[Retros] Summary: Pawn Checkmates (1)

[Nicolas.Dupont at math.univ-lille1.fr]

Hi everybody,

Pawn to-the-6th rank mates

(III) b6#/...b3# etc., discovered checkmate


> 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, 2006)


1.Pd2-d4   Pe7-e5   2.Pd4-d5   Dd8-f6   3.Dd1-d4   Df6-f3
4.Pe2xf3   Cg8-f6   5.Ff1-c4   Cf6-h5   6.Cg1-e2   Pf7-f6
7.  O-O    Re8-f7   8.Tf1-d1   Rf7-g8   9.Pd5-d6 #


> 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, 2006)

1.Pe2-e4   Pd7-d5   2.Dd1-f3   Pd5-d4   3.Df3-f6   Pe7xf6
4.Cg1-f3   Ff8-c5   5.Cf3-h4   Cg8-e7   6.Pf2-f3     O-O
7.Re1-f2   Tf8-e8   8.Rf2-g1   Pd4-d3 #

Pawn to-the-4th-rank mates

(II) bxa4#/...bxa5#, etc., mate by pawn itself

[Still no games.]

To begin with :

1.Cb1-c3   Pc7-c6   2.Cc3-e4   Dd8-c7   3.Pc2-c3   Dc7-g3
4.Ph2xg3   Re8-d8   5.Th1-h4   Rd8-c7   6.Th4-f4   Rc7-b6
7.Dd1-b3   Rb6-a5   8.Db3xb7   Pe7-e5   9.Pb2-b3   Ff8-b4
10.Pc3xb4  #

Best,

Nicolas.