[Retros] Summary: Knight Checkmates

[Hirokaz ONODA]

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Shortest Knight Checkmates
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(As for Checkmates at the moment of promotion, see Shortest Pawn Mates)


I. Single Checkmates, by Knight itself


Knight to the 8th rank
[Na] 1.Nc3 d5 2.Nxd5 c6 3.Nb6 Qxd2 4.Bxd2 Kd8 5.Be3 Kc7 6.Nxa8# (Hirokaz
Onoda, 2007)
[Nb] 1.a4 Nf6 2.Ra3 Ne4 3.Rd3 Nxd2 4.Rxd7 Qxd7 5.e3 Qxa4 6.Ke2 c6 7.Kd3 Bf5
8.Kc3 Nxb1# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nc]
[Nd] 1.Nf3 e5 2.Nxe5 Bb4 3.Nxf7 Bxd2 4.Qxd2 Ke7 5.Qg5 Ke6 6.Bf4 h6 7.Nxd8#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Ne] 1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bh6 3.d6 Kf8 4.dxe7 Kg7 5.exd8N d5 6.Nxb7 Nd7 7.Nd6 Nf8
8.Ne8# (Nicolas Dupont, 2006)
     Fewer captures: 1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bh6 3.d6 Kf8 4.dxc7 Kg7 5.cxd8N Kf6 6.Ne6
Bf8 7.Nc7 Kg7 8.Ne8# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nf] 1.e4 f6 2.e5 Kf7 3.e6 Kg6 4.exd7 Qe8 5.d8N h6 6.Ne6 Kh7 7.Bd3 Qg6
8.Nxf8# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Ng] 1.f4 e6 2.f5 Qe7 3.f6 Qd6 4.fxg7 Nf6 5.g8N Bg7 6.Nh6 Ke7 7.d3 Rd8
8.Kd2 Bf8 9.Kc3 Ne8 10.Ng8# (Andrey Frolkin, 2006)
[Nh] 1.Nf3 e5 2.Nxe5 Qg5 3.Ng6 Qxd2 4.Qxd2 f6 5.Qe3 Kf7 6.Nxh8# (Hirokaz
Onoda, 2007)

Knight to the 7th rank
[Na] 1.Nc3 d5 2.Nxd5 Be6 3.Nxe7 Kd7 4.Nc6 Kc8 5.c3 Nd7 6.Qc2 Rb8 7.Nxa7#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
     1.d4 Nf6 2.d5 Nxd5 3.Kd2 Nb4 4.Kc3 d5 5.Qxd5 Qxd5 6.Nd2 Kd8 7.Rb1
Nxa2# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nb] 1.c4 d5 2.c5 Qd7 3.c6 Kd8 4.cxb7 Qe8 5.bxc8N Nd7 6.Nd6 Rc8 7.Nb7#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nc] 1.d4 e6 2.Bg5 Ba3 3.Nxa3 Qe7 4.Nb5 Qf8 5.Nxc7# (Francois Labelle,
2004)
[Nd] 1.c4 g6 2.c5 Bg7 3.c6 Kf8 4.cxd7 Nc6 5.dxc8N Qd7 6.Nb6 Re8 7.Nxd7#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Ne]
[Nf] 1.f4 c6 2.f5 Qc7 3.f6 Kd8 4.fxg7 Nf6 5.gxh8N Ne8 6.Nxf7# (Hirokaz
Onoda, 2007)
     1.e3 e5 2.Bd3 e4 3.Ne2 exd3 4.O-O dxc2 5.Kh1 cxd1N 6.Rg1 Nxf2# (Jens
Guballa, 2002)
[Ng] 1.Nf3 e6 2.Ne5 Ne7 3.Nxd7 e5 4.Nxf8 Bd7 5.Ne6 Rf8 6.Nxg7# (Goeran
Wicklund, 1996)
[Nh] 1.d3 h6 2.Bxh6 Nxh6 3.e3 Ng4 4.Be2 Rxh2 5.Kf1 Rxh1 6.Qe1 Nh2# (Hirokaz
Onoda, 2007)

