Seventh Rank Mate Examples

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Seventh Rank Mate Examples
Compiled by ChessCoachClark

The Seventh Rank Mate is not one of the fundamental checkmates, but it has importance. Also called the Blind Swine Mate, this pattern requires a "stopper" to hold the King in place for the two Rooks. Even having the targeted King in the corner is not enough. The chessman that obstructs the King could be from its own team, an attacker of that square, a protected team member from the other side, etc.

However, when one Rook and one Queen are teaming up for the checkmate and the Queen leads the mating attack, then the Queen's diagonal powers are enough of a stopper. That Queen just needs that Rook to provide for its protection.

The Seventh Rank Mate or Blind Swine Mate is quite an illuminating demonstration for the value of a Barrage, Battering Ram or Battery against the King on an edge rank.

See "Edward Winter presents: Unsolved Chess Mysteries (21)" for extensive material on the Blind Swine description.

See other game collections on this topic, especially 7th heaven! 7th rank above all!, which was compiled by notyetagm.

ChessCoachClark (CCC) originated this game collection and he updates it on occasion. This project is a work in progress, culling games from various sources, including several chess training books and personal research. The games are ordered by date (oldest first), not by importance.

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Pending Seventh Rank Mate
Morphy vs Maurian, 1863
(000) Chess variants, 36 moves, 1-0
CONTINUATION-- White will mate with Queen and Rook
M Bier vs Blackburne, 1885
(B01) Scandinavian, 50 moves, 1-0
Pending Seventh Rank Mate
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
Attempt to make the mate loses this game.
Reti vs J Davidson, 1923
(A06) Reti Opening, 35 moves, 1-0
Pending Seventh Rank Mate with the Queen-- needs no stopper
S Factor vs Torre, 1926
(D90) Grunfeld, 38 moves, 0-1
Black Queen mates on Seventh Rank with Bishop support
E Korchmar vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1931
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 22 moves, 0-1
SF 17 M3 line gives a mate with the Queen attacking.
P Ofstad vs Uhlmann, 1963
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
Rooks in g-file after: 31...Kh7 32 Qg7+ Bxg7 33 R1xg7#
Suetin vs M Ujtelky, 1965
(B06) Robatsch, 31 moves, 1-0
Excellent combination leads to 7th Rank Mate
W Hartston vs A Whiteley, 1974
(C18) French, Winawer, 32 moves, 1-0
SF M4 cont. sets King between Queen and Rook on the 7th.
A Haik vs S Skembris, 1981
(E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 21 moves, 1-0
M13 Houdini 6 continuation ends with mate by the Queen.
M Umansky vs M Blokh, 1983
(A72) Benoni, Classical without 9.O-O, 38 moves, 1-0
31.Kh1 Rh2# The Black Queen protects and prevents escape.
Grischuk vs Ganguly, 1996
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 30 moves, 0-1
Queen and Rook threaten the Seventh Rank Mate at EOG
L E Johannessen vs Carlsen, 2006
(A58) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 0-1
Pending Seventh Rank Mate with Queen 44. ... Kg8 45. Qh7#
K Le vs A Safar, 2007
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 44 moves, 1-0
SF 17 M5 and M4 bring Seventh Rank Mates by the Queen.
J Vrtal vs P Vecera, 2012
(A21) English, 28 moves, 1-0
Mate by Queen and Rook on Seventh Rank is imminent.
B Socko vs Svidler, 2019
(E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 39 moves, 0-1
Seventh Rank Mate occurs at EOG in a file.
E Almeida vs C Martins, 1991
(A84) Dutch, 29 moves, 0-1
17 games

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