Model Mates

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Collection of studies with model mates

The best ideal mates and model mates where only the white king is not involved. Model mates with extra black pieces didn’t enter this collection. Here’s the PDF with the diagrams linked to the studies in the online database.

  1. Black plays for stalemate: Bazlov 2013, Nielsen & Minski 2017, Arestov & Zhukov 2019.
  2. Black traps a white piece: Liburkin 1935, Korolkov 1935 (v), Fritz 1950.
  3. Black attacks the white king: Birnov 1947, An. Kuznetsov & Sakharov 1957, Bazlov 2018.
  4. Mate by a promoted piece: Kasparyan 1961, Gurgenidze 1984, Pervakov 2021.
  5. Mate by a pinned piece: Kopnin 1985, Pervakov 1993, Ryabinin 2012 (v).
  6. Fight for the last pawn: Mikhailov 1955, Matous 1987, Sochnev 1987 (after Lommer 1935).
  7. Four active blocks: Kazatsev 1964 (c), Pogosyants 1964 (c), Bazlov 2007.
  8. Epaulette mate: Kaminer 1927, Bor 1981, Micu 1989.
  9. Battery play: Nestorescu & Joitsa 1983, Kondratiuk 1990, Didukh 2015.
  10. Quiet move after a sacrifice: Seletsky 1933 (v), Gurgenidze 2003, Pervakov 2019.
  11. Flow (minimum captures): Kubbel 1940, Tarasiuk 2017 (v), Bazlov 2018.

Music composers

Thomas Bergersen (Two Steps from Hell): Blackheart, Cannon, Dragonborn, Empire of Angels, Enigmatic Soul, Final Days of Rome, Flight of the Silverbird, Heart, Heroica, Impossible, Invincible, Magic, Never Back Down, Never Give up on Your Dreams, Night Queen, Star Sky, Strength of a Thousand Men, Unbreakable, Unleashed, We Are Legends, Wings.

Hans Zimmer: At Wits End, He’s a Pirate, Lost but Won, Now We are Free, Nyah, Onwards, Tennessee, The Battle, Up is Down.

Lindsey Stirling: Artemis, Snow Watlz, The Arena.

Black plays for stalemate

1. Yuri Bazlov
1/2.p Tata Steel-75 2013

2. M.Minski & S.Nielsen
6.p Selivanov JT 2017

3. P.Arestov & A.Zhukov
3.hm Chess Star 2019

Yuri Bazlov 2013

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Blackheart
M.Minski & S.Nielsen 2017

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Cannon
P.Arestov & A.Zhukov 2019

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Dragonborn

Black traps a white piece

4. Marc Liburkin
2/3.p 64 1935

5. Vladimir Korolkov
1.p Trud 1935 (v)

6. Jindrich Fritz
Svobodne Slovo 1950

Marc Liburkin 1935

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Empire of Angels
Vladimir Korolkov 1935 (v)

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Enigmatic Soul
Jindrich Fritz 1950

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Final Days of Rome

Black attacks the white king

7. Zinoviy Birnov
2.p Trud 1947

8. An.Kuznetsov & B.Sakharov
1.p USSR team champ II 1957

9. Yuri Bazlov
2.p Timman JT 2018

Zinoviy Birnov 1947

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Flight of the Silverbird
An.Kuznetsov & B.Sakharov 1957

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Heart
Yuri Bazlov 2018

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Heroica

Mate by a promoted piece

10. Genrikh Kasparyan
1.p Tidskrift for Schack 1961

11. David Gurgenidze
1.p The Problemist 1984

12. Oleg Pervakov
sp.p UAPA-16-B1 2021

Genrikh Kasparyan 1961

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Impossible
David Gurgenidze 1984

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Invincible
Oleg Pervakov 2021

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Magic

Mate by a pinned piece

13. Alexei Kopnin
2.p Ceskoslovensky Sach 1985

14. Oleg Pervakov
2.p Boris JT 1993

15. Nikolay Ryabinin
5/6.p Russian Team 2012 (v)

Alexei Kopnin 1985

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Never Back Down
Oleg Pervakov 1993

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Never Give up on Your Dreams
Nikolay Ryabinin 2012 (v)

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Night Queen

Fight for the last pawn

16. Mikhail Mikhailov
1.p Shakhmatna Misl 1955

17. Mario Matous
2.p Chavchavadze MT 1987

18. Alexei Sochnev
1.p Vecherni Leningrad 1987

Mikhail Mikhailov 1955

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Star Sky
Mario Matous 1987

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Strength of a Thousand Men
Alexei Sochnev 1987

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Unbreakable

Four active blocks

19. Alexandr Kazantsev
1/2.p Olympic ty 1964 (c)

20. Ernest Pogosyants
4.c Shakhmaty v SSSR 1964 (c)

21. Yuri Bazlov
2.p Bent MT 2007

Alexandr Kazantsev 1964 (c)

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Unleashed
Ernest Pogosyants 1964 (c)

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We Are Legends
Yuri Bazlov 2007

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Wings

Epaulette mate

22. Sergei Kaminer
1.p Shakhmaty 1927

23. Alexandr Bor
.p Shakhmaty (Riga) 1981

24. Nicolae Micu
3.hm Suomen Shakki 1989

Sergei Kaminer 1927

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At Wits End
Alexandr Bor 1981

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He’s a Pirate
Nicolae Micu 1989

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Lost but Won

Battery play

25. V.Nestorescu & P.Joitsa
1.p Revista de Sah 1983

26. Nikolay Kondratiuk
1.p Chelyabinsk Festival 1990

27. Serhiy Didukh
1.p 2nd UAPA ty 2015

V.Nestorescu & P.Joitsa 1983

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Now We Are Free
Nikolay Kondratiuk 1990

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Nyah
Serhiy Didukh 2015

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Onwards

Quiet move after a sacrifice

28. Alexandr Seletsky
1.p Shakhmaty v SSSR 1933 (v)

29. David Gurgenidze
4.p Vecherni Krasnoturinsk-10

30. Oleg Pervakov
1.p Persitz MT 2019

Alexandr Seletsky 1933 (v)

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Tennessee
David Gurgenidze 2003

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The Battle
Oleg Pervakov 2019

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Up is Down

Flow
(minimum captures)

31. Leonid Kubbel
4/5.p Shakhmaty v SSSR 1940

32. Vladislav Tarasiuk
4.p Afek-64 JT 2016 (v)

33. Yuri Bazlov
sp.hm Zinchuk MT 2018

Leonid Kubbel 1940

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Artemis
Vladislav Tarasiuk 2016 (v)

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Snow Waltz
Yuri Bazlov 2018

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The Arena