[Retros] Pawn to-the-7th rank mates

Nicolas.Dupont at math.univ-lille1.fr Nicolas.Dupont at math.univ-lille1.fr
Sun Nov 12 17:25:31 EST 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 Elkies)

> ...a2# (vacant)


1.Pd2-d4 Pc7-c5 2.Dd1-d3 Dd8-a5 3.Cb1-d2 Da5xa2
4.Cd2-b3 Pa7-a5 5.Fc1-d2 Pa5-a4 6.O-O-O Pa4-a3
7.Cb3-a1 Da2-e6 8.Rc1-b1 De6-e3 9.Td1-c1 Pa3-a2







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