[Retros] Pawn to-the-8th-rank mates

Hirokaz ONODA glkoon at yahoo.co.jp
Thu Dec 14 14:53:54 EST 2006


Hi to all,

Here it is at last.
It seems like it's been a long long time after the recent
harvest.

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Pawn to-the-8th-rank mates
(SPG, classified by the very last mating move)

(1) Single checkmates by the promoted piece

(1-1) promoted to Knight

1.c3 b5 2.Qa4 Ba6 3.Qd4 b4 4.a4 b3 5.Ra2 bxa2 6.Kd1 Bxe2
7.Kc2 a1N# (Andrew Buchanan & Nicolas Dupont)
1.a4 c5 2.Ra3 c4 3.Re3 c3 4.d3 cxb2 5.Kd2 Qc7 6.Qe1 Qc3
7.Nxc3 a6 8.Nd1 b1N# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.b4 e6 2.b5 Ke7 3.b6 Qe8 4.bxc7 b6 5.g4 Bb7 6.g5 Bf3
7.exf3 Nc6 8.Ba6 Nd8 9.Bb7 a6 10.Ne2 Ra7 11.c8N# (Nicolas
Dupont)
1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 d5 3.Qd4 Be6 4.Qf6 d4 5.Kd2 d3 6.Kc3 d2
7.b4 d1N# (Olli Heimo & Gianni Donati 1996)
1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bh6 3.d6 Kf8 4.dxe7 Kg7 5.Qd6 c6 6.Bd2 Qc7
7.e8N# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d3 g5 2.Nd2 g4 3.Nb3 g3 4.Kd2 gxf2 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Be5
7.Bc6 dxc6 8.Nf3 Bh3 9.Ne1 Bg2 10.h3 Nf6 11.Rh2 f1N#
(Nicolas Dupont)
1.h4 e6 2.h5 Ke7 3.h6 Kf6 4.hxg7 h5 5.d4 h4 6.Rxh4 Rh5
7.Rg4 Nh6 8.Bxh6 Rf5 9.g8N# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.Nf3 d5 2.Rg1 Bh3 3.gxh3 e5 4.Rg5 e4 5.Rf5 g5 6.a4 g4
7.a5 g3 8.a6 g2 9.axb7 a5 10.e3 a4 11.Ke2 a3 12.Ne1 g1N#
(Nicolas Dupont)
1.h4 g6 2.Rh3 g5 3.Re3 gxh4 4.f3 h3 5.Kf2 h2 6.Qe1 h1N#
(Gianni Donati 1996)

