Wednesday Workout: Mates from Reykjavik

Eleven mates - three mate in ones, four mate in twos, three mate in threes, and one mate in four. Think you've got what it takes to solve them all? This is your Wednesday Workout, courtesy of the players at the 2019 Reykjavik Open.

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Mate in ones: Mate in twos: Mate in threes: Mate in four:

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Mate in ones:

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[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "2.96"]
[White "Steingrimsson, Karl Egill"]
[Black "Omarsson, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "1144"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "q4rk1/p2npp1p/3p2p1/8/3b2P1/6Pb/PP1NPR1P/RNB1Q1K1 b - - 0 14"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

14... Qg2# 0-1

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[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "2.93"]
[White "Johannessen, Heine N"]
[Black "Hafdisarson, Ingi thor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1220"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7p/5pbN/B4Bp1/4p3/4PkPP/5P2/6K1 w - - 0 50"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

50. Bg4# 1-0

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[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Mai, Alexander Oliver"]
[Black "Vaishali, R..."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k5r/1p2Q3/p1Pp2p1/3P1p2/P2b4/2q3P1/5B2/5RK1 b - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

32... Qxg3# 0-1

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Mate in twos:

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[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.16"]
[Round "9.30"]
[White "Van de Plassche, Bas"]
[Black "Maroroa, Sue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6rk/1p5p/3p4/pBpP4/P2nPP2/2Q2P2/1P5q/1R2K3 b - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

29... Rg1+ 30. Bf1 Qe2# 0-1

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[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "1.81"]
[White "Jensson, Erlingur"]
[Black "Valtysson, Thor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4n3/2nN3k/r6p/pr1pN2P/3PpPQ1/PP2P3/K7/8 w - - 0 52"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

52. Nf8+ Kh8 53. Nf7# 1-0

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[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.10"]
[Round "4.73"]
[White "Gudmundsson, Gunnar Erik"]
[Black "Briem, Stephan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/2P3p1/8/4p3/p3P3/P4NPp/4p2P/3rb2K b - - 0 47"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

47... Bf2+ 48. Ng1 (48. Ne1 Rxe1#) 48... Rxg1# 0-1

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[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.11"]
[Round "5.91"]
[White "Haile, Batel Goitom"]
[Black "Lee, Gudmundur Kristinn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7p/2R2pp1/2p1b3/1pk5/4BP2/3K1P2/r7 b - - 0 54"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

54... Bc3+ 55. Ke2 (55. Kc2 b3#) 55... Re1# 0-1

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Mate in threes:

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[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "3.99"]
[White "Zolotuskiy, Kirill"]
[Black "Muhr, Andreas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4k1p1/1pp1pp2/p6p/P1PK3P/1r6/8/8 b - - 0 44"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

44... e5+ 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. c5 f5# 0-1

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[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "1.111"]
[White "Arngrímsson, León Bjartur"]
[Black "Chilton, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p1p2ppk/r1n5/1pb3p1/3pP1n1/2P2PP1/P6r/3R1RK1 b - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

31... d3+ 32. Rf2 Bxf2+ 33. Kf1 Ne3# 0-1

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[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "1.109"]
[White "Omarsson, Josef"]
[Black "Dustin, Opasiak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/ppb2pp1/7p/2P5/7N/1P1pq1P1/P4nBP/1QR2RK1 b - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

25... Nh3+ 26. Kh1 Qg1+ 27. Rxg1 Nf2# {Smothered mate!} 0-1

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Mate in four:

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[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "1.90"]
[White "Lochte, Szilvia"]
[Black "Jonsson, Kristjan Dagur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1858"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p1k2pp1/2p4r/7r/2R1Q1pP/4P1P1/Pq3PB1/2R3K1 w - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

25. Rxc6+ Rxc6 26. Qxc6+ Kd8 (26... Kb8 27. Qc8# {Lochte-Jonsson
1-0, Reykjavik Open 2019.}) 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. Bc6# (28. Rc8#) 1-0

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