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===Stamma's mate=== {{chess diagram-fen |fen=8/8/8/8/8/p2N4/k1K5/8 |size=23 |align=tright |reverse=false |header=Stamma's mate |footer=White wins with either side to move. }} <!-- {{Chess diagram small | tright |Stamma's mate | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |pd| | |nl| | | | |kd| |kl| | | | | | | | | | | | | |White wins with either side to move. }} --> In the diagram showing Stamma's mate (named for [[Philipp Stamma]]), White to move wins:<ref>{{harvnb|Emms|2004|p=122}}</ref> : '''1. Nb4+ Ka1''' : '''2. Kc1 a2''' : '''3. Nc2#''' White also wins if Black is to move first: : '''1... Ka1''' : '''2. Nc1 a2''' : '''3. Nb3#''' {{Clear}} {{chess diagram-fen |fen=8/3N4/8/8/8/p7/k2K4/8 |size=23 |align=tright |reverse=false |header= Nogueiras vs. Gongora, 2001 |footer= White to move wins. }} <!-- {{Chess diagram small | tright |Nogueiras vs. Gongora, 2001 | | | | | | | | | | | |nl| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |pd| | | | | | | |kd| | |kl| | | | | | | | | | | | |White to move wins }} --> This checkmate occurred in [[JesΓΊs Nogueiras]]β[[Maikel Gongora]], 2001 [[Cuban Chess Championship|Cuban Championship]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1218922 |title=Nogueiras vs. Gongora, Las Tunas 2001 |website=[[Chessgames.com]] |date=2005-02-08 |access-date=2012-06-18 }}</ref> (see diagram), which proceeded: : '''81. Kc2 Ka1''' : '''82. Nc5 Ka2''' If 82...a2 then 83.Nb3#. : '''83. Nd3''' Reaching the position in the first diagram, with Black to move. : '''83... Ka1''' : '''84. Nc1 {{chessAN|1β0}}''' Black [[resign (chess)|resigned]] here; play would have continued 84...a2 85.Nb3#.<ref>{{harvnb|Snape|2003|p=55}}</ref> {{Clear}} {{chess diagram-fen |fen=8/8/8/8/8/p7/k1KN4/8 |size=23 |align=tright |reverse=false |header= |footer= White to move wins. }} <!-- {{Chess diagram small | tright | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |pd| | | | | | | |kd| |kl|nl| | | | | | | | | | | | |White to move wins }} --> A similar position with the knight on d2 is more than 500 years old, identified as "Partito n. 23" by Luca Pacioli, in his ''MS De ludo scachorum'' (Latin for "The game of chess"), dated 1498 and recently reprinted (Gli scacchi) by Aboca Museum Edizioni. :'''1. Nf3 Ka1''' :'''2. Nd4 Ka2''' :'''3. Ne2 Ka1''' :'''4. Nc1 a2''' :'''5. Nb3#''' {{Clear}}
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