Chapter 15: Other Queenside Mates
Gemini AI response to my prompt for an image for a queenside castling.

Chapter 15: Other Queenside Mates

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

Castling long does not place the king as close to the edge of the board (where it
is normally safest) and is thus not as usually encountered. A typical combination where Black's c-pawn has moved involves a sacrifice on c6 followed by a rook penetrating down the b-file.
For this type of tactic to end in mate, usually the d7 -square should not be available as
an escape square for the black king. Normally, in fact, d7 is blocked by one of the defender's
own men. There are obvious similarities with Boden's Mate (Deadly Checkmate
14).

64) White makes a queen sacrifice opening b8 allows for a back rank checkmate with wr.

65) Another queen sacrifices may seem to black to be a Botez Gambit, but taking wq only delays the inevitable checkmate from the linked rooks.
66) Black can use the same pattern: bq sacrifice allowing the lethal br attack.
67) Black's sacrifice bq leads to either checkmate or coming out a piece ahead through a fork.

Chapter 16: Double Rook Sacrifice | Chapter 14: Boden's Mate