1.a4 d6 2.a5 Bf5 3.a6 Bxc2 4.axb7 Bd3 5.Qb3 Kd7 6.Kd1 Kc6
7.Qd5 Kb6 8.bxa8N# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 c5 2.Qd3 c4 3.Qa3 c3 4.d5 cxb2 5.Kd2 Qb6 6.Kc3 Qd4
7.Kb3 bxa1N# (A. Buchanan & H. Onoda)
1.a4 c6 2.a5 Qxa5 3.Ra4 Qb5 4.Rh4 a5 5.d4 a4 6.Kd2 a3
7.Kc3 a2 8.Qd2 axb1N# (Richard Stanley)
1.a4 c5 2.Ra3 Qa5 3.Rb3 Qxa4 4.d3 c4 5.Kd2 cxb3 6.Kc3 bxc2
7.Qd2 cxb1N# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.e4 a5 2.Ne2 a4 3.Nec3 a3 4.Ke2 axb2 5.Qe1 Ra3 6.Nd1
bxc1N# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.c3 e5 2.Qa4 e4 3.Kd1 e3 4.Kc2 exd2 5.e3 b6 6.Bd3 Ba6
7.Be4 Bd3 8.Kb3 dxc1N# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.d4 f5 2.d5 Kf7 3.d6 Ke6 4.dxc7 d5 5.Be3 d4 6.Qxd4 Bd7
7.cxd8N# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 d5 2.Ke2 d4 3.Kd3 dxe3 4.Kc3 Qd5 5.Bd3 e2 6.b4 exd1N#
(Andrew Buchanan)
1.f4 e5 2.Kf2 e4 3.Qe1 e3 4.Kf3 exd2 5.e4 Be7 6.e5 Bh4
7.e6 Qf6 8.e7 Qe6 9.Bd3 dxe1N# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.c3 e5 2.Qb3 e4 3.Kd1 e3 4.Kc2 exf2 5.e3 h5 6.Be2 h4
7.Bd1 h3 8.Ne2 Rh4 9.Re1 fxe1N# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.d4 f6 2.d5 Kf7 3.d6 Kg6 4.dxe7 d6 5.Qd5 Qd7 6.exf8N#
(Andrew Buchanan)
1.h4 d5 2.h5 Nd7 3.h6 Ndf6 4.hxg7 Kd7 5.Rh6 Ne8 6.gxf8N#
(Peter Roesler(version) 1994)
1.g4 e6 2.g5 Ke7 3.g6 Qe8 4.gxf7 g5 5.d4 g4 6.Qd3 g3
7.Qxh7 g2 8.Qg6 Rh3 9.Bf4 Rd3 10.Bxc7 Rd2 11.fxg8N#
(Nicolas Dupont)
1.g4 c6 2.g5 Qa5 3.g6 Qxd2 4.Qxd2 e6 5.Qh6 Ke7 6.Qxh7 Kf6
7.Qh5 Rh7 8.gxh7 Be7 9.hxg8N# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.h4 f6 2.h5 Kf7 3.h6 Qe8 4.hxg7 h5 5.e3 h4 6.Qg4 h3
7.gxh8N# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.d3 h5 2.Bf4 h4 3.Be5 h3 4.f4 hxg2 5.h3 Rxh3 6.Kf2 Rg3
7.Qe1 gxh1N# (Noam D. Elkies & Nicolas Dupont)


(1-2) promoted to Bishop

1.b4 d6 2.b5 Bf5 3.b6 Bxc2 4.Qxc2 Kd7 5.Qf5 Kc6 6.d3 a6
7.Kd2 Ra7 8.bxa7 b6 9.a8B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.a4 e6 2.a5 Qh4 3.a6 Be7 4.axb7 a5 5.Ra3 a4 6.Rf3 a3 7.b4
a2 8.b5 Ra3 9.b6 Re3 10.d3 Qa4 11.Kd2 Bh4 12.Kc3 Nf6
13.Bd2 a1B# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.Nc3 a5 2.Nd5 a4 3.c3 a3 4.Qa4 axb2 5.Qxd7 Kxd7 6.Kd1
Rxa2 7.Kc2 Ra4 8.Kd3 Re4 9.Ra4 b1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 Qb6 3.Bd4 cxd4 4.e4 d3 5.Qf3 Qxf2 6.Kd1 dxc2
7.Kc1 Qxf1 8.Kb2 Qc4 9.Ka3 c1B# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.c3 d5 2.Qc2 Qd6 3.Qe4 dxe4 4.Kd1 e3 5.Kc2 exd2 6.e3 d1B#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 c6 2.Qd3 Qc7 3.Kd2 Qe5 4.dxe5 Kd8 5.e6 Kc7 6.exd7 e6
7.d8B# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 f6 2.d5 Kf7 3.d6 Kg6 4.dxe7 d5 5.Qxd5 Qd6 6.e8B#
(Andrew Buchanan)
1.g3 e5 2.Bh3 e4 3.Kf1 e3 4.Kg2 exf2 5.e3 Qf6 6.Qg4 f1B#
(Nicolas Dupont)
1.Nf3 h5 2.Ne5 h4 3.f3 h3 4.Kf2 hxg2 5.h4 Rxh4 6.Qe1 Rg4
7.Rh8 g1B# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.h4 Nf6 2.h5 Ne4 3.h6 f6 4.hxg7 Kf7 5.Rxh7 Qe8 6.Rh3 Rh5
7.Rg3 Rf5 8.g8B# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.h4 g5 2.Rh3 gxh4 3.Re3 h3 4.g3 h2 5.Bh3 d5 6.Kf1 Qd6
7.Kg2 Bxh3 8.Kf3 h1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.g4 h5 2.gxh5 Rxh5 3.h4 Rg5 4.h5 g6 5.h6 Bg7 6.h7 Bxb2
7.Bxb2 Kf8 8.Ba3 Kg7 9.Bb4 Qf8 10.h8B# (Hirokaz Onoda)

