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Boden's mate
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English
tright kd rd pd bl bl kl An archetypal Boden's mate
Alternative forms
en Boden's Mate
Etymology
Named after Samuel Boden, who won a game in 1853 in London against unnamed strong German amateur player R. Schulder in a spectacular fashion with this pattern following a queen sacrifice.https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/boden.html
Noun
en Checkmate patternsen chess A checkmate pattern in which two bishops on criss-crossing diagonals deliver mate while the king is boxed in from the other side, usually by friendly pieces.
Translations
Finnish: fi Bodenin matti
German: de Boden-Matt n
Romanian: ro
References
en eponyms