2named mates
- double checkGM Levan Pantsulaia GEO 24921againstPetros Olana Bulcha ETH 19340
- promotion mateMathieu Galois NCL 18080againstFM Abdulrahman Akintoye Abdulraheem NGR 23161
Wednesday 16 September
Mate Gallery
Checkmates with a name: back-rank, smothered, Anastasia’s, Arabian, hook, dovetail, Boden’s, double-bishop, double check, pawn, promotion, king move or castling.
Ties: board order.
Updated 28 Sept 2026, 16:38 CEST
So far
19named mates
Over 11 rounds; the most in one round, 4 in round 11.
Round by round
2named mates
- hook mateMohamed Raakin Fayaz MDV 17501againstKongkham Douangphachanh LAO0
- double checkFM Stuart Fancy PNG 19231againstAron Pedro PLW 15980
Thursday 17 September
3named mates
- hook mateDimitri Fungfook IVB 15570againstMario Melo Nascimento TLS 17881
- promotion mateCM Andrew Heron LIE 21310againstIM Junhyeok Lee KOR 24011
- hook mateFM Dilson Alejandro Pena Duran VEN 22371againstMlik Omar SEN 16180
Friday 18 September
1named mate
Saturday 19 September
1named mate
Sunday 20 September
2named mates
- pawn mateCarl Fleischer GRL 16401againstMarco Emile ISV0
- promotion mateExel Ngoupet CAF0againstDaniel Nunez LCA 16331
Monday 21 September
2named mates
- promotion mateCM Akeem Brown JAM 20720againstIM Konstantinos Megalios SCO 23731
- pawn mateNatanael Emanuel Vanegas Lopez NCA 21211againstMahad Al Amri OMA 17600
Wednesday 23 September
1named mate
Thursday 24 September
1named mate
Friday 25 September
Round 10
Not awarded
Saturday 26 September
4named mates
- pawn mateFM Chun Yung Samuel Lam HKG 22551againstIM Odion Aikhoje NGR 22460
- dovetail mateGM Abdimalik Abdisalimov UZB 2 25480againstGM Yi Wei CHN 27521
- pawn mateAhmed cherif Khaled Abdellahi MTN 18791againstKokou Difendramakada Jacques Ballebako TOG 18200
Sunday 27 September