1.d3 a5 2.Kd2 a4 3.Kc3 a3 4.Bd2 axb2 5.a4 c6 6.a5 Qb6 7.a6
Qb5 8.a7 bxa1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.c3 a5 2.Qb3 a4 3.Kd1 axb3 4.a4 Rxa4 5.Ra2 bxa2 6.Kc2 Re4
7.Kd3 axb1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.e3 b5 2.Ke2 b4 3.Kd3 b3 4.Qe2 bxc2 5.b4 g6 6.b5 Bg7 7.b6
Bxa1 8.b7 e5 9.bxc8N Qh4 10.Ne7 cxb1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.d3 a5 2.Bg5 a4 3.Bxe7 a3 4.Bg5 axb2 5.Bc1 Qg5 6.Qd2 Qxg2
7.Qc3 Qxf1 8.Kd2 bxc1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.a4 Nf6 2.a5 Ne4 3.a6 Nxd2 4.axb7 Nb3 5.Qd4 d6 6.Qxg7 Qd7
7.Qxh8 Qc6 8.Qxf8 Kd7 9.bxc8B# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 c5 2.Kd2 c4 3.Ke3 c3 4.Nd2 cxd2 5.c3 Qa5 6.Qa4 Qf5
7.Qc6 a5 8.a4 Ra7 9.Ra2 dxc1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.b4 Nc6 2.b5 Nd4 3.b6 Nxe2 4.bxc7 Nc3 5.Qg4 e6 6.Qxg7 Bd6
7.Qxg8 Ke7 8.cxd8B# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 d5 2.Ke2 d4 3.Kd3 Qd5 4.Be2 Qa5 5.Kc4 d3 6.Kb3 dxe2
7.c4 exd1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.c4 a6 2.c5 a5 3.c6 a4 4.Qxa4 f6 5.cxd7 Kf7 6.Qc6 Qe8
7.dxe8B# (Richard Stanley)
1.a4 c5 2.a5 c4 3.a6 c3 4.Ra5 Qxa5 5.f3 cxd2 6.Kf2 Qc3
7.Qe1 dxe1B# (Richard Stanley)
1.e4 Nc6 2.Bc4 Rb8 3.Be6 dxe6 4.g4 Kd7 5.g5 Qe8 6.g6 Nd8
7.gxf7 g5 8.Qh5 g4 9.e5 g3 10.fxe8B# (Nicolas Dupont &
Andrew Buchanan)
1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bh6 3.d6 Kf8 4.dxe7 Kg7 5.Qd6 Qf8 6.exf8B#
(Goeran Forslund 1996)
1.h4 b6 2.h5 Ba6 3.h6 Bxe2 4.hxg7 Bf3 5.Qe2 e6 6.Qa6 Qf6
7.Qc8 Ke7 8.gxf8B# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d3 g5 2.Kd2 g4 3.Ke3 g3 4.Qd2 gxf2 5.g3 e6 6.Bg2 Qf6
7.Bxb7 Bxb7 8.Nf3 Bxf3 9.Rg1 fxg1B# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.e3 h5 2.Qxh5 a6 3.Qc5 Rh5 4.h4 Rg5 5.h5 f6 6.h6 Kf7 7.h7
Ke6 8.hxg8B# (Olli Heimo & Terho Marlo)
1.h4 g5 2.Rh3 gxh4 3.Rd3 h3 4.Rxd7 h2 5.Rd6 Qd7 6.f3 Qg4
7.Kf2 Bf5 8.Ke3 hxg1B# (Nicolas Dupont)
1.e3 h5 2.Ke2 h4 3.Kf3 h3 4.Be2 hxg2 5.h4 e6 6.h5 Qh4 7.h6
gxh1B# (Andrew Buchanan)

