Mayet's Mate Examples

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Mayet's Mate Examples
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This type of checkmate is similar to the Opera Mate, but the attacking Rook occupies a corner of the board rather than being in the middle. Therefore, the supporting Bishop is on the long diagonal as well.

Two classic references support this naming of Mayet's Mate. Checkmate! by Koltanowski and Finkelstein, page 165 is the first. They give a composition for Mayet's Mate as follows:

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1. ... ♕xg3+ 2. hxg3 ♗f3 3. ♕xc5 ♖h1#

The second defining composition is from The Art of the Checkmate by Renauld and Kahn. From the latest version, by Batsford, see page 123, Diagram 9C and from the Dover version, see page 107, also Diagram 9C:

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1. ♕xg6+ hxg6 2. ♖h8#

Mayet's Mate may be a rare mating pattern, but is still useful to learn. Also, some sources give a much different pattern for Mayet's Mate, so I wanted my students to see definitive examples of Mayet's Mate.

This game collection is a work in progress and games are listed in chronological order, not by importance or other factors.

Game ends with Mayet's Mate.
Kolisch vs K Hamppe, 1859
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Actual ending or 16. ... Kd8 17. Re8# -- are Mayet's Mate
M R Kaldegg vs G Zeissl, 1903
(C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0
Mayet's Mate occurs in the continuation: 14. ... Bxd8 15. Re8#
J Shoup vs Marshall, 1906
(C45) Scotch Game, 14 moves, 1-0
King is caught at g8
C Hartlaub vs W Benary, 1911
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
A beautiful example of Mayet's Mate.
A Nimzowitsch vs Alapin, 1914
(C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
Mayet's Mate is pending, but just the next move
Keres vs V Rootare, 1942
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
Not best, but Queen or Rook brings Mayet's Mate (continuation)
K Blagojevic vs V Borisenko, 1964
(C45) Scotch Game, 37 moves, 0-1
Stockfish continuation brings Mayet's Mate in two moves.
D Ilievski vs P Graul, 1976
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 17 moves, 1-0
Continuation (not best play): 21. bxa3 Rb1# is Mayet's
Suba vs Sax, 1993
(E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 20 moves, 0-1
Game ends as Mayet's Mate with support from Queen not Bishop
Y Drozdovskij vs J Barle, 2010
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 41 moves, 1-0
Game ends with Mayet's Mate
O Hackner vs R Bates, 2013
(E77) King's Indian, 38 moves, 0-1
This game played by masters to mate, with AP helping Rook.
R Farkas vs Y Wu, 2017
(B06) Robatsch, 80 moves, 1-0
Pending Mayet's Mate, but the Queen attacks.
A Korobov vs A Mithil, 2018
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0
Mayet's Mate threat (35. Rg3+ would be next) ends this game
M Atabayev vs Wojtaszek, 2019
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
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