Qg3 5.Kh5 Kc7 6.Qg4 Kd6
7.Qg6 hxg6# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Ke7 3.Bb3 Kf6 4.Qf3+ Kg5 5.Qf5+ Kh4 6.f4 Qg5
7.Kf2 Qg3+ 8.hxg3# (Noam D. Elkies)
1.d3 d5 2.Bh6 Qd6 3.Kd2 Qxh2 4.Ke3 Qh3 5.Kf4 Nf6 6.Kg5 Rg8
7.f4 gxh6# (Hirokaz Onoda)



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