(1-3) promoted to Rook

1.c4 d5 2.Qb3 Bd7 3.Qh3 Bb5 4.cxb5 Qd6 5.b6 Nd7 6.bxa7
O-O-O 7.a8R# (Andrew Buchanan & Joost de Heer)
7...a1R# (Andrew Buchanan) was deleted by the request from
the author.
1.d4 c5 2.Bd2 cxd4 3.Ba5 Qxa5 4.Nc3 dxc3 5.Qd4 b6 6.Rd1
cxb2 7.Rd2 b1R# [pin mate](Andrew Buchanan)
1.a4 b5 2.axb5 Na6 3.Rxa6 Bb7 4.Rxa7 Bf3 5.Rxc7 Ra1 6.b6
Qa8 7.b7 Qa5 8.b8R# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.b4 d6 2.b5 Bf5 3.b6 Bxc2 4.bxc7 Bd3 5.Qa4 Qd7 6.c8R#
[pin mate] (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.b4 e6 2.Ba3 Bc5 3.bxc5 Qf6 4.c6 Ne7 5.cxd7+ Kf8 6.d8R#
(Richard Stanley 1996)
1.c4 d5 2.Qb3 d4 3.Qh3 d3 4.g3 Qd4 5.Bg2 Qe3 6.dxe3 d2+
7.Kf1 d1R# (Richard Stanley 1996)
1.d3 Nh6 2.Bxh6 e6 3.f4 Qg5 4.f5 Be7 5.f6 Kf8 6.fxe7 Kg8
7.e8R# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 g5 2.Ba6 g4 3.Bxb7 g3 4.Bc6 Ba6 5.Qg4 gxf2 6.Kd1 f1R#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.g4 h5 2.g5 Rh6 3.gxh6 g5 4.h3 Bg7 5.hxg7 Nh6 6.h4 Nf5
7.g8R# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Bf5 3.Be4 dxe4 4.Nf3 exf3 5.Rg1 Be4 6.Rg2
fxg2 7.h4 g1R# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 h5 2.Ne2 h4 3.Ng3 hxg3 4.Be2 Rh3 5.O-O Nh6 6.Re1 gxh2
7.Kf1 h1R# (Hirokaz Onoda)

1.c4 d5 2.c5 Qd6 3.c6 Bd7 4.cxb7 Ba4 5.Qxa4 Nd7 6.bxa8R#
[pin mate] (Andrew Buchanan)
1.d3 c5 2.Qd2 Qa5 3.Qb4 cxb4 4.Be3 b3 5.Nd2 bxa2 6.Rb1
axb1R# [pin mate] (Joost de Heer)
1.d3 c5 2.Qd2 Qa5 3.Qb4 cxb4 4.Be3 b3 5.Nd2 bxc2 6.Rb1
cxb1R# [pin mate] (Andrew Buchanan)
1.a4 b6 2.a5 Bb7 3.a6 Qc8 4.axb7 a6 5.bxc8R# (Richard
Stanley 1996)
1.e4 c6 2.e5 Qa5 3.e6 Kd8 4.exd7 e5 5.Qg4 Be7 6.dxc8R#
(Christoph Fieberg 2002)
1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bg7 3.d6 Kf8 4.dxc7 d6 5.cxd8R# (Hirokaz
Onoda)
1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bg7 3.d6 Be5 4.dxe7 d6 5.Qxd6 Be6 6.exd8R#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 c5 2.Be2 c4 3.Kf1 c3 4.Qe1 cxd2 5.c4 Qa5 6.c5 dxe1R#
(Andrew Buchanan)
1.e4 d6 2.e5 Bf5 3.e6 Be4 4.exf7 Kd7 5.Bb5 Kc8 6.Ba4 Qe8
7.fxe8R# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bg7 3.d6 Bxb2 4.dxe7 Bg7 5.Ba3 Bf8 6.exf8R#
(Andrew Buchanan)
1.f4 c6 2.f5 Qc7 3.f6 Kd8 4.fxg7 f6 5.gxf8R# (Noam D.
Elkies 2002)
1.h4 g5 2.hxg5 Bg7 3.Rxh7 Kf8 4.Rxg7 Rh5 5.g6 Rd5 6.gxf7
e5 7.fxg8R# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.d3 h6 2.Bxh6 Rxh6 3.h4 Re6 4.h5 g6 5.h6 Bg7 6.h7 Bf6
7.hxg8R# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.h4 d6 2.Rh3 Bxh3 3.gxh3 g5 4.Bg2 g4 5.Be4 gxh3 6.Bxh7 h2
7.Bd3 hxg1R# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.h4 Nh6 2.h5 Nf5 3.h6 g6 4.Rh5 Bg7 5.hxg7 Nd4 6.gxh8R#
(Andrew Buchanan)


