The Chess Journal

Chess Tutorials For Beginners

  • Home
  • Start Here
    • How To Set Up a Chess Board
    • How To Solve Chess Puzzles
    • How To Read Chess Notation
    • Complete List of Official Rules of Chess
    • Chess Terminology
  • Strategy
    • Openings
    • Checkmates Patterns
    • Tactics
  • Players
  • Resources
    • Best Chess Books By Rating Bracket
    • Books Mentioned In The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix (Real and Fake Books)
    • 7 Best Chess Books For Beginners To Cut The Learning Curve
  • About Us
  • Editor
  • Sign Up
No Result
View All Result
The Chess Journal
  • Home
  • Start Here
    • How To Set Up a Chess Board
    • How To Solve Chess Puzzles
    • How To Read Chess Notation
    • Complete List of Official Rules of Chess
    • Chess Terminology
  • Strategy
    • Openings
    • Checkmates Patterns
    • Tactics
  • Players
  • Resources
    • Best Chess Books By Rating Bracket
    • Books Mentioned In The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix (Real and Fake Books)
    • 7 Best Chess Books For Beginners To Cut The Learning Curve
  • About Us
  • Editor
  • Sign Up
No Result
View All Result
The Chess Journal
No Result
View All Result

Home » Chess Strategy » Checkmates Patterns » Boden’s Mate – Checkmate Patterns

Boden’s Mate – Checkmate Patterns

Editorial Staff by Editorial Staff
in Checkmates Patterns, Chess Strategy
Bodens Mate

Having both bishops working together on the right squares can be one of the most powerful strategies against your opponent. Inversely, playing against both your opponents bishops on the right squares can be one of the most difficult to play against.

Page Navigation

  • What is Boden’s Mate?
  • Example
  • History
  • How To Prevent This

What is Boden’s Mate?

Boden’s Mate is a checkmating pattern using both of your bishops. This mate is generally performed when your opponent castles Queen side with the rook still being next to the King preventing the King from moving to that square when checked by one of the Bishops. The other Bishop moves to prevent the King from moving on that diagonal and the other Bishop covering the other diagonal, resulting in checkmate.

Example

To achieve this position with your bishops, it’s common to sacrifice other material to achieve positioning with your bishops.

A basic example of this mate is shown below.


In this bare-bones example, White’s King is moves next to the Rook after being checked by the light squares Bishop. The dark squared bishop simply moves down to deliver checkmate. The light squares Bishop covers the square next to and above the King.

History

Boden’s Checkmate is named after the chess player Samuel Standidge Boden in which he achieved this checkmate against George Macdonell in 1869 where it was first recorded. You can go through the game below.

How To Prevent This

When your opponent has both their Bishops, it’s important to be very careful not to put yourself in a trap. Both bishops are tough to go up against. This is why it’s common to trade a Knight for an opponents Bishop early in the game.

 

I hope this guide on the back rank mate helped you. If you liked this post, you can learn the other checkmate patterns like Anastasia’s mate and the back rank mate.

 

Previous Post

Do Chess Grandmasters Have a High IQ?

Next Post

Is Chess a Solved Game? Here’s Why Chess Will Never Be Solved

Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff

The Chess Journal is all about bringing people interested in chess together to improve, learn, and become a chess genius.

Related Posts

Chess Playing Styles: A Dive into Diverse Playing Styles

by William
March 22, 2023
Chess Strategy

...

Read more

Mayet’s Mate – Checkmate Pattern

by Editorial Staff
March 20, 2023
Checkmates Patterns

...

Read more
Must Read Chess Guides
Checkmate PatternsChess PiecesChess EnginesChess GambitsChess LibraryChess Openings

Chess Guides

  • 7 Tips on How To Get Better at Chess
  • 7 Tips on How To Stop Blundering in Chess
  • Does Chess Make You Smarter?
  • How Does Age Affect Chess Abilities

About The Chess Journal

The Chess Journal is a free resource for chess players to learn and master the ultimate game.

Support

  • About The Chess Journal
  • Terms of Use and Policies
  • Cookies
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms

Categories

  • Chess Strategy
  • Chess Players
  • Chess Programming
  • Chess Resources and Tools

© 2022 - The Chess Journal - All Rights Reserved

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Start Here
    • How To Set Up a Chess Board
    • How To Solve Chess Puzzles
    • How To Read Chess Notation
    • Complete List of Official Rules of Chess
    • Chess Terminology
  • Strategy
    • Openings
    • Checkmates Patterns
    • Tactics
  • Players
  • Resources
    • Best Chess Books By Rating Bracket
    • Books Mentioned In The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix (Real and Fake Books)
    • 7 Best Chess Books For Beginners To Cut The Learning Curve
  • About Us
  • Editor
  • Sign Up

© 2022 - The Chess Journal - All Rights Reserved