Knight to the 6th rank
[Na]
[Nb]
[Nc] 1.a4 d6 2.a5 Bd7 3.a6 Qc8 4.axb7 Kd8 5.Rxa7 Be8 6.Ra6 Nd7 7.b8N Ra7
8.Nc6# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nd] 1.c4 Na6 2.c5 Nxc5 3.e3 a6 4.Ne2 Nd3# (Richard Stanley & Noam D.
Elkies, 1996)
     1.Nc3 c5 2.Nd5 Nc6 3.Nxe7 Rb8 4.Nxc8 Nge7 5.Nd6# (Christoph Fieberg,
2002)
[Ne] 1.e4 g6 2.e5 Bg7 3.e6 Kf8 4.exd7 Qe8 5.d8N Be6 6.Qf3 Nd7 7.Nxe6#
(Christoph Fieberg, 2002)
[Nf] 1.Nf3 g5 2.Ne5 g4 3.Nxd7 e5 4.a3 Ne7 5.Nf6# (Noam D. Elkies, 2002)
[Ng]
[Nh] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nh5 3.e6 f6 4.exd7 Kf7 5.Qg4 Qe8 6.d8N Kg8 7.Nf7 Qd8
8.Nh6# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

Knight to the 5th rank
[Na] captureless: 1.d4 d5 2.Nd2 Kd7 3.Nb3 Kc6 4.Qd2 Kb5 5.a4 Kc4 6.Na5#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nb] captureless: 1.e4 e5 2.Ke2 Ne7 3.Kd3 Nec6 4.Kc4 Qe7 5.Kd5 Kd8 6.c4
Nb4# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nc] captureless: 1.d4 d5 2.Nd2 Kd7 3.Nb3 Kc6 4.Bd2 Kb5 5.e4 Ka4 6.Nc5#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nd] 1.e4 e6 2.Bb5 Qg5 3.Bc6 Nxc6 4.Ke2 Rb8 5.Kf3 Nd4# (Hirokaz Onoda,
2007)
     captureless: 1.e4 e5 2.Ke2 Ne7 3.Kf3 Nec6 4.Kg4 Qh4 5.Kf5 Qg3 6.h4
Nd4# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Ne] captureless: 1.e3 b6 2.Qh5 Bb7 3.Qh6 f5 4.Nf3 Kf7 5.Rg1 Qe8 6.Ne5#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nf] captureless: 1.e4 e5 2.Ke2 Ne7 3.Kf3 Ng6 4.Kg4 d5 5.Kh5 Nf4# (Hirokaz
Onoda, 2007)
[Ng] captureless: 1.b3 e6 2.Bb2 Qh4 3.Bf6 Qh3 4.f4 Nh6 5.Kf2 Rg8 6.Qe1 Ng4#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nh] captureless: 1.e4 e5 2.Ne2 Ke7 3.Ng3 Kf6 4.Qe2 Kg5 5.h4 Kf4 6.Nh5#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

Knight to the 4th rank
[Na]
[Nb] 1.e3 a6 2.Bxa6 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na7 4.Bxd7 Qxd7 5.Ke2 Qa4 6.Kd3 Bf5 7.Kc3
Nb5# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nc] captureless: 1.d3 d6 2.Kd2 Bd7 3.Kc3 Ba4 4.Kb4 Nd7 5.Ka5 b6 6.Ka6 Nc5#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nd] 1.c3 d5 2.Qb3 Bg4 3.Qb4 Bxe2 4.Bxe2 Kd7 5.Bf3 Kc6 6.Ne2 Nd7 7.Nd4#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Ne] 1.e4 e6 2.Bb5 Qg5 3.Bxd7 Bxd7 4.Ke2 Bc6 5.Kf3 Nd7 6.Ne2 Ne5# (Hirokaz
Onoda, 2007)
[Nf] captureless: 1.e3 e6 2.Ke2 Be7 3.Kf3 Bh4 4.Kg4 Ne7 5.Kh5 g6 6.Kh6 Nf5#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Ng] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bxe7 Qxe7 4.e3 Qh4 5.Ke2 Be7 6.Kf3 O-O 7.Ne2 Ng5#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nh] captureless: 1.e3 f6 2.Qf3 Kf7 3.Qd5 Kg6 4.Nf3 Nh6 5.Nh4# (Hirokaz
Onoda, 2007)