(1-4) promoted to Queen

1.c4 d5 2.Qb3 Bd7 3.Qh3 Bb5 4.cxb5 Qd6 5.b6 Nd7 6.bxa7
O-O-O 7.a8Q# (Andrew Buchanan & Joost de Heer)
1.d4 c5 2.Bd2 cxd4 3.Ba5 Qxa5 4.Nc3 dxc3 5.Qd4 b6 6.Rd1
cxb2 7.Rd2 b1Q# [pin mate](Andrew Buchanan)
1.a4 b5 2.axb5 Na6 3.Rxa6 Bb7 4.Rxa7 Bf3 5.Rxc7 Ra1 6.b6
Qa8 7.b7 Qa5 8.b8Q# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.c4 d5 2.c5 Qd6 3.cxd6 Bd7 4.dxc7 Bc6 5.c8Q# (Andrew
Buchanan)
1.d4 b5 2.Qd3 b4 3.Qa3 b3 4.Bd2 bxc2 5.Bc3 c1Q# (Norbert
Geissler 1996)
1.b4 e6 2.Ba3 Bc5 3.bxc5 Qf6 4.c6 Ne7 5.cxd7+ Kf8 6.d8Q#
(Richard Stanley 1996)
1.e3 d5 2.Bc4 dxc4 3.Qf3 c3 4.Ke2 cxd2 5.c3 d1Q# (Andrew
Buchanan)
1.d4 f6 2.d5 Kf7 3.d6 Kg6 4.dxe7 d5 5.Qxd5 Qd6 6.e8Q#
(Andrew Buchanan)
1.e3 g5 2.Bd3 g4 3.Be4 g3 4.Qg4 gxf2 5.Kd1 f1Q# (Andrew
Buchanan)
1.g4 e6 2.g5 Ba3 3.g6 Bxb2 4.Bxb2 Qg5 5.gxf7 Kd8 6.f8Q#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.g4 h5 2.g5 Rh6 3.gxh6 g5 4.h3 Bg7 5.hxg7 Nh6 6.h4 Nf5
7.g8Q# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Bf5 3.Be4 dxe4 4.Nf3 exf3 5.Rg1 Be4 6.Rg2
fxg2 7.h4 g1Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 h5 2.Ne2 h4 3.Ng3 hxg3 4.Be2 Rh3 5.O-O Nh6 6.Re1 gxh2
7.Kf1 h1Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)

