Wednesday Workout: More Mates!

Last week we took it easy on our readers, offering ten mate-in-ones and mate-in-twos, all drawn from the 2019 World Women's Rapid and Blitz Championships. This week we turn it up a notch. Can you solve these seven mate-in-threes? How about the one mate-in-four?

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[Event "World Rapid Women 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "4.59"]
[White "Geller, Anastasiya"]
[Black "Antonova, Nadezhda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[Annotator "Hartmann,John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q2k1/1p2prb1/p3p1QB/3pn3/4P1R1/1B6/PPP5/2K4R w - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[SourceTitle "use"]

25. Qh7+ Kxh7 (25... Kf8 26. Qh8# {was the game continuation}) 26. Bxg7+
Kg8 27. Rh8# 1-0

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[Event "World Blitz Women 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "3.61"]
[White "Fatianova, Tatiana"]
[Black "Ovod, Evgenija"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1R6/4Qbpk/5p1p/5P2/2Pp2K1/1P1P2N1/r6q/8 b - - 0 51"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "blitz"]

51... h5+ 52. Kf3 (52. Kf4 Qf2+ (52... Rf2+ 53. Ke4 Qh4#) (52... Qh4+ 53.
Kf3 Qg4#) 53. Ke4 Qe3#) (52. Nxh5 Bxh5#) 52... Qg2+ 53. Kf4 Rf2# 0-1

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[Event "World Blitz Women 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Guichard, Pauline"]
[Black "Yakimova, Mariya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4R3/8/3p1k1p/3P2p1/4n1K1/1r4P1/8/8 b - - 0 42"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "blitz"]

42... Rxg3+ 43. Kh5 Rh3+ 44. Kg4 Nf2# 0-1

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[Event "World Blitz Women 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "3.59"]
[White "Fominykh, Maria"]
[Black "Karavaeva, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5B2/2R5/8/5kb1/4pr2/7P/5n2/Q4NK1 w - - 0 58"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "blitz"]

58. Ng3+ Ke6 (58... Kg6 59. Qg7# {was the game continuation}) 59. Qa6+
Ke5 60. Qd6# 1-0

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[Event "World Blitz Women 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Mammadzada, Gunay"]
[Black "Hejazipour, Mitra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6k1/p5p1/1p1Q2bp/8/1B4P1/PPK5/4q3 b - - 0 41"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "blitz"]

41... Qc1+ 42. Kd3 Qd2+ 43. Ke4 Qe3# 0-1

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[Event "World Blitz Women 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "17.28"]
[White "Matveeva, Svetlana"]
[Black "Injac, Teodora"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/7p/p2p4/2pP1PK1/2Pn4/4R1Nb/1r2B2P/8 w - - 0 43"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "blitz"]

43. Re8+ Kg7 (43... Kf7 44. Bh5+ Kg7 45. f6#) 44. f6+ Kf7 45. Bh5# 1-0

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[Event "World Blitz Women 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "6.43"]
[White "Paramzina, Anastasya"]
[Black "Bykova, Anastasia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3b2k1/5p2/4p1pK/p2pN3/R4P1p/6r1/8/8 b - - 0 47"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "blitz"]

47... Bf6 48. Ng4 Rxg4 49. f5 Bg7# 0-1

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[Event "World Blitz Women 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Lysenko, Margarita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/1pr3pk/3pBp1p/2bP1P1P/1p3N2/1q2P2P/1B4Q1/6RK w - - 0 44"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "blitz"]

44. Bxf6 gxf6 (44... Qxe3 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qxh6# {was the game
continuation}) 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qxh6+ Rh7 47. Ng6# 1-0

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