boden's mate

right Boden's Mate is a checkmate pattern in chess. It is named after Samuel Boden, who delivered the mate in the game Schulder-Boden, London, 1853. In the game, black (Boden) plays Philidor's Defense. The moves of that game (in algebraic notation) were 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d4 fxe4 6.dxe5 exf3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.gxf3 Nc6 9.f4 Bd7 10.Be3 O-O-O 11.Nd2 Re8 12.Qf3 Bf5 13.O-O-O? (13.Bd5 is better) 13...d5! 14.Bxd5?? (moving into a forced mate; much better is 14.Rde1) 14...Qxc3+ 15.bxc3 Ba3#, giving the final checkmate position shown in the diagram: the king is mated by the two criss-crossing bishops, and blocked by two friendly pieces. The same pattern has occurred in a number of other games, usually, as in this case, after the losing king has castled on the queen-side.

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