1.c4 d5 2.c5 Qd6 3.c6 Bd7 4.cxb7 Ba4 5.Qxa4 Nd7 6.bxa8Q#
[pin mate] (Andrew Buchanan)
1.d3 c5 2.Qd2 Qa5 3.Qb4 cxb4 4.Be3 b3 5.Nd2 bxa2 6.Rb1
axb1Q# [pin mate] (Joost de Heer)
1.d3 c5 2.Qd2 Qa5 3.Qb4 cxb4 4.Be3 b3 5.Nd2 bxc2 6.Rb1
cxb1Q# [pin mate] (Andrew Buchanan)
1.a4 c6 2.a5 Qc7 3.a6 Qf4 4.axb7 d6 5 bxc8Q# (Noam D.
Elkies 2002)
1.e4 c6 2.e5 Qa5 3.e6 Kd8 4.exd7 e5 5.Qg4 Be7 6.dxc8Q#
[Christoph Fieberg 2002]
1.e4 e6 2.e5 Bd6 3.exd6 Kf8 4.dxc7 d6 5.cxd8Q# (Gianni
Donati 1996)
1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bg7 3.d6 Be5 4.dxe7 d6 5.Qxd6 Be6 6.exd8Q#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e3 c5 2.Be2 c4 3.Kf1 c3 4.Qe1 cxd2 5.c4 Qa5 6.c5 dxe1Q#
(Andrew Buchanan)
1.d3 e5 2.Bg5 e4 3.Kd2 e3 4.Kc1 exf2 5.Qe1 fxe1Q# (Andrew
Buchanan)
1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bh6 3.d6 Kf8 4.dxe7 Kg7 5.Qd6 Qf8 6.exf8Q#
[Goeran Forslund 1996]
1.g3 e5 2.Bh3 e4 3.Kf1 e3 4.Kg2 exf2 5.e3 Qf6 6.Qg4 f1Q#
[Nicolas Dupont]
1.h4 c6 2.h5 Qc7 3.h6 Kd8 4.hxg7 h6 5.gxf8Q# (Noam D.
Elkies 2002)
1.h4 g5 2.hxg5 Bg7 3.Rxh7 Kf8 4.Rxg7 Rh5 5.g6 Rd5 6.gxf7
e5 7.fxg8Q# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.d3 h6 2.Bxh6 Rxh6 3.h4 Re6 4.h5 g6 5.h6 Bg7 6.h7 Bf6
7.hxg8Q# (Andrew Buchanan)
1.h4 d6 2.Rh3 Bxh3 3.gxh3 g5 4.Bg2 g4 5.Be4 gxh3 6.Bxh7 h2
7.Bd3 hxg1Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.h4 Nh6 2.h5 Nf5 3.h6 g6 4.Rh5 Bg7 5.hxg7 Nd4 6.gxh8Q#
(Andrew Buchanan)
1.e3 h5 2.Ke2 h4 3.Kf3 h3 4.Be2 hxg2 5.h4 e6 6.h5 Qh4 7.h6
gxh1Q# (Andrew Buchanan)

(1-4') Queening is MUST(underpromotion is insufficient)

1.c4 d5 2.c5 Qd6 3.cxd6 Bd7 4.dxc7 Bc6 5.c8Q# (Andrew
Buchanan)
1.d4 b5 2.Qd3 b4 3.Qa3 b3 4.Bd2 bxc2 5.Bc3 c1Q# (Norbert
Geissler 1996)
1.e3 d5 2.Bc4 dxc4 3.Qf3 c3 4.Ke2 cxd2 5.c3 d1Q# (Andrew
Buchanan)
1.e3 g5 2.Bd3 g4 3.Be4 g3 4.Qg4 gxf2 5.Kd1 f1Q# (Andrew
Buchanan)
1.g4 e6 2.g5 Ba3 3.g6 Bxb2 4.Bxb2 Qg5 5.gxf7 Kd8 6.f8Q#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.a4 c6 2.a5 Qc7 3.a6 Qf4 4.axb7 d6 5.bxc8Q# (Noam D.
Elkies 2002)
1.e4 e6 2.e5 Bd6 3.exd6 Kf8 4.dxc7 d6 5.cxd8Q# (Gianni
Donati 1996)
1.d3 e5 2.Bg5 e4 3.Kd2 e3 4.Kc1 exf2 5.Qe1 fxe1Q# (Andrew
Buchanan)
1.h4 e6 2.h5 Qh4 3.h6 Kd8 4.hxg7 h6 5.gxf8Q# (Hirokaz
Onoda)


(2) Double checkmates

(2-1) promoted to Knight

1.d4 e6 2.d5 Qf6 3.d6 Ne7 4.dxc7 d5 5.Qxd5 Bd7 6.Qxb7 Nd5
7.Bd2 Ke7 8.Ba5 Be8 9.c8N# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 g6 2.d5 Bg7 3.d6 Kf8 4.Qd5 Bd4 5.Bg5 Kg7 6.Bxe7 Qf8
7.Bd8 Ne7 8.dxe7 Kf6 9.e8N# (Paul Raican 1996)
1.d4 f6 2.d5 Kf7 3.d6 Kg6 4.de d5 5.e4 Bf5 6.e5 Nd7 7.ef6
Rb8 8.f7 Ngf6 9.e8=Q Bc5 10.f8N# (Noam D. Elkies)

