Heavy Piece Mates
I suggest that you cover the moves and try to figure out the moves yourself. Then look at the solutions and make the moves in your head, read out comments and click each move name. Then click here for our online PGN viewer. In addition you can load the PGN into a chess program and play the positions against the computer.--26--
KQForcedCornerMate
King & Queen Forced CornerMate
White To Play
White's King moves into "Opposition" with his first move, "Avoids Stalemate" with his second move and "Cornermates" on his third move.
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KQXray
King & Queen X-Ray Attack
White To Play
The Enemy King is "Forced" into alignment with his Queen, the Black King and Queen are then "x-ray attacked" by checking the King and taking the Queen. By way of clarification, the "X-Ray Attack" and the "Skewer" are one and the same thing.
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KQvsKRCenterMate
King & Queen vs. King & Rook Center Mate
White To Play
More often than not, despite the above examples, this type of position--King & Queen vs. King & Rook results in a win for the side having the Queen. The results here was a "centermate"
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KQForcedCornerMate2
King & Queen Forced CornerMate
White To Play
On his 2nd move White moves his King into the "Opposition Mate" position threatening mate on the next move. Black's Rook gets pinned and is captured. The rest of the moves show the Queen vs. King" Mating Technique."
[FEN "8/8/8/8/1K6/8/3Q4/qk6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
{#} 1. Kb3 Qc3+ 2. Kxc3 (2. Qxc3 {Stalemate}) 2... Ka1 3. Qb2# 1-0
[FEN "4Q3/8/3K1k2/8/8/8/8/6q1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
{#} 1. Qf8+ Kg6 2. Qg8+ Kf5 3. Qxg1 1-0
[FEN "2k5/r7/3K4/1Q6/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
{#} 1. Qe8+ Kb7 2. Qd7+ Kb8 3. Qd8+ Kb7 4. Qc7+ Ka6 5. Qc6+ Ka5 6. Kc5 Rc7 7.
Qxc7+ Ka4 8. Qg3 Ka5 9. Qa3# 1-0
[FEN "3k4/3r4/4K3/2Q5/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
{#} 1. Qb5 Re7+ 2. Kd6 Rc7 3. Qb6 Ke8 4. Qxc7 Kf8 5. Qh7 Ke8 6. Qe7# 1-0