Boden's Mate

The floor mat is a special combination in chess, in which the pair of bishops checkmate the opponent's king after striking a victim of the lady. It was named this combination of Samuel floor, an English chess player of the 19th century. In German, other designations for this classic Matt phrase used ( including Kreuzmatt ).

The diagram shows the position from a lot Schulder R. - S. ground. This was followed by:

With the long castling White f5 ignored the strong position of the rotor. This allows Black to enforce on tactical ways d6 -d5, because after the opening of the diagonal a3 -f8 is the double threat d5xc4 and Df6xc3 no longer parry.

The violent opening of the diagonal a3 -c1 immediately decides the game.

One of the most famous games with this mat combination is the Peruvian Immortal.

History

This image Matt is known not only for this game. The composer and musician Robert Schumann noted at the end of his life in Leipzig book ten chess positions, one of which with this matte screen (but without line opening) ends a.