1.c4 e6 2.c5 Ke7 3.c6 Kd6 4.cxb7 c6 5.Qa4 Kc7 6.Qxa7 Bd6
7.bxa8N# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 f5 2.d5 Nf6 3.d6 Rg8 4.dxc7 d6 5.Qd4 Be6 6.Qxa7 Kd7
7.Qxb7 Ne8 8.cxb8N# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 b5 2.d5 Bb7 3.d6 Be4 4.dxe7 Bg6 5.e4 f6 6.Qxd7+ Kf7
7.exd8N# (Joerg Varnholt 1996)
1.e4 c6 2.e5 Qb6 3.e6 Kd8 4.exd7 e6 5.a3 Bxa3 6.Qf3 Ne7
7.Qxa3 Ng6 8.Qe7 Kc7 9.Ra6 Re8 10.dxe8N# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.h4 d5 2.h5 d4 3.h6 Qd5 4.hxg7 Qxg2 5.Rxh7 Qh1 6.Bh3 f6
7.Bd7+ Kf7 8.gxh8N# (Olli Heimo 1996)


(2-2) promoted to Bishop

1.c4 e6 2.c5 Ke7 3.c6 Kd6 4.cxb7 c6 5.Qa4 Kc7 6.Qxa7 Na6
7.b8B# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 f5 2.d5 Nf6 3.d6 Rg8 4.dxc7 d6 5.Qd4 Be6 6.Qxa7 Kd7
7.Qxb7 Ne8 8.c8B# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e4 c6 2.e5 Qb6 3.e6 Kd8 4.exd7 e6 5.a3 Bxa3 6.Qf3 Ne7
7.Qxa3 Ng6 8.Qe7 Kc7 9.d8B# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 h5 2.d5 Rh6 3.d6 Re6 4.dxe7 f6 5.Qxd7 Kf7 6.e8B#
(Noam D. Elkies 1996)
1.e4 g6 2.e5 Bh6 3.e6 Kf8 4.exf7 e5 5.Qg4 Qe7 6.Qxd7 Qc5
7.Qe7 Kg7 8.f8B# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.f4 Nf6 2.f5 Ne4 3.f6 Nxd2 4.fxg7 Nf3 5.gxf3 f6 6.Qd3 Kf7
7.Qxh7 Qe8 8.g8B# (Hirokaz Onoda)


(2-3) promoted to Rook

1.b4 c6 2.b5 Qa5 3.b6 Qxd2 4.Bxd2 d6 5.Ba5 Bg4 6.Qd4 Nd7
7.Qxg4 O-O-O 8.Qa4 Kb8 9.bxa7 Ka8 10.Bc7 Rb8 11.axb8R#
(Hirokaz Onoda)[with 11.axb8B/N#, it's a discovered
checkmate]
1.c4 d6 2.c5 Bh3 3.c6 Bxg2 4.cxb7 c5 5.Qa4 Bc6 6.Qxa7 Kd7
7.Bh3 Kc7 8.Bg4 Na6 9.h3 Rc8 10.bxc8R# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e4 c6 2.e5 Qc7 3.e6 Kd8 4.exd7 e5 5.Bc4 Bb4 6.Be6 Bxd2
7.Qxd2 Ne7 8.dxc8R# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 e5 2.d5 Be7 3.d6 Bf6 4.dxc7 d5 5.Be3 Be6 6.Bb6 Kd7
7.Qd4 Kc8 8.Qc5 Nd7 9.cxd8R# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 b6 2.d5 Bb7 3.d6 Bf3 4.dxe7 d5 5.Qd3 d4 6.Qe4 d3
7.Bg5 dxc2 8.exd8R# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e4 c6 2.e5 Qc7 3.e6 Kd8 4.exd7 e5 5.Bb5 Bb4 6.Bxc6 Bxd2
7.Qxd2 Ne7 8.Kd1 Re8 9.dxe8R# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 c6 2.d5 Qb6 3.d6 Qxb2 4.dxe7 Qxc2 5.Ba3 Qxe2+ 6.Qxe2
Nf6 7.exf8R# (Olli Heimo 1996)
1.g4 b6 2.g5 Bb7 3.g6 Bxh1 4.gxh7 g5 5.f4 g4 6.f5 g3 7.f6
g2 8.fxe7 Qxe7 9.Kf2 Qg5 10.Kf3 gxf1=R# (Gianni Donati
1996)
1.e4 g6 2.e5 Bh6 3.e6 Kf8 4.exf7 e5 5.Qf3 Qg5 6.Qf6 Qf5
7.Bc4 Bf4 8.fxg8R# (Hirokaz Onoda)


