Have you seen this type of R-P mate?

A few weeks ago I won a 10-minute OTB game with a checkmate with my rook supported by my pawns when the opponent's king wandered into the "cup" of my pawns. My rook was like a lid placed on top of the cup. Actually I overlooked that mate-in-1 for one move before playing it, and after I mated my opponent he had to look at it for several seconds to confirm it was really a mate. Not long after that I came across a published game with the same type of mate. Although I have the score for the published game (posted below), I didn't write down the moves to my 10-minute game.

That coincidence has me suspecting that this is mildly common type of mating position, and I'd like to collect games with that type of mate. If you have the score or link to such a game, please post it. Tentatively I am calling this a "Gaiwan Mate," from the Japanese term "gai wan," which is a tea cup with a lid.

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Source:

Chernev, Irving. 1965. The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
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      A. Rubinstein . O. Duras
      Vienna 1908, QUEEN'S PAWN GAME

I've had a few games where I won by doing that. Tactics Trainer gives those problems as well.

Thanks. That indicates that it does occur noticeably often, as I suspected, although it would be nice to get some complete games. Do you have any complete games in your profile with that type of mate?

I've seen it.

Sqod wrote:

wanmokewan wrote:

I've had a few games where I won by doing that. Tactics Trainer gives those problems as well.

Thanks. That indicates that it does occur noticeably often, as I suspected, although it would be nice to get some complete games. Do you have any complete games in your profile with that type of mate?

When I have some time I'll sift through and see what I can find.

Thanks. I would have done it myself except you have over 1,000 games played, and only you would have an idea of where those games are.

By the way, I'm interested in any other interesting mates that occur somewhat often that chessplayers don't often know about and aren't one of the dozen or so mates that have names, so if you notice other mates with that character while going through all those games, I'd be interested in those as well, as I'm sure others would be, too.

Yeah, I've been on both ends of that mate. Found one game; here ya go. 5 mins blitz.

https://www.chess.com/live/game/1436520234

https://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=1354646112

This is a similar sort. Rf6 would be mate.

kkl10,

Great! Exactly what I was looking for. (Now I'm starting to see some value in playing thousands of blitz games!) It's funny that, as seems to be common, the opponent didn't see the mate coming, probably because it's somewhat uncommon so players aren't looking for it.

Many thanks! Analysis of any game's outcome or side lines is fine as an example, too. In your posted game the rook wasn't supported by a pawn, though the king and pawns were in very similar positions, so it looks like a slight variation on the same general position.

This one was pretty lame, but here goes... Standard 15|10.

https://www.chess.com/live/game/1433111696

Pretty sure I had a similar loss, not a few months ago. I'd have to dig much deeper into the archive to find it.

kkl10,

Perfect! Here it's the mate that counts, not the level of play. Those three games posted will hold me for a while. I'll be watching for this mate in the future and I'll post any more such games I come across that have that mate. Thanks again.