Middlegame · Mating patterns

Boden's mate · as Black

The bishops cross on the king's diagonals. Play the Black pieces.

Boden's mate. Two bishops criss-cross and take the last squares. Play the Black side.

Ba6 is mate. One bishop owns a6-c8, the other covers the flights.

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