Knight to the 3rd rank
[Na] captureless: 1.d4 d5 2.Kd2 Kd7 3.Kc3 Ke6 4.Kb4 Bd7 5.Kc5 Na6# (Hirokaz
Onoda, 2007)
[Nb] captureless: 1.e4 e5 2.Ke2 Bc5 3.Kd3 d6 4.Kc4 Nd7 5.Kd5 Nb6# (Hirokaz
Onoda, 2007)
     captureless: 1.d3 f6 2.Qd2 Kf7 3.Qf4 Ke6 4.Nd2 Kd5 5.Qf5 Kd4 6.Nb3#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nc] captureless: 1.d3 e6 2.Kd2 Qg5 3.Kc3 Ne7 4.Kd4 Qg4 5.Ke5 Nec6#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nd] 1.Nf3 e5 2.Nxe5 Ke7 3.f3 Kd6 4.Kf2 Kc5 5.d4 Kb4 6.Qd3 c5 7.Qa6 Qb6
8.Nd3# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Ne] 1.d4 Nc6 2.Kd2 Nxd4 3.Ke3 c6 4.Kf4 Qc7 5.Kg5 Qxh2 6.f4 Qh3 7.Rh2 Ne6#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nf] captureless: 1.e3 f5 2.Qf3 Kf7 3.Bc4 Kf6 4.Qc6 Ke5 5.Nf3# (Goeran
Forslund, 1996)
[Ng] captureless: 1.f3 e6 2.Kf2 Qf6 3.Kg3 Qf5 4.Kh4 Ne7 5.g3 Ng6# (Hirokaz
Onoda, 2007)
[Nh] captureless: 1.e4 e5 2.Ke2 Ke7 3.Kf3 Kd6 4.Kg4 Be7 5.Kf5 Nh6# (Hirokaz
Onoda, 2007)

Knight to the 2nd rank
[Na]
[Nb]
[Nc]
[Nd] captureless: 1.d4 d5 2.Kd2 Be6 3.Kc3 Qd7 4.Kb4 Qa4 5.Kc5 Nd7# (Hirokaz
Onoda, 2007)
[Ne] captureless: 1.e4 e5 2.Ke2 Ke7 3.Kf3 Kd6 4.Kg4 Qh4 5.Kf5 Ne7# (Hirokaz
Onoda, 2007)
[Nf]
[Ng]
[Nh]

Knight to the 1st rank
[Na]
[Nb] captureless: 1.d3 d6 2.Be3 Kd7 3.Qd2 Kc6 4.Qc3 Kb5 5.Nd2 Ka4 6.b3 Ka3
7.Nb1# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Nc]
[Nd]
[Ne]
[Nf] 1.d3 h6 2.Bxh6 Nf6 3.Bg5 Nh5 4.Bxe7 Bxe7 5.Kd2 Bb4 6.Ke3 d6 7.Ke4 Nd7
8.Kf5 f6 9.Kg6 Nf8# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Ng] captureless: 1.e3 e6 2.Ke2 Bd6 3.Kf3 Qf6 4.Kg4 Ne7 5.Kh5 g6 6.Kh6 Ng8#
(Itamar Faybish, 2006)
[Nh]

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II. Discovered Checkmates
in which the last move's Knight takes part in forming the mating net


1.a4 c6 2.a5 Qb6 3.axb6 Kd8 4.bxa7 b6 5.axb8N Bb7 6.Rxa8 Ba6 7.Nxa6# (Noam
D. Elkies, 2002)
1.e3 Nc6 2.Ke2 Nd4 3.Kd3 c6 4.Ne2 Qa5 5.Ng3 Qd5 6.Be2 Nb5# (Andrew
Buchanan, 2002)
1.Nc3 f6 2.Nd5 Kf7 3.c3 Ke6 4.Qa4 Kd6 5.Qd4 e6 6.a4 Qe7 7.Nb4# (Andrew
Buchanan, 2002)
1.h4 f6 2.h5 Kf7 3.h6 Kg6 4.Nh3 Kh5 5.f4 g6 6.Nf2# (Noam D. Elkies, 2002)