(2-4) promoted to Queen

1.c4 e6 2.c5 Ke7 3.c6 Kd6 4.cxb7 c6 5.Qa4 Kc7 6.Qxa7 Na6
7.b8Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.b4 d6 2.b5 Bg4 3.b6 Bxe2 4.bxc7 Bxf1 5.Qf3 Kd7 6.Qxb7
Qe8 7.c8Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e4 c6 2.e5 Qb6 3.e6 Kd8 4.exd7 e6 5.a3 Bxa3 6.Qf3 Ne7
7.Qxa3 Ng6 8.Qe7 Kc7 9.d8Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 h5 2.d5 Rh6 3.d6 Re6 4.dxe7 f6 5.Qxd7 Kf7 6.e8Q#
(Noam D. Elkies 1996)
1.e4 g6 2.e5 Bh6 3.e6 Kf8 4.exf7 e5 5.Qg4 Qe7 6.Qxd7 Qc5
7.Qe7 Kg7 8.f8Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.f4 Nf6 2.f5 Ne4 3.f6 Nxd2 4.fxg7 Nf3 5.gxf3 f6 6.Qd3 Kf7
7.Qxh7 Qe8 8.g8Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)

1.b4 c6 2.b5 Qa5 3.b6 Qxd2 4.Bxd2 d6 5.Ba5 Bg4 6.Qd4 Nd7
7.Qxg4 O-O-O 8.Qa4 Kb8 9.bxa7 Ka8 10.Bc7 Rb8 11.axb8Q#
(Hirokaz Onoda)
1.c4 d6 2.c5 Bh3 3.c6 Bxg2 4.cxb7 c5 5.Qa4 Bc6 6.Qxa7 Kd7
7.Bh3 Kc7 8.Bg4 Na6 9.h3 Rc8 10.bxc8Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e4 c6 2.e5 Qc7 3.e6 Kd8 4.exd7 e5 5.Bc4 Bb4 6.Be6 Bxd2
7.Qxd2 Ne7 8.dxc8Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 e5 2.d5 Be7 3.d6 Bf6 4.dxc7 d5 5.Be3 Be6 6.Bb6 Kd7
7.Qd4 Kc8 8.Qc5 Nd7 9.cxd8Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.d4 b6 2.d5 Bb7 3.d6 Bf3 4.dxe7 d5 5.Qd3 d4 6.Qe4 d3
7.Bg5 dxc2 8.exd8Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.e4 c6 2.e5 Qc7 3.e6 Kd8 4.exd7 e5 5.Bb5 Bb4 6.Bxc6 Bxd2
7.Qxd2 Ne7 8.Kd1 Re8 9.dxe8Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)
1.h4 a5 2.h5 Ra6 3.h6 Rd6 4.hxg7 Rxd2 5.Rxh7 Rd6 6.Qd2 f5
7.Qh6 Kf7 8.gxf8Q# (Joerg Varnholt 1996)
1.g4 b6 2.g5 Bb7 3.g6 Bxh1 4.gxh7 g5 5.f4 g4 6.f5 g3 7.f6
g2 8.fxe7 Qxe7 9.Kf2 Qg5 10.Kf3 gxf1=Q# (Gianni Donati
1996)
1.e4 g6 2.e5 Bh6 3.e6 Kf8 4.exf7 e5 5.Qf3 Qg5 6.Qf6 Qf5
7.Bc4 Bf4 8.fxg8Q# (Hirokaz Onoda)


Amici Sumus,
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