Boden's Mate

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Boden's Mate
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The king is mated by the two criss-crossing bishops, and blocked by two friendly pieces.

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Named after Samuel Standidge Boden, an English professional chess master. Born 1826.04.04 in Hull. Boden introduced the Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit in 1853: 1.e4 e5 2.c4 f6 3.f3 xe4 4.c3 xc3 5.dxc3 f6. Boden's mate was played in London 1860. There is also a line in the Philidor defence named after him, based on one of his games against Paul Morphy 1858. Died of 1882.01.13 died of scarlet fever (or typhoid fever).

Horwitz-Popert, Hamburg 1844 has been mentioned in context with Boden's mate. Though I haven't found that game in any database. I would be happy to receive an email if you find games with Boden's mate.

The naming game, 14. ...?
R Schulder vs S Boden, 1853
(C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1
20. ?
Ed. Lasker vs F Englund, 1913
(C48) Four Knights, 21 moves, 1-0
12. ?
E Diemer vs Portz, 1948
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0
10. ?
Alekhine vs Vasic, 1931
(C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0
16. ?
P Ofstad vs Uhlmann, 1963
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
13. ?
E Canal vs NN, 1934
(B01) Scandinavian, 14 moves, 1-0
13. ?
G Janny vs L Steiner, 1922
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0
25. ? Close ...irregular chess, irregular Boden's Mate
Morphy vs J Thompson, 1859
(000) Chess variants, 26 moves, 1-0
A variation: 15...cxd4 16.exd4 Nxd4 17.Rxd4! Qxd4 18.Qxe6+....
Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1912
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1
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