Chapter 14: Boden's Mate

I am reading How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by Murray Chandler. I am blogging to create supporting puzzles in studying the content.

Samuel Boden was an English professional chess master.

The mating pattern "Boden's Mate" was named after the mate that occurred in one of his games, Schulder–Boden, London 1853. However, the mate was known previously from the game Horwitz–Popert, Hamburg 1844. There is also a line in the Philidor Defense named after him, based on one of his games against Paul Morphy. Morphy was of the opinion that Boden was the strongest English master.

Boden was the author of A Popular Introduction to the Study and Practice of Chess, published anonymously in 1851.

60) I love to work with bishops on long diagonals, but not typically so far advanced on the board. Here a dramatic sacrifice is a prelude to a two bishops #.

61) Black moves and a pawn sacrifice sets up for the defender-clearing sacrifice.

62) White sacrifices for the mating pattern.

63) Here a sacrifice comes before the sacrifice to clear the way for the cooperating bishops.

Chapter 13: Blackburne's Mate | Chapter 15: Other Queenside Mates