[Retros] Pawn to-the-6th rank mates, III-V

Nicolas.Dupont at math.univ-lille1.fr Nicolas.Dupont at math.univ-lille1.fr
Thu Nov 9 20:06:17 EST 2006



> Category IV:

> bxc6#/...bxc3# etc., discovered checkmate (with/without en

> passant)

> 1.e4 e5 2.Qg4 Be7 3.Qxd7+ Qxd7 4.f3 f5 5.Kf2 Qd4+ 6.Kg3

> Qf2+ 7.Kh3 f4+ 8.g4 fxg3# e.p. (Unto Heinonen, 1996)


A shorter example without ep :

1.Pd2-d4 Pe7-e6 2.Pd4-d5 Dd8-g5 3.Dd1-d4 Dg5xg2
4.Ff1xg2 Re8-e7 5.Fc1-g5 Re7-d6 6.Pf2-f4 Cb8-c6
7.Pd5xc6


> Category V:

> bxc6#/...bxc3# etc., double checkmate (with/without en

> passant)


Is it theorically possible without ep ?



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