Show off your PRETTIEST checkmates!

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Hello you lot! Enjoyed a very aesthetically pleasing checkmate in a blitz game this afternoon and wanted to share with you all. It got me thinking - what are your prettiest, most visually appealing checkmates?

(For reference, I'm sure I have prettier checkmates. This is just from today!)
 
This one was also enjoyable, a few days ago.
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I would've presented a bishop and knight checkmate, but my opp resigned 1 move before I could deliver mate!

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rook_fianchetto_37 wrote:

I would've presented a bishop and knight checkmate, but my opp resigned 1 move before I could deliver mate!

You should still show it.

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Omg @kesetokaiba! Brilliant!!
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I won't make people suffer with this next one as a puzzle though

Here's the game with the checkmate really beginning at move 60

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I don't have the game, but I do have the last few moves from the position:

 

Be3 is actually a bad move according to the engine (apparently I should have played Bxh3+ to expose the king), but it still worked. Being a super low Elo player was fun.

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I also like this one:

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KeSetoKaiba wrote:
 

Very pretty! And honestly, just as impressive is the knight/bishop checkmate, bloody difficult.

I raise you this, though, which is one I've only had OTB. One day I hope to replicate it online, too....

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DoYouLikeCurry wrote:
KeSetoKaiba wrote:
 

Very pretty! And honestly, just as impressive is the knight/bishop checkmate, bloody difficult.

I raise you this, though, which is one I've only had OTB. One day I hope to replicate it online, too....

Thanks. If you want to see more B+N, you'll like this YT short of my B+N drills on chess.com:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v_ox8Ea0aqE

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KeSetoKaiba wrote:
DoYouLikeCurry wrote:
KeSetoKaiba wrote:
 

Very pretty! And honestly, just as impressive is the knight/bishop checkmate, bloody difficult.

I raise you this, though, which is one I've only had OTB. One day I hope to replicate it online, too....

Thanks. If you want to see more B+N, you'll like this YT short of my B+N drills on chess.com:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v_ox8Ea0aqE

Oi, no advertising on my forum (Jk you're good mate)

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This was probably one of my most satisfying wins.
I actually did have to do a bishop and knight checkmate in an otb game (and it was livestreamed too!) but opp put up very little resistance.

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rook_fianchetto_37 wrote:
 

This was probably one of my most satisfying wins.
I actually did have to do a bishop and knight checkmate in an otb game (and it was livestreamed too!) but opp put up very little resistance.

Very cool! Though must say your opp did not play super well beforehand haha

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I did this checkmate today while playing 10 sec bullet with my friend.

 
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Willamthefirst wrote:
 

Classic trap!

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This one is quite aesthetically pleasing!