Checkmates in the Opening: Trap in the Falkbeer Countergambit

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Updated: Jun 1, 2016, 5:14 AM | 0

This is a game that ended in checkmate in 8 moves. White fell for a trap in the Falkbeer countergambit.

Yesterday, there was no checkmate, so today there will be 2 checkmates!

The checkmates blog

Puzzles:

Themes:

Zugzwang:

Puzzle

Quiet move:

Puzzle 1

Promotion:

Puzzle

Discovered check:

Puzzle

Smothered mate:

Puzzle 1

Blackburne's mate:

Puzzle

Anastasia's mate:

Puzzle

Anastasia's mate:

Arabian mate:

Epaulette mate:

Boden's mate:

Morphy's mate:

Checkmates played by:

Alexander Alekhine

Checkmates in the opening:

The Légal trap

More themes and puzzles are coming soon!