Boden's Mate Pattern

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The Boden's mate pattern usually occurs after queenside castling. It is characterized by a king being mated by two bishops on criss-crossing diagonals, with possible flight squares blocked by friendly pieces. It was named after Samuel Boden who won a friendly game in 1853 using the mating pattern.

Here is the game between Schulder and Boden

Here are some more games.

Edward Lasker vs Fritz Englund

Peruvian Immortal game

In my games I usually look for the pattern once the opponent castles queenside and sometimes I get lucky 😀

White to move and win.

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Very interesting, a queen's side castle (if done properly) can be difficult to break down.

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Here Nxc6 Re8 (black will not take back due to Ba6 mate) Na7+ wins.

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