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III. Double Checkmates


--- Knight to the 8th rank ---

[Na8] 1.Nc3 d5 2.Nxd5 c6 3.Nb6 Qxd2 4.Bxd2 Kd8 5.Ba5 Kc7 6.Nxa8# (Hirokaz
Onoda, 2007)

[Nb8] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nc6 3.dxc6 e6 4.cxb7 Bd6 5.b8N Ne7 6.Nc6 Kd7 7.Bb5 Re8
8.Nb8# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
{without promotion: 1.Nc3 d5 2.Nxd5 Kd7 3.Nxe7 Qe8 4.Nc6 Qxe2 5.Qxe2 Be7
6.Qe5 Bd8 7.Bb5 Ne7 8.Nb8# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)}

[Nc8] 1.c4 e6 2.c5 Be7 3.c6 Bf6 4.cxb7 Nc6 5.bxc8N Rb8 6.Nd6 Ke7 7.Qc2 Qe8
8.Qc5 Nd8 9.Nc8# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[Nd8] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nh5 3.e6 f6 4.exd7 Kf7 5.Qg4 Qe8 6.d8N Kg8 7.Ne6 Kf7
8.Bc4 Rg8 9.Nd8# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
{without promotion: 1.Nf3 b6 2.Ne5 Ba6 3.Nxd7 Bxe2 4.Ne5 Bh5 5.Nc6 Kd7
6.Qf3 Kc8 7.Be2 Kb7 8.O-O Qc8 9.Nd8# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)}

[Ne8] 1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bh6 3.d6 Kf8 4.dxe7 Kg7 5.e8N Kf8 6.Nf6 Kg7 7.Qd4 Qf8
8.Ne8# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
{without promotion: 1.Nf3 g6 2.Ne5 Bh6 3.Nxd7 Bxd2 4.Bxd2 c6 5.Nf6 Kf8
6.Bc3 Kg7 7.Qd2 Qf8 8.Ne8# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)}

[Nf8] 1.e4 f6 2.e5 Kf7 3.e6 Kg6 4.exd7 h6 5.dxc8N Kh7 6.Nxe7 Qc8 7.Ng6 Bd6
8.Bd3 Be5 9.Nf8# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[Ng8] 1.Nc3 d5 2.Nxd5 e6 3.Nf6 Ke7 4.c3 Qxd2 5.Bxd2 Bd7 6.Bg5 Be8 7.Nxg8#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
{with promotion: 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nf6 3.exf6 d6 4.fxg7 Be6 5.g8N Nd7 6.Nf6
Ke7 7.Bg5 Qe8 8.Ng8# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)}

[Nh8] 1.Nf3 e5 2.Nxe5 Qe7 3.Ng6 Qxe2 4.Bxe2 h5 5.Bxh5 f6 6.Qe2 Kf7 7.Nxh8#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)


--- Knight to the 7th rank ---

[Na7/...Na2] vacant

[Nb7] 1.Nf3 e5 2.Nxe5 Bb4 3.Nxf7 Bxd2 4.Bxd2 d6 5.Bb4 Bd7 6.Qd2 Qc8 7.Nxd6
Kd8 8.Kd1 Be8 9.Nxb7# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Nc2] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 Nd5 3.Bxc7 Nb4 4.Bxb8 Qa5 5.Bc7 Nxc2# (Francois
Labelle, 2004)
[Nc7] invisible: 1.f4 Nf6 2.f5 Ne4 3.f6 Nxd2 4.fxe7 Nxb1 5.exf8N Nc3 6.Ne6
Nxe2 7.Qxe2 Rf8 8.Nxc7# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Nd2] 1.e4 Nc6 2.e5 Nxe5 3.Bb5 Nc4 4.Bxd7 Bxd7 5.Kf1 Bb5 6.Qe1 Nxd2#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Ne2] 1.d4 Nf6 2.d5 Nxd5 3.Bg5 Nf4 4.Bxe7 Bxe7 5.Kd2 Bg5 6.Kc1 Nxe2#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Nf2] 1.g3 Nf6 2.Bh3 Ne4 3.Bxd7 Bxd7 4.Nh3 Bc6 5.O-O Qd7 6.Kh1 Kd8 7.Rg1
Nxf2# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[Ng7] invisible: 1.f4 Nf6 2.f5 Ne4 3.f6 Nxd2 4.fxe7 Nxb1 5.exf8N Nc3 6.Ne6
Nxe2 7.Qxe2 Rf8 8.Nxg7# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[Nh7] 1.Nc3 d5 2.Nxd5 e6 3.c3 Be7 4.Qa4 Kf8 5.Qf4 f6 6.Nxf6 Qe8 7.Nxh7#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
 

