Boden's mate

In just 14 moves he sacrificed both his rooks and his queen to finish with Boden's mate.

Boden's Mate game collection.

In a game between two of the strongest players of the nineteenth century, White delivered a Boden's Mate to a king on e7: 1.

Boden's Mate is characterized by a king being mated by two bishops on criss-crossing diagonals, with possible flight squares blocked by friendly pieces.

In Boden's mate two attacking bishops on criss-crossing diagonals deliver mate to a king obstructed by friendly pieces, usually a rook and a pawn.

The mating pattern "Boden's Mate" was named after the mate that occurred in one of his games, Schulder-Boden, London 1853.

Middlegame combinations are often connected with the attack against the opponent's king; some typical patterns have their own names, for example the Boden's Mate or the Lasker-Bauer combination.

Perhaps the most famous example of Boden's Mate is the so-called Peruvian Immortal game, Canal-NN, simultaneous exhibition, Budapest 1934: 1.

An unusual example of Boden's Mate occurring to a king on d8, and without the winning side having to sacrifice to achieve the mating position, occurred in Pandolfini-NN, 1970, after 1.

These include Fool's mate, Scholar's mate, smothered mate, the back rank checkmate, Boden's mate, Epaulette mate, and Légal's mate.

Boden's mate - checkmating pattern in chess characterized by bishops on two criss-crossing diagonals (for example, bishops on a6 and f4 delivering mate to a king on c8), with possible flight squares for the king being occupied by friendly pieces.

Boden's Mate has occurred in many later games, usually, as in the Boden and Horwitz games, after the losing king has castled on the queenside, and the winner sets up the mate by a queen sacrifice on c3 or c6.