Chess Tactics 2: Boden's Mate

The Boden's Mate involves checkmating with two opposite colored bishops. Getting to the position will often involve forcing open a diagonal.

White to play and mate in two:



1. Qxc6+ bxc6
2. Ba6#



Edward Lasker - F. Englund, 1913 (Scheveningen Tournament)

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6

3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bb5 Nd4

5. Nxe5 Qe7
6. Nf3 Nxe4
 
7. O-O Nxc3
8. dxc3 Nxf3

9. Qxf3 Qc5
10. Re1+ Be7

11. Bd3 d5
12. Be3 Qd6

13. Bf4 Qf6
14. Qxd5 c6

15. Qe4 Be6
16. Re3 Bc5

17. Be5 Qh6
18. Rg3 Bf8

19. Rd1 O-O-O
20. Qxc6+ bxc6
 
21. Ba6#

A. Nimzovitch - A. Alekhine, 1912 (Vilna Tournament)



15 ...  cxd4
16. exd4 Nxd4
 
17. Rxd4 Qxd4
18. Qxe6+ Nd7
 
19. Qc6+ bxc6
20. Ba6#

A. Alekhine - N.N., 1925 (Simultaneous Exhibition)
White to play and mate in two.



1. Qxe6+ fxe6
2. Bg6#