--- Knight to the 6th rank ---

[Na6] 1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Na5 3.d6 c6 4.dxe7 Qb6 5.exf8N Kd8 6.Bg5 Kc7 7.Ne6 Kb8
8.Nc7 Nf6 9.Qd6 Rd8 10.Na6# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Nb3] 1.a4 Nc6 2.a5 Nxa5 3.d3 c6 4.Bg5 Qb6 5.Kd2 Nc4 6.Kc1 Nd2 7.f4 Qe3
8.Nf3 Nb3# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
         invisible: 1.d3 e5 2.Bf4 exf4 3.Kd2 f3 4.Kc1 fxg2 5.Nf3 gxf1N
6.Rg1 Nd2 7.Rxg7 Qg5 8.Rxg8 Nb3# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[Nc6] captureless: 1.Nc3 e6 2.Nd5 Qe7 3.c3 Kd8 4.Qa4 Qe8 5.Ne7 Nc6 6.Qh4
Ne5 7.Nc6# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Nd3] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 Nd5 3.Bxc7 Nb4 4.Bxb8 Qa5 5.Bc7 Nd3# (Francois
Labelle, 2004)
[Nd6] 1.e3 d6 2.Qh5 Bh3 3.Nxh3 g5 4.Nxg5 Nf6 5.Nxf7 Nfd7 6.Nxd6# (Noam D.
Elkies, 1996)

[...Ne3] 1.e3 Nh6 2.Bb5 Nf5 3.Bxd7 Qxd7 4.Ke2 Qd6 5.Kf3 Qxh2 6.Kg4 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Rg1 Nxe3# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Nf3] 1.d3 Nf6 2.Bf4 Ne4 3.Bxc7 Nd2 4.Bd6 Qa5 5.Bc5 Nf3# (Noam D.
Elkies, May 1996)
      captureless: 1.Nf3 Nc6 2.Ne5 Nd4 3.Nc4 e5 4.f4 Qf6 5.Kf2 Qb6 6.Kg1
Nf3# (Unto Heinonen, 1996)
[Nf6] captureless: 1.Nf3 d5 2.Ne5 Bf5 3.Nd7 e5 4.c3 Ne7 5.Qa4 Rg8 6.Nf6#
(Goeran Wicklund, 1996)

[...Ng3] 1.g3 Nf6 2.Bh3 Ne4 3.Bxd7 Bxd7 4.Nh3 Bc6 5.O-O Qd7 6.Kh1 Kd8 7.Rg1
Nxg3 (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[Ng6] invisible: 1.d4 b5 2.d5 b4 3.d6 b3 4.dxe7 bxc2 5.exf8N cxb1B 6.Ng6
Bf5 7.Ne7 Kf8 8.Qd6 Qe8 9.Ng6# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[Nh6] 1.d4 Nf6 2.d5 Nh5 3.d6 f6 4.dxe7 Kf7 5.exd8N Kg8 6.Nf7 d6 7.Qd5 Nd7
8.Nh6# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)


--- Knight to the 5th rank ---

[Na5] 1.Nf3 b6 2.Ne5 Ba6 3.Nxd7 Bxe2 4.Ne5 Bh5 5.Nc6 Kd7 6.Qf3 Kc8 7.Be2
Kb7 8.O-O Qc8 9.Na5# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
 
[...Nb4] 1.e3 a6 2.Bxa6 Ra7 3.Bb5 Na6 4.Bxd7 Bxd7 5.d3 Be6 6.Kd2 Bxa2 7.Kc3
Bxb1 8.Kb3 Bxc2 9.Ka2 Nb4# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[Nc5] captureless: 1.d3 d6 2.Nd2 Kd7 3.Nb3 Kc6 4.Bd2 Kb5 5.c4 Ka4 6.Nc5#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Nd4] captureless: 1.d3 d6 2.Kd2 Qd7 3.Kc3 Qc6 4.Kb4 Qc3 5.Kb5 Nc6 6.Bd2
Bd7 7.Be1 Nd4# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
{[Nd5] with promotion: 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nf6 3.exf6 d6 4.fxg7 Be6 5.g8N Nd7
6.Nf6 Ke7 7.Bg5 Qe8 8.Nd5# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)}

[...Ne4] 1.f3 e6 2.Kf2 Qf6 3.Kg3 Qxf3 4.Kh4 Nf6 5.Kg5 Be7 6.h4 Ne4#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
{[Ne5] with promotion: 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nc6 3.dxc6 e6 4.cxb7 Bd6 5.b8N Ne7
6.Nc6 Kd7 7.Bb5 Re8 8.Ne5# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)}

[Nf5] 1.c4 e6 2.c5 Be7 3.c6 Bf6 4.cxb7 Nc6 5.bxc8N Rb8 6.Nd6 Ke7 7.Qc2 Qe8
8.Qc5 Nd8 9.Nf5# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Ng4] 1.d3 h6 2.Bxh6 Rh7 3.Bg5 Nh6 4.Bxe7 Bxe7 5.Kd2 Bd6 6.Ke3 Bxh2
7.Kf3 Bxg1 8.Kg3 Bxf2 9.Kh2 Ng4# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[Nh5] 1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bh6 3.d6 Kf8 4.dxe7 Kg7 5.e8N Kf8 6.Nf6 Kg7 7.Qd4 Qf8
8.Nh5# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
{without promotion: 1.Nf3 g6 2.Ne5 Bh6 3.Nxd7 Bxd2 4.Bxd2 c6 5.Nf6 Kf8
6.Bc3 Kg7 7.Qd2 Qf8 8.Nh5# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)}


--- Knight to the 4th rank ---

[...Na5] 1.e4 Nc6 2.e5 Nxe5 3.Bb5 Nc4 4.Bxd7 Qxd7 5.Ke2 Qc6 6.Kd3 e5 7.Kc3
Be6 8.Kb3 Na5# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Nb5] 1.e4 Nc6 2.Bb5 Nd4 3.Bxd7 Qxd7 4.d3 Qa4 5.Bh6 gxh6 6.Kd2 Bg7 7.Kc3
Be5 8.Nd2 Nb5# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Nc5] 1.e3 a6 2.Bxa6 Ra7 3.Bb5 Na6 4.Bxd7 Bxd7 5.d3 Bf5 6.Kd2 Bg6 7.Kc3
Qd4 8.Kb3 Qxb2 9.Ka4 Nc5# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
Fewer captures: 1.b3 d6 2.Bb2 Nd7 3.Bxg7 Bxg7 4.f3 Be5 5.Kf2 f6 6.Ke3 Kf7
7.Ke4 Kg6 8.Kd5 c6 9.Ke6 Nc5# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Nd5] 1.e4 g6 2.Ke2 Bh6 3.Kd3 Kf8 4.Kd4 e5 5.Kxe5 Ne7 6.Kf6 d6 7.e5 Nd5#
(Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[Ne4] captureless: 1.c4 g6 2.Qb3 Bh6 3.Qh3 Kf8 4.d3 Kg7 5.Nd2 Kf6 6.Rb1 Kg5
7.Ne4# (Ulrich Ring, 2002)

[Nf4] captureless: 1.e4 g6 2.Qg4 Bh6 3.Be2 Kf8 4.Bd1 Kg7 5.Ne2 Kf6 6.Qe6
Kg5 7.h4 Kh5 8.Nf4# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
[...Nf5] 1.d3 h6 2.Bxh6 Rh7 3.Bg5 Nh6 4.Bxe7 Qxe7 5.f4 Kd8 6.Kf2 Qxe2 7.Kg3
Qxg2 8.Kh4 Nf5# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Ng5] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bxe7 Qxe7 4.e3 Qh4 5.Ba6 bxa6 6.Ke2 Bb7 7.Kf3
Bd5 8.Ne2 Ng5# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Nh5] 1.d4 Nf6 2.d5 Nxd5 3.Bg5 Nf4 4.Bxe7 Qxe7 5.Kd2 Qb4 6.Ke3 d5 7.Kf3
Bd6 8.Kg3 O-O 9.Nf3 Nh5# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)


 
--- Knight to the 3rd rank ---

[...Na6] 1.d3 Na6 2.Bg5 Nc5 3.Bxe7 Qxe7 4.Kd2 Qe6 5.Kc3 Qxa2 6.Kb4 d5 7.c3
Bd7 8.Qc2 Na6# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[Nb3/...Nb6] vacant

[...Nc6] 1.e3 a6 2.Bxa6 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na7 4.Bxd7 Kxd7 5.d3 Ke6 6.Kd2 Qd5 7.Kc3
Bd7 8.Kb4 Qb3 9.Ka5 Nc6# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[Nd3/...Nd6] vacant

[Ne3/...Ne6] vacant

[...Nf6] 1.d3 h6 2.Bxh6 Nf6 3.Bg5 Nh7 4.Bxe7 Qxe7 5.e3 Qe5 6.Ke2 Bd6 7.Kf3
Ke7 8.Kg4 Qg3 9.Kh5 Nf6# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[Ng3] captureless: 1.e4 g6 2.Qg4 Bh6 3.Be2 Kf8 4.Bd1 Kg7 5.Ne2 Kf6 6.Qe6
Kg5 7.h4 Kh5 8.Ng3# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Nh6] 1.e3 Nh6 2.Bb5 Nf5 3.Bxd7 Qxd7 4.Ke2 Qd6 5.Kf3 Qxh2 6.Kg4 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Rg1 Nh6# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)


--- Knight to the 2nd rank ---

[...Na7] 1.d3 d6 2.Kd2 Qd7 3.Kc3 Qc6 4.Kb4 Qc3 5.Kb5 Nc6 6.Be3 Bd7 7.Bxa7
Nxa7# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)
 
[Nb2/...Nb7] vacant

[Nc2/...Nc7] vacant

[Nd2/...Nd7] vacant

[...Ne7] 1.d3 h6 2.Bxh6 d6 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.Bxe7 Bh7 5.Bxf8 Ne7 6.Kd2 Ng6 7.Ke3
Qg5 8.Ke4 Qg3 9.Kf5 Ne7# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[Nf2/...Nf7] vacant
 
[Ng2/...Ng7] vacant

[Nh2/...Nh7] vacant


--- Knight to the 1st rank ---
 
[Na1/...Na8] vacant

[Nb1] 1.d3 e6 2.Kd2 Ke7 3.Ke3 Kd6 4.Bd2 Kc5 5.Be1 Bd6 6.Nd2 Ne7 7.b4 Kxb4
8.Qc1 Kc3 9.Nb1# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Nc8] 1.g3 e6 2.Bg2 Ne7 3.Bxb7 Bxb7 4.d4 Bd5 5.Kd2 c6 6.Ke3 Qb6 7.Kf4
Kd8 8.Ke5 f6 9.Kd6 Nc8# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[Nd1/...Nd8] vacant

[Ne1/...Ne8] vacant

[...Nf8] 1.b3 d6 2.Bb2 Nd7 3.Bxg7 Bxg7 4.f3 Be5 5.Kf2 f6 6.Ke3 Kf7 7.Ke4
Kg6 8.Kd5 c6 9.Ke6 Nf8# (Hirokaz Onoda, 2007)

[...Ng8] captureless: 1.e3 d6 2.Ke2 Bh3 3.Kf3 e6 4.Kf4 Ne7 5.Kg5 g6 6.Kf6
Ng8# (Roberto Osorio, 2006)

[Nh1/...Nh8] vacant


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