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m Max Lange's mate: Adds the typical four move checkmate sequence.
m Max Lange's mate: Adds the model game Anderssen vs. Lange.
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''Max Lange's mate'' is named after [[Max Lange]], who first used it in a game against [[Adolf Anderssen]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Anderssen vs. Lange, 1859 |url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1019074 |website=[[Chessgames.com]] |access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref> In this mating pattern, the queen delivers the check, supported by a bishop that both defends the queen and covers an escape square.
''Max Lange's mate'' is a less common method of checkmating. The checkmate is named after [[Max Lange]]. It works by using the bishop and queen to checkmate the king.
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{{Chess diagram small
| tright
| Anderssen vs. Lange, 1859
|rd| | | |kd| | |
|pd|pd|pd| | |pd|pd|
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| | |bd|pd|pl| | |pl
| | | | |qd| | |
| |bl| |pd| |ql| |
|pl|pl|pl|pl| | |pl|
|rl|nl|bl| | | | |kl
| 17...Qh4+ 18.Qh3 Qe1+ 19.Kh2 Bg1+ 20.Kh1 Bf2+ 21.Kh2 21.Qg1#
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